﻿Aricba, 
  Curaqao, 
  and 
  Bunait'e. 
  321 
  

  

  brownish, 
  and 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  upper 
  breast 
  are 
  more 
  tinged 
  

   -with 
  greenish 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  bird. 
  The 
  orange-colour 
  

   gradually 
  spreads 
  over 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  from 
  the 
  lores 
  

   and 
  region 
  under 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  is 
  assumed 
  not 
  by 
  moult 
  

   only, 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  skins, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  my 
  observations 
  on 
  two 
  

   living 
  specimens 
  that 
  I 
  brought 
  home 
  with 
  me, 
  clearly 
  show. 
  

   The 
  bill 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  bird 
  is 
  deep 
  horn-brown, 
  while 
  in 
  

   youuger 
  specimens 
  the 
  upper 
  mandible 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pale 
  

   and 
  whitish. 
  The 
  sexes 
  are 
  quite 
  similar. 
  

  

  - 
  19. 
  BuTEO 
  ALBiCAUDATUs 
  coLONUs, 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  91. 
  

  

  This 
  name 
  was 
  proposed 
  by 
  Berlepsch 
  for 
  the 
  Buzzard 
  of 
  

   Curasao, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  single 
  young 
  bird, 
  probably 
  in 
  

   first 
  plumage. 
  Unfortunately 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  get 
  an 
  adult 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  but 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  young 
  male 
  from 
  Herr 
  

   Ludwig 
  and 
  shot 
  a 
  young 
  female 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  Both 
  these 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  quite 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  is 
  minutely 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  H. 
  V. 
  Berlepsch, 
  and 
  the 
  differences 
  from 
  the 
  

   young 
  of 
  Buteo 
  albicaudatus 
  from 
  other 
  countries 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   constant 
  and 
  well 
  marked. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  adult 
  bird 
  sailing 
  

   over 
  and 
  around 
  Mt. 
  Christoffel 
  on 
  Cura9ao, 
  and 
  twice 
  on 
  

   Aruba, 
  but 
  had 
  no 
  chance 
  of 
  shooting 
  one. 
  The 
  iris 
  in 
  the 
  

   young 
  is 
  brown, 
  feet 
  yellow, 
  cere 
  pale 
  greenish. 
  In 
  the 
  

   stomach 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  small 
  birds, 
  and 
  the 
  natives 
  

   on 
  the 
  islands 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  fowls. 
  Native 
  

   name 
  " 
  Pata-lejo." 
  The 
  wings 
  of 
  my 
  two 
  specimens 
  measure 
  

   15*1 
  and 
  15'2 
  inches, 
  the 
  tarsus 
  82. 
  

  

  The 
  adults 
  when 
  flying 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  looked 
  like 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinental 
  species, 
  but 
  will 
  probably 
  turn 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  distinct. 
  

  

  ^ 
  20. 
  TiNNUNCULUS 
  SPARVERIUS 
  BREVIPENNIS, 
  Bcrl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O, 
  

  

  1892, 
  p. 
  91. 
  

   Not 
  rare. 
  

  

  -^ 
  21. 
  PoLYBORUs 
  CHERiWAY 
  (Jacq.) 
  ; 
  Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  110. 
  

   Not 
  rare. 
  

  

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