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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Harteit 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  in 
  Cura(j:ao 
  and 
  Bonaire, 
  It 
  is 
  equally 
  common 
  on 
  both 
  

   these 
  islands, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  open 
  bushy 
  places, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  of 
  mangroves 
  and 
  other 
  trees. 
  My 
  series 
  shows 
  a 
  

   very 
  great 
  variation. 
  The 
  adult 
  males 
  are 
  bright 
  yellow 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  breast, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  

   streaked 
  with 
  rufous 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  

   patch 
  of 
  cliestnut-brown. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  entire 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   head 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  this 
  colour, 
  sometimes 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  horse- 
  

   shoe, 
  sometimes 
  it 
  is 
  developed 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  and 
  over 
  

   the 
  eyes. 
  It 
  seems 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  bird 
  advances 
  in 
  age 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  striations 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  parts 
  

   are 
  more 
  developed. 
  Quite 
  young 
  birds 
  have 
  no 
  streaks 
  on 
  

   the 
  breast 
  and 
  no 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  crown. 
  The 
  females, 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule, 
  have 
  no 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  nor 
  streaks 
  beneath, 
  but 
  

   sometimes 
  indications 
  of 
  the 
  stripes 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  crown 
  

   are 
  visible, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  

   spotted 
  with 
  chestnut 
  and 
  the 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  are 
  well 
  

   developed, 
  although 
  not 
  so 
  strongly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  males. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Dendroeca 
  capitalis, 
  

   Lawr., 
  from 
  Barbados, 
  but 
  the 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  is 
  

   generally 
  lighter, 
  and 
  the 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  are 
  some- 
  

   what 
  broader 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  defined. 
  Some 
  specimens, 
  

   however, 
  run 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  those 
  from 
  Barbados. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  very 
  familiar, 
  and 
  known 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   "Para 
  de 
  misa/' 
  which 
  means 
  '^mass-bird," 
  and 
  often 
  

   lives 
  with 
  great 
  tameness 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  houses. 
  Its 
  

   song 
  is 
  a 
  melodious 
  warbling, 
  soft 
  and 
  short, 
  chiefly 
  heard 
  

   in 
  the 
  early 
  morning. 
  The 
  nest 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  twigs 
  

   of 
  bushes, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  tiny, 
  very 
  deep 
  cup-shaped 
  structure, 
  

   composed 
  of 
  thin 
  grasses 
  interwoven 
  with 
  spider-webs, 
  

   feathers, 
  and 
  hairs, 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  nests 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July, 
  

   but 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  any 
  eggs. 
  

  

  -u* 
  3, 
  Certhiola 
  uropygialis 
  (Berl.). 
  

  

  The 
  nearest 
  ally 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  C. 
  bai'badensis 
  , 
  

   as 
  surmised 
  by 
  H. 
  von 
  Berlepsch 
  (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  77), 
  but 
  

   C. 
  newtoni, 
  from 
  St. 
  Croix, 
  and 
  C. 
  sancti-t 
  homes. 
  Berlepsch's 
  

  

  