﻿Aruba, 
  Curacao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  times 
  some 
  whitish 
  feathers 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  chin. 
  Total 
  

   length 
  about 
  13*5 
  inches^ 
  wing 
  8'4 
  to 
  8*7, 
  tail 
  5'3, 
  culmen 
  

   1*4 
  to 
  l*45j 
  height 
  of 
  upper 
  mandible 
  0*65. 
  

  

  This 
  Parrot 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  wooded 
  and 
  rocky 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  but 
  is 
  somewhat 
  shy 
  and 
  not 
  easily 
  to 
  

   be 
  obtained 
  in 
  numbers. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  hollow 
  trees. 
  

   A 
  live 
  specimen 
  from 
  Coro 
  in 
  Venezuela 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  Dr. 
  Cole 
  was 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  like 
  my 
  collected 
  specimens, 
  

   but 
  in 
  Europe 
  such 
  finely 
  coloured 
  birds 
  are 
  very 
  seldom 
  to 
  

   be 
  seen 
  alive. 
  

  

  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  Chry 
  satis 
  canifrons 
  of 
  Lawrence 
  

   (/. 
  c.) 
  was 
  described 
  from 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  a 
  

   dirty 
  forehead, 
  such 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  several 
  cases. 
  It 
  was 
  

   based 
  on 
  a 
  living 
  specimen 
  brought 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  from 
  Aruba, 
  

   but 
  the 
  type 
  has 
  been 
  lost. 
  Among 
  my 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Chrysotis 
  rothschilcli 
  from 
  Bonaire 
  are 
  several 
  that 
  show 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  ashy 
  colour 
  on 
  the 
  forehead. 
  

  

  H.5. 
  PoLYBORUS 
  CHERiWAY 
  (Jacq.) 
  . 
  

   Not 
  rare 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  three 
  islands. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  skin 
  from 
  

   the 
  peninsula 
  of 
  Paraguana, 
  Venezuela, 
  collected 
  by 
  Herr 
  

   Ludwig. 
  It 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  one 
  shot 
  for 
  me 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Cole 
  on 
  

   Aruba, 
  which 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  skin. 
  The 
  skin 
  from 
  Paraguana 
  

   agrees 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  other 
  countries. 
  On 
  Bonaire 
  this 
  

   bird 
  places 
  its 
  nest 
  on 
  trees. 
  

   Local 
  name 
  " 
  Waraivara." 
  

  

  -^16. 
  TiNNUNCULUS 
  SPARVERIUS 
  BREVIPENNIS, 
  Bcrl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  

  

  1892, 
  p. 
  91 
  (Cura§ao). 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Kinikini" 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  three 
  islands. 
  I 
  

   have 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  both 
  sexes, 
  and 
  find 
  BerlepscVs 
  

   characters 
  constant. 
  I 
  agree 
  with 
  him 
  in 
  distinguishing 
  it 
  

   subspecifically 
  — 
  the 
  difficulties 
  of 
  such 
  forms 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  

   Tinnunculus 
  sparverius 
  being 
  best 
  met 
  by 
  dividing 
  them 
  

   into 
  several 
  subspecies. 
  The 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  measure 
  

   6"5 
  to 
  6"8 
  inches, 
  tails 
  4'9 
  to 
  5, 
  tarsi 
  1'4; 
  the 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  

   females 
  65 
  to 
  67, 
  tails 
  4"8 
  to 
  5, 
  tarsi 
  1*3 
  to 
  1*4. 
  

  

  The 
  rufous 
  spotting 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  varies 
  much, 
  and 
  is 
  

   usually 
  almost 
  or 
  quite 
  absent. 
  

  

  