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  Curacao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  colour 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  pretty, 
  but 
  soon 
  faded 
  away 
  after 
  

   the 
  birds 
  were 
  skinned. 
  Iris 
  deep 
  brown; 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  

   black. 
  

  

  40. 
  Larus 
  atricilla, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Often 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Aruba, 
  Curasao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
  

  

  III. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Curasao. 
  

  

  Curasao 
  had 
  been 
  twice 
  visited 
  by 
  collectors 
  before 
  my 
  

   arrival, 
  and 
  two 
  articles 
  had 
  been 
  written 
  on 
  its 
  birds. 
  

   Ridgway 
  (Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vii. 
  pp. 
  173-177, 
  1884) 
  enu- 
  

   merated 
  6 
  species. 
  Berlepsch 
  (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  61) 
  gave 
  

   19 
  species, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  a 
  collecting-tour 
  made 
  by 
  Herr 
  

   Peters, 
  who 
  appended 
  to 
  BerlepscVs 
  admirable 
  essay 
  a 
  list 
  

   of 
  51 
  species 
  supposed 
  to 
  occur 
  on 
  Cura(jao. 
  Of 
  these 
  51 
  

   species, 
  examples 
  of 
  18 
  only 
  were 
  collected, 
  and 
  about 
  16 
  re- 
  

   mained 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  doubtful 
  or 
  were 
  founded 
  on 
  the 
  

   erroneous 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  natives, 
  Peters^s 
  list, 
  however, 
  

   contains 
  some 
  very 
  useful 
  field-notes, 
  local 
  names, 
  and 
  other 
  

   information. 
  

  

  My 
  collection 
  contains 
  examples 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  that 
  

   have 
  been 
  hitherto 
  identified 
  with 
  certainty, 
  except 
  one^. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  greatly 
  obliged 
  for 
  much 
  help 
  and 
  kindness 
  to 
  Mijn- 
  

   heer 
  Harry 
  Barge, 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  West 
  Indies, 
  

   to 
  Mijnheer 
  van 
  der 
  Linde 
  Schotborgh, 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   estate 
  of 
  Savonet, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  chemist, 
  Herr 
  Ludwig, 
  who 
  

   takes 
  an 
  ardent 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  Curasao. 
  

  

  -^ 
  1. 
  MiMus 
  QiLvus 
  RosTRATUs, 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  

   1884, 
  p. 
  137 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  74 
  ; 
  Peters, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  115. 
  

  

  Common. 
  See 
  above, 
  p. 
  294. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   full-grown 
  nestlings 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  — 
  2. 
  Dendr(eca 
  RuropiLEATA, 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U, 
  S. 
  N, 
  M, 
  

   1884, 
  p. 
  173 
  (type 
  from 
  Cura9ao) 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  76. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  collected 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  twenty 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  

  

  * 
  Ardea 
  herodins, 
  Liun. 
  

  

  