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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  •^ 
  4. 
  Ammodromus 
  savannarum 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  Very 
  rare 
  on 
  Cura9ao, 
  and 
  only 
  met 
  with 
  near 
  Beekenburg, 
  

   in 
  a 
  stony 
  valley 
  of 
  grass 
  and 
  low 
  bushes. 
  Not 
  previously 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  Cura(^ao. 
  

  

  ^5. 
  ZoNOTRicHiA 
  piLEATA 
  (Bodd.) 
  ; 
  Bcrl, 
  J. 
  f, 
  O. 
  1893, 
  

   p. 
  82. 
  

  

  Local 
  name 
  " 
  Chonchorrongai." 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  rule 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  from 
  Curasao 
  are 
  rather 
  

   pale, 
  but 
  this 
  character 
  is 
  not 
  constant. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  build 
  

   closed 
  nests, 
  as 
  suggested 
  by 
  Herr 
  Peters 
  (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  115), 
  but 
  open 
  ones, 
  like 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus. 
  I 
  

   found 
  two 
  eggs 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  pale- 
  

   blue 
  colour, 
  regularly 
  spotted 
  with 
  rufous. 
  They 
  measure 
  

   0-8 
  to 
  0-6 
  inch. 
  

  

  + 
  6. 
  EuETHEiA 
  sHARPEi, 
  Hartert. 
  

  

  Euetheia 
  bicolor, 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  81 
  ; 
  Peters, 
  t. 
  c. 
  

   p. 
  116. 
  

  

  Euetheia 
  sharper, 
  Hart. 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  xxxvii. 
  

  

  Of 
  all 
  the 
  birds 
  that 
  I 
  collected 
  on 
  my 
  West-Indian 
  trip, 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Euetheia 
  (or 
  Phonipara, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  termed 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  and 
  others) 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  puzzling. 
  After 
  a 
  care- 
  

   ful 
  comparison 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  materials 
  at 
  hand, 
  I 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  

   following 
  conclusions, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  those 
  ornithologists 
  

   who 
  have 
  sufficient 
  evidence 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  opinion 
  will 
  agree 
  

   with 
  me. 
  

  

  (1) 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  is 
  correct 
  in 
  retaining 
  as 
  a 
  separate 
  sub- 
  

   species 
  E. 
  marchi, 
  notwithstanding 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Cory 
  has 
  united 
  

   all 
  the 
  West-Indian 
  Euetheice. 
  A 
  fine 
  additional 
  series 
  from 
  

   San 
  Domingo 
  has 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  since 
  the 
  

   publication 
  of 
  the 
  twelfth 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Catalogue. 
  I 
  think 
  

   it 
  will 
  speak 
  well 
  for 
  the 
  distinctness 
  of 
  E. 
  marchi 
  when 
  I 
  say 
  

   that, 
  on 
  a 
  dark 
  December 
  day 
  in 
  London, 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  pick 
  out 
  

   in 
  a 
  minute 
  all 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  E. 
  marchi, 
  without 
  mistake 
  or 
  

   hesitation, 
  from 
  the 
  box 
  containing 
  E. 
  bicolor, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  

   had 
  been 
  provisionally 
  placed. 
  Besides 
  the 
  characters 
  given 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds,' 
  E. 
  marchi 
  evidently 
  

   has 
  the 
  bill 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  lighter 
  brown. 
  

  

  