﻿Aruba, 
  Curacao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  I 
  am 
  quite 
  sure 
  that 
  GoulcFs 
  habitat 
  ('^ 
  Mexico'^) 
  for 
  this 
  

   species 
  is 
  wrong, 
  for 
  recent 
  explorers 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  it 
  there 
  ; 
  

   but 
  I 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  occurs 
  in 
  Vene- 
  

   zuela^ 
  where 
  E. 
  sonninii 
  is 
  also 
  fouad^ 
  but 
  probably 
  not 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  localities. 
  

  

  •'^23. 
  Ardea 
  tricolor^ 
  Mlill. 
  

  

  Not 
  plentiful, 
  but 
  of 
  regular 
  occurrence 
  on 
  Aruba 
  and 
  

   Bonaire, 
  Identical 
  with 
  South-American 
  specimens^ 
  but 
  

   different 
  from 
  the 
  Mexican 
  subspecies, 
  which 
  is 
  spread 
  over 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Culmen 
  365 
  inches, 
  wing 
  9"4^. 
  tarsus 
  3*5. 
  

  

  ->~ 
  24. 
  Ardea 
  candidissima, 
  Cim. 
  

  

  Seen 
  on 
  Aruba 
  and 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  Bill 
  — 
  posterior 
  portion 
  

   bluish 
  flesh-colour, 
  anterior 
  half 
  blackish 
  horn-colour. 
  Iris 
  

   silvery 
  white. 
  Legs 
  sky-blue, 
  large 
  scales 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  tarsus 
  

   black. 
  Total 
  length 
  27 
  inches, 
  wing 
  12, 
  culmen 
  3*5. 
  

  

  — 
  25. 
  BuTORiDEs 
  viRESCENs 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  three 
  islands. 
  My 
  specimens 
  agree 
  with 
  

   other 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  rather 
  

   shorter, 
  measuring 
  only 
  6'5 
  inches 
  ; 
  culmen 
  2"25, 
  tail 
  2*4, 
  

   tarsus 
  1"8. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  bird 
  called 
  B. 
  striata 
  by 
  Peters 
  

   (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  121). 
  

  

  26. 
  Phcenicopterus 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  A 
  Flamingo 
  was 
  seen 
  and 
  shot 
  at 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Cole. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  rare, 
  and 
  a 
  straggler 
  only. 
  

  

  — 
  27. 
  Charadrius 
  squatarola, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  shot 
  a 
  male 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  

   June 
  on 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  -~ 
  28. 
  Strepsilas 
  interpres, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  three 
  individuals 
  and 
  shot 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  2ud 
  July 
  on 
  

   Aruba. 
  

  

  — 
  29. 
  j^Egialitis 
  rufinucha 
  (Ridgw.). 
  

  

  jEgialitis 
  ivilsonius, 
  var. 
  rufinuchus, 
  Kidgw. 
  Am. 
  Nat. 
  viii. 
  

   1874, 
  p. 
  109 
  ; 
  id. 
  Man. 
  N. 
  Am. 
  B. 
  p. 
  175. 
  {Hab. 
  West 
  Indies 
  

   and 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  of 
  S. 
  America 
  to 
  Bahia.) 
  

  

  z2 
  

  

  