﻿Aruba, 
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  and 
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  Ariiba 
  and 
  more 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  islands 
  seems 
  to 
  point 
  

   to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  West-Indian 
  form. 
  

  

  -T-11. 
  Chrysolampis 
  mosquitus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Common 
  on 
  flowering 
  trees. 
  While 
  on 
  Cura9ao 
  in 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  June 
  these 
  birds 
  were 
  in 
  moult, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  obtain 
  males 
  in 
  good 
  plumage 
  : 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  

   get 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  moult 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  my 
  stay 
  on 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  beautiful 
  Humming-bird 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   know 
  there 
  was 
  any 
  question 
  to 
  settle 
  about 
  it, 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  

   pay 
  especial 
  attention 
  to 
  it. 
  I 
  did, 
  however, 
  collect 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  fine 
  adult 
  males, 
  and, 
  chiefly 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  my 
  

   wife, 
  eight 
  specimens 
  in 
  dull 
  plumage, 
  all 
  well 
  skinned 
  and 
  

   dissected. 
  In 
  looking 
  over 
  Mr. 
  Salvin's 
  description 
  in 
  the 
  

   Cat. 
  B. 
  xvi. 
  p. 
  114, 
  I 
  find 
  the 
  adult 
  female 
  described 
  as 
  

   having 
  the 
  lateral 
  tail-feathers 
  bronzy 
  black, 
  but 
  my 
  skins 
  

   contravene 
  this 
  statement. 
  According 
  to 
  my 
  series 
  the 
  adult 
  

   female 
  has 
  the 
  rectrices 
  chestnut-red, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  subterminal 
  

   band 
  of 
  a 
  purjylish 
  steel-blue, 
  and 
  tijjped 
  ivith 
  lahite. 
  They 
  

   appear 
  to 
  have 
  sometimes, 
  if 
  very 
  aged, 
  some 
  glittering 
  

   feathers 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  throat. 
  The 
  young 
  of 
  both 
  

   sexes 
  — 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  collection 
  — 
  have 
  the 
  tail 
  purplish 
  

   black, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  (in 
  my 
  own 
  collection 
  and 
  among 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  trade-skins) 
  many 
  intermediate 
  stages. 
  Gould 
  

   and 
  Lesson 
  have 
  both 
  figured 
  the 
  females 
  as 
  they 
  really 
  

   are, 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  tail. 
  As 
  regards 
  the 
  name, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   written 
  mosquitus 
  and 
  not 
  moschitus, 
  as 
  shown 
  before 
  by 
  

   Berlepsch. 
  Linnseus 
  in 
  his 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  ed. 
  x. 
  p. 
  120 
  (1758), 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  ed. 
  xii. 
  p. 
  192 
  (1766), 
  wrote 
  it 
  mosquitus, 
  and 
  

   it 
  was 
  only 
  changed 
  to 
  moschitus 
  by 
  Gmelin. 
  Linnseus 
  very 
  

   probably 
  meant 
  to 
  designate 
  it 
  a 
  small 
  mosquito-like 
  bird. 
  

  

  -f- 
  12. 
  Chlorostilbon 
  caribous, 
  Lawr. 
  Ann. 
  Lye. 
  N. 
  H. 
  New 
  

   York, 
  X. 
  (1871) 
  p. 
  13. 
  

  

  Not 
  rare, 
  but 
  rather 
  less 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  foregoing 
  

   species. 
  Badly 
  in 
  moult. 
  Berlepsch 
  has 
  shown 
  (J. 
  f, 
  O, 
  

   1892, 
  p. 
  87) 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  C. 
  atala 
  of 
  Lesson 
  is 
  very 
  

   doubtful, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  Lawrence^s 
  name 
  is 
  

   advisable. 
  

  

  