﻿Aruba, 
  Curasao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  lated 
  bare 
  orbital 
  space 
  and 
  the 
  thighs 
  are 
  wrongly 
  coloured^ 
  

   and 
  the 
  belly 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  are 
  much 
  too 
  dark. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  observed 
  and 
  noticed 
  on 
  Cura(jao 
  by 
  E. 
  Peters 
  

   (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  112) 
  under 
  the 
  local 
  name 
  "Ala 
  bianco" 
  

   (not 
  " 
  blanca/' 
  as 
  Peters 
  spells 
  it) 
  , 
  but 
  specimens 
  were 
  not 
  

   preserved, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  not 
  identified. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  living 
  bird 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  whitish 
  flesh-colour, 
  the 
  

   iris 
  deep 
  orange-brown. 
  Round 
  the 
  eye 
  is 
  a 
  smooth 
  bare 
  

   ring 
  of 
  a 
  bluish-grey 
  colour 
  ; 
  this 
  ring 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  

   large 
  granulated 
  naked 
  space 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  reddish-brown 
  colour, 
  

   somewhat 
  like 
  an 
  over-ripe 
  strawberry. 
  Feet 
  raspberry-red. 
  

   The 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  viuaceous 
  grey, 
  shading 
  into 
  

   ashy 
  on 
  the 
  flanks 
  and 
  belly. 
  Thighs 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  

   greyish 
  white. 
  The 
  broad 
  white 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  wing 
  has 
  

   caused 
  this 
  bird 
  to 
  be 
  named 
  "Ala 
  bianco," 
  or 
  "White-wing," 
  

   on 
  these 
  islands. 
  I 
  have 
  five 
  adult 
  males 
  and 
  one 
  young 
  

   female. 
  The 
  latter 
  has 
  only 
  an 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  granules 
  

   round 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  the 
  beautiful 
  scaly-looking 
  white 
  and 
  

   blackish 
  borders 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  neck, 
  and 
  pale 
  vinous 
  and 
  

   blackish 
  borders 
  to 
  the 
  feathers 
  between 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  are 
  

   only 
  slightly 
  indicated, 
  but 
  this 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  due 
  rather 
  to 
  

   the 
  immaturity 
  of 
  the 
  specimen 
  than 
  to 
  its 
  sex. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  males 
  is 
  about 
  13 
  inches, 
  the 
  

   wing 
  measures 
  from 
  7"55 
  to 
  7*85, 
  tail 
  about 
  5*3, 
  culmen 
  0"65, 
  

   tarsus 
  1 
  to 
  I'l, 
  middle 
  toe 
  1*2 
  to 
  1*26. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  on 
  Aruba, 
  and 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  some 
  

   localities 
  on 
  Curasao, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  trees 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  

   common 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  According 
  to 
  Herr 
  Peters 
  it 
  likewise 
  

   occurs 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Venezuela, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  " 
  Man- 
  

   glera," 
  but 
  this 
  statement 
  requires 
  confirmation. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  Pigeon 
  generally 
  flies 
  about 
  in 
  flocks, 
  pick- 
  

   ing 
  up 
  its 
  food 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  the 
  trees. 
  

   Its 
  note 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  cooing, 
  consisting 
  of 
  four 
  sounds. 
  I 
  found 
  

   a 
  fresh-made 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  July, 
  but 
  no 
  eggs 
  in 
  it. 
  I 
  

   also 
  shot 
  young 
  birds 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  so 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  they 
  

   breed 
  twice 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  nest 
  is 
  a 
  loose 
  structure, 
  

   like 
  that 
  of 
  Columba 
  palumhvs, 
  and 
  placed 
  mostly 
  in 
  the 
  

   mangroves, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  in 
  other 
  trees. 
  They 
  are 
  rather 
  

  

  