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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  Ike 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  Curnyao 
  and 
  Bonaire, 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  it 
  on 
  Aruba. 
  It 
  is 
  

   not 
  common, 
  and 
  is 
  mostly 
  found 
  in 
  dry 
  and 
  stony 
  places 
  

   with 
  scanty 
  vegetation. 
  

  

  -1 
  17. 
  CrOTOPHAGA 
  SULCIROSTRIS, 
  Sw. 
  

  

  Not 
  previously 
  recorded 
  from 
  Curac^ao. 
  

  

  I 
  met 
  with 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  near 
  Savonet, 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  a 
  few 
  specimens. 
  Its 
  occurrence 
  so 
  far 
  eastwards 
  is 
  

   very 
  remarkable. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  resident 
  on 
  Curasao. 
  

   The 
  stomach 
  contained 
  grasshoppers. 
  Iris 
  deep 
  brown. 
  

   Bill 
  and 
  feet 
  black. 
  

  

  4- 
  18. 
  CoNURUs 
  PERTiNAX 
  (Linn.) 
  ; 
  Salvad. 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

   XX. 
  p. 
  197; 
  Bcrl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  189.2, 
  p. 
  88; 
  Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  112. 
  

  

  Berlepsch 
  (/. 
  c.) 
  gives 
  his 
  opinion 
  that, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   peculiar 
  fact 
  that 
  Conurus 
  pertinax 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  islands 
  of 
  

   Curajao 
  and 
  St. 
  Thomas, 
  and 
  apparently 
  nowhere 
  else, 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  possible 
  that 
  its 
  original 
  home 
  is 
  Cura(;*ao, 
  where 
  it 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  on 
  St. 
  Thomas. 
  There 
  are, 
  

   however, 
  other 
  birds 
  that 
  occur 
  on 
  both 
  these 
  islands, 
  so 
  

   that 
  I 
  hesitate 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  accept 
  this 
  introduction-theory. 
  

   On 
  St, 
  Thomas 
  this 
  lovely 
  Parrakeet 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  hills 
  

   on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  harbour 
  (cf. 
  A. 
  & 
  E. 
  Newton, 
  Ibis, 
  

   1859, 
  p. 
  374), 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  rare 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  no 
  longer 
  caught 
  for 
  sale, 
  while 
  formerly 
  they 
  

   were 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  steamers 
  by 
  the 
  negroes. 
  On 
  Cura(^ao 
  

   it 
  is 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  w^estern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  but 
  

   not 
  so 
  common, 
  although 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare, 
  in 
  the 
  eastern. 
  

   The 
  nests 
  are 
  mostly 
  built 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  ants' 
  -nests 
  placed 
  

   in 
  trees, 
  into 
  which 
  they 
  dig 
  holes. 
  

  

  The 
  negroes 
  take 
  the 
  young 
  ones 
  from 
  the 
  nests 
  and 
  keep 
  

   them 
  in 
  cages. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  are 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  sailors. 
  

  

  The 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  bird 
  is 
  well 
  descrilicd 
  by 
  Salva- 
  

   dori, 
  but 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Finsch 
  and 
  many 
  others 
  are 
  

   confusing, 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  distinguish 
  between 
  C. 
  (eruginosus 
  

   and 
  C. 
  pertinax. 
  In 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  C. 
  pertinax 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  

   beautiful 
  orange-colour 
  on 
  the 
  cheeks, 
  which 
  are 
  brownish, 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  ; 
  the 
  forehead 
  is 
  tinged 
  with 
  greenish 
  and 
  

  

  