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  --IS, 
  Tyrannus 
  domixicensis 
  (Gra.); 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  86. 
  

  

  H. 
  V. 
  Berlepsch 
  raised 
  the 
  question 
  whether 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  

   Cura<;'ao 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  Tyrannus 
  dominicensis 
  

   from 
  the 
  Greater 
  Antilles 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  large-billed 
  T. 
  rostratus, 
  

   Scl., 
  from 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Antilles. 
  I 
  have 
  collected 
  a 
  series 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  true 
  Tyrannus 
  

   dominicensis. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  which 
  it 
  or 
  its 
  allies 
  have 
  

   almost 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  South 
  America, 
  

   " 
  Pitirri 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  Pipirri." 
  Its 
  note, 
  indeed, 
  is 
  exactly 
  like 
  its 
  

   name. 
  It 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  Curagao, 
  especially 
  near 
  Savonet, 
  

   and 
  may 
  even 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  Willemstad. 
  

  

  Sclater 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xiv. 
  p. 
  271) 
  calls 
  it 
  Tyrannus 
  griseus, 
  but 
  

   I 
  agree 
  with 
  Berlepsch 
  and 
  others 
  that 
  Gmelin^s 
  Lanius 
  

   tyrannus 
  /3 
  dominicensis, 
  given 
  with 
  habitat 
  and 
  distinguished 
  

   by 
  description, 
  should 
  provide 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  name. 
  

  

  -^ 
  14. 
  Chrysolampis 
  mosquitus 
  (Linn.) 
  ; 
  Berl, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  86. 
  

  

  Not 
  rare 
  on 
  flowering 
  trees 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  aloe, 
  

   but 
  less 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  next 
  species. 
  

  

  -/ 
  15. 
  Chlorostilbon 
  carib.eus, 
  Lawr. 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  87. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  C. 
  cariheeus 
  came 
  from 
  Curagao. 
  The 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  are 
  indistinguishable 
  from 
  those 
  from 
  Venezuela 
  

   (generally 
  called 
  C 
  atala). 
  The 
  nest 
  is 
  a 
  tiny 
  structure 
  

   built 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  twig. 
  I 
  obtained 
  two 
  eggs 
  from 
  Herr 
  

   Ludwig. 
  They 
  are 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  and 
  in 
  colour 
  plain 
  white 
  

   without 
  gloss. 
  They 
  measure 
  0*4 
  x 
  0*29 
  inch, 
  and 
  weigh 
  

   17 
  milligramms. 
  

  

  — 
  16. 
  Stenopsis 
  cayennensis 
  (Gm.) 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  87. 
  

  

  Unfortunately 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  an 
  adult 
  male, 
  but 
  

   only 
  a 
  female 
  and 
  two 
  young 
  birds 
  of 
  this 
  Nightjar. 
  When 
  

   comparing 
  my 
  specimens 
  with 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  differences. 
  The 
  bird 
  breeds 
  on 
  

  

  