﻿Aruba, 
  Cura(^ao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  new 
  species, 
  however, 
  ean 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  white 
  

   spot 
  between 
  the 
  yellow 
  breast 
  and 
  the 
  slaty-black 
  throat. 
  

   This 
  white 
  spot 
  is 
  extremely 
  small 
  and 
  scarcely 
  indicated 
  in 
  

   C 
  newtoni, 
  so 
  small, 
  in 
  fact, 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  it 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  any 
  description 
  {cf. 
  Sc'l. 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  43). 
  

   C. 
  newtoni 
  has 
  also 
  the 
  uropygial 
  band 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  

   and 
  of 
  a 
  moi'e 
  yellowish-olive 
  colour. 
  The 
  fresh 
  unworn 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  C 
  uropyyialis 
  have 
  distinct 
  whitish 
  edges 
  to 
  

   the 
  longest 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  wing-coverts. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  C. 
  newtoni 
  by 
  the 
  much 
  

   darker 
  throat, 
  the 
  white 
  patch 
  below 
  the 
  blackish 
  throat, 
  

   the 
  smaller 
  white 
  wing-speculum, 
  and 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   uropygial 
  band. 
  The 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  has 
  been 
  well 
  

   described 
  by 
  Berlepsch 
  (/. 
  c). 
  The 
  young 
  bird 
  is 
  grey 
  

   above, 
  the 
  uropygial 
  band 
  less 
  developed, 
  the 
  crown 
  similar 
  

   to 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  back 
  ; 
  beneath 
  paler 
  yellow, 
  

   throat 
  pale 
  grey 
  mixed 
  with 
  yellow, 
  superciliary 
  stripe 
  

   yellow. 
  In 
  adult 
  specimens 
  the 
  superciliary 
  stripe 
  is 
  pure 
  

   white, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  but 
  many 
  are 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  stripe 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  tinted 
  with 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Berlepsch's 
  Flower-pecker 
  is 
  extremely 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  

   islands. 
  It 
  is 
  called 
  " 
  Barica-geel," 
  i. 
  e. 
  Yellow-breast. 
  In 
  

   Bonaire, 
  at 
  Mr. 
  van 
  den 
  BrandhoFs, 
  they 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  

   verandah 
  to 
  take 
  milk 
  and 
  water 
  and 
  bread 
  and 
  fruits 
  that 
  

   were 
  offered 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  plate. 
  

  

  Its 
  song 
  is 
  not 
  loud 
  nor 
  attractive, 
  being 
  a 
  metallic 
  

   warbling, 
  frequently 
  repeated. 
  

  

  The 
  nest 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  ball 
  of 
  dry 
  grasses 
  and 
  leaves, 
  lined 
  

   with 
  feathers, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  lateral 
  entrance. 
  It 
  is 
  placed 
  

   mostly 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  branches 
  at 
  different 
  heights 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  One, 
  from 
  which 
  I 
  took 
  eggs, 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  a 
  flower- 
  

   basket 
  hanging 
  from 
  the 
  ceiling 
  of 
  Senor 
  Ricardo^s 
  verandah 
  

   in 
  Cura{;ao. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  fresh, 
  but 
  the 
  bird 
  had 
  left 
  

   them. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  four 
  in 
  number, 
  of 
  a 
  whitish 
  colour, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  darker 
  and 
  paler 
  rufous 
  spots 
  and 
  

   patches. 
  Their 
  average 
  size 
  is 
  0*6 
  x 
  0'45 
  inch. 
  

  

  