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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  uf 
  

  

  This 
  Plover 
  is 
  common^ 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  breeds, 
  on 
  Aruba 
  

   and 
  Bonaire. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  Ridgway's 
  subspecies, 
  

   but 
  that 
  it 
  deserves 
  specific 
  rank. 
  Two 
  adult 
  males 
  in 
  very 
  

   fine 
  plumage 
  have 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  chest. 
  

   Lores 
  decidedly 
  rusty. 
  Culmen 
  0"83 
  to 
  0'85 
  inch, 
  wing 
  4*45 
  

   to 
  4*5, 
  tarsus 
  1*1. 
  

  

  The 
  black 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  chest 
  is 
  probably 
  always 
  replaced 
  

   in 
  the 
  adult 
  male 
  by 
  a 
  rusty 
  rufous 
  band. 
  

  

  -A30. 
  H^MATOPus 
  PALLiATus 
  (Tcmm.). 
  

  

  1 
  only 
  once 
  saw 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  Oyster-catclier 
  on 
  the 
  

   reef 
  on 
  Aruba 
  and 
  fired 
  at 
  it, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  missed 
  it. 
  

  

  31. 
  TOTANUS 
  FLAVIPES 
  (Gm,). 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  was 
  common 
  on 
  Aruba 
  on 
  the 
  22nd 
  June, 
  when 
  

   Dr. 
  Cole 
  shot 
  two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  32. 
  Pelecanus 
  fuscus, 
  Linn. 
  

   Extremely 
  common 
  and 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  shy. 
  

  

  33. 
  Fregata 
  aquila 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Schlegel 
  (Mus. 
  d. 
  Pays-Bas), 
  Gates 
  (B. 
  Brit. 
  Burm.), 
  and 
  

   others 
  are 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  white-breasted 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  are 
  young 
  birds, 
  but 
  Ridgway 
  (B. 
  N. 
  Amer. 
  

   and 
  Man. 
  N. 
  Am. 
  B.) 
  has 
  already 
  well 
  described 
  the 
  plumage 
  

   of 
  the 
  adult 
  female 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  young, 
  which 
  has 
  

   the 
  whole 
  head 
  white. 
  My 
  male 
  example 
  agrees 
  perfectly 
  

   with 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  and 
  Madagascar"^. 
  The 
  

   females 
  have 
  much 
  larger 
  bills 
  than 
  the 
  males. 
  My 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  measure 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  ^ 
  ad. 
  Aruba, 
  3 
  vii. 
  Culmen 
  5'2 
  inches, 
  wing 
  23"6, 
  

   tail 
  17. 
  

  

  ? 
  ? 
  ad, 
  Aruba, 
  3 
  vii. 
  Culmen 
  5"5 
  to 
  5"6 
  inches, 
  wing 
  

   23 
  to 
  24-5, 
  tail 
  15-5. 
  

  

  -|-34. 
  Phalacrocorax 
  brasiltanus 
  (Gm.), 
  

  

  Great 
  flocks 
  of 
  this 
  Cormorant 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  Aruba, 
  but 
  

   Avere 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  approach. 
  

  

  * 
  Hartlaub 
  ('Vogel 
  Madagascar^,' 
  P- 
  399) 
  mentioas 
  only 
  Fregata 
  

   minor 
  from 
  tliat 
  island, 
  but 
  examples 
  of 
  both 
  these 
  very 
  distinct 
  species 
  

   have 
  been 
  recently 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Tring 
  Museum 
  from 
  Madagascar. 
  

  

  