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  Curacao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  the 
  breast 
  somewhat 
  less 
  deep 
  and 
  duller. 
  Wing 
  2 
  to 
  2" 
  15 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Aruba, 
  Cura9ao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
  

  

  (4)+E. 
  oMissA 
  (Jardine). 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  E. 
  blcolor, 
  bnt 
  the 
  wing 
  longer 
  and 
  the 
  colour 
  

   of 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  rump 
  deeper 
  and 
  more 
  of 
  a 
  greenish 
  olive. 
  

   Wing 
  2' 
  15 
  to 
  2'2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Venezuela, 
  extending 
  north 
  to 
  Tobago 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Colombia. 
  

  

  E. 
  sharpei 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  on 
  Curac^ao. 
  Its 
  nest 
  is 
  a 
  

   large 
  ball 
  of 
  grass 
  with 
  a 
  lateral 
  entrance. 
  All 
  that 
  I 
  saw 
  

   were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  prickly 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Opuntia 
  and 
  

   Cereus. 
  I 
  found 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  nest, 
  which 
  

   are 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  bluish 
  hue, 
  much 
  speckled 
  

   with 
  rufous, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  deep 
  brown 
  spots. 
  They 
  mea- 
  

   sure 
  from 
  065 
  x 
  0"4.G 
  to 
  0'7 
  x 
  0-5 
  inch. 
  

  

  7. 
  Icterus 
  xanthornus 
  curacaoensis 
  (Ridgw.) 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  

   J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  82. 
  

  

  Icterus 
  curaqaoensis, 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  ISSi, 
  

   p. 
  174. 
  

   Not 
  rare. 
  

  

  8. 
  Icterus 
  icterus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Icterus 
  vulgaris, 
  subsp. 
  ? 
  Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  Hi. 
  

  

  Not 
  numerous, 
  but 
  well 
  known. 
  Colours 
  of 
  Curafao 
  

   specimens 
  very 
  bright. 
  Cory 
  (Cat. 
  W. 
  Incl. 
  B. 
  p. 
  146) 
  says 
  

   the 
  same 
  of 
  examples 
  obtained 
  in 
  St. 
  Thomas. 
  

  

  — 
  9. 
  HiRUNDO 
  erythrogastra 
  (Bodd.) 
  ; 
  Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  

   1892, 
  p. 
  117. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  specimen 
  that 
  was 
  skinned 
  by 
  Herr 
  Luclwig, 
  and 
  

   which 
  undoubtedly 
  belonged 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  

   only 
  a 
  visitor 
  from 
  the 
  north, 
  because 
  Peters 
  tells 
  us 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  numerous 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  August, 
  while 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  rare 
  

   during 
  my 
  visit 
  that 
  I 
  only 
  saw* 
  a 
  few 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  was 
  

   not 
  able 
  to 
  procure 
  a 
  specimen. 
  

  

  