﻿324 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  shy 
  birds, 
  but 
  can 
  be 
  shot 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  very 
  dry 
  

   weather 
  near 
  the 
  water. 
  The 
  Europeans 
  and 
  natives 
  on 
  the 
  

   islands 
  much 
  appreciate 
  its 
  flesh 
  as 
  food, 
  and 
  it 
  does 
  well 
  in 
  

   captivity. 
  

  

  -- 
  24. 
  Zenaida 
  vinaceo-rufa, 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  vii. 
  

   p. 
  176; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  95. 
  

  

  Extremely 
  common 
  on 
  Aruba, 
  also 
  common 
  on 
  Curasao, 
  

   but 
  most 
  numerous 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  Peters 
  (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  113) 
  mentions 
  this 
  species 
  under 
  three 
  names 
  — 
  No. 
  13. 
  

   "Ala 
  duro," 
  No. 
  14. 
  " 
  Blauw 
  Duiff/' 
  and 
  No. 
  15. 
  " 
  Patruchi." 
  

   All 
  three 
  names 
  applj 
  to 
  Zenaida 
  vinaceo-rufa. 
  "Ala 
  duro 
  " 
  

   is 
  the 
  most 
  familiar 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  adult 
  bird 
  ; 
  " 
  Patruchi," 
  

   a 
  name 
  that 
  is 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  islanders 
  erroneously 
  applied 
  

   to 
  Eupsychortyx 
  gouldi, 
  is 
  less 
  in 
  use 
  ; 
  and 
  " 
  Blauw 
  Duiff" 
  is 
  

   the 
  Dutch 
  name, 
  mostly 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  bird, 
  which 
  

   many 
  natives 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  Columba 
  

   portoricensis 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  name 
  on 
  

   Bonaire. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  bird 
  is 
  more 
  rusty 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  than 
  the 
  

   adult, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  have 
  white 
  edges 
  and 
  white 
  

   lanceolate 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  tips. 
  The 
  females 
  are 
  much 
  darker 
  

   in 
  colour. 
  

  

  Wing 
  of 
  adult 
  5 
  "2 
  to 
  5 
  '5 
  inches. 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  nest 
  — 
  a 
  flat 
  

   and 
  loose 
  structure, 
  like 
  all 
  Pigeons' 
  nests 
  — 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  

   high 
  in 
  a 
  dividivi-tree. 
  The 
  two 
  eggs 
  are 
  ovate 
  in 
  shape 
  

   {cf. 
  Ridgw. 
  Nomencl. 
  Col. 
  pi. 
  xvi. 
  fig. 
  1), 
  and 
  in 
  colour 
  plain 
  

   white, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  gloss. 
  The 
  weights 
  are 
  460 
  and 
  455 
  

   milligramms, 
  and 
  they 
  measure 
  1'23 
  x 
  0*86 
  and 
  I'l 
  x 
  0-84 
  in. 
  

  

  -^25. 
  Leptoptila 
  verreauxi 
  (Bp.). 
  

  

  My 
  honoured 
  friend 
  Count 
  Tommaso 
  Salvadori 
  has 
  kindly 
  

   examined 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  skins 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  and 
  refers 
  them 
  to 
  

   L. 
  verreauxi. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  rather 
  rare 
  on 
  Curacao. 
  

  

  Wing 
  5*4 
  inches. 
  Iris 
  pale 
  orange 
  or 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  

   bill 
  black, 
  feet 
  red. 
  

  

  I 
  believe 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  Peters's 
  No. 
  11 
  (J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  p. 
  113), 
  for 
  

   the 
  islanders 
  call 
  it 
  " 
  Tortel 
  Duiff," 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  such 
  thing 
  

   as 
  Columba 
  plumbea 
  on 
  Curacao. 
  

  

  