﻿Aruha, 
  Curaqao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
  325 
  

  

  -26. 
  COLUMBIGALLINA 
  PASSERINA 
  PERPALLIDA, 
  Hartert. 
  

  

  See 
  above, 
  p. 
  304. 
  

   Extremely 
  common. 
  

  

  -/ 
  27. 
  EUPSYCHORTYX 
  CRISTATUS 
  (L.) 
  . 
  

  

  See 
  above, 
  p. 
  305. 
  

  

  Not 
  rare. 
  Often 
  kept 
  in 
  confinement 
  and 
  sold 
  for 
  food. 
  

  

  * 
  28. 
  Ardea 
  herodias, 
  Linn.; 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  

   Mus. 
  1884, 
  p. 
  177. 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  Benedict 
  and 
  Nye 
  have 
  obtained 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  on 
  Curac^ao. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  shoot 
  it, 
  but 
  once 
  saw 
  a 
  huge 
  

   Heron 
  near 
  Savonet 
  at 
  sunset, 
  which 
  I 
  think 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   this 
  species. 
  

  

  -^29. 
  Ardea 
  candidissima, 
  Gm. 
  

  

  White 
  Herons 
  are 
  of 
  irregular 
  occurrence 
  on 
  Curasao, 
  and 
  

   as 
  I 
  shot 
  A. 
  candidissima 
  on 
  Aruba, 
  I 
  suppose 
  that 
  they 
  

   belong 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  -1^30. 
  BuTORiDES 
  viRESCENs 
  (Linn.). 
  

   See 
  above, 
  p. 
  307. 
  

   I 
  saw 
  this 
  bird 
  several 
  times 
  on 
  Curasao. 
  

  

  J 
  31. 
  ToTANUs 
  MACULARius 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Actitis 
  macularia, 
  Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  120. 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  on 
  the 
  Schottegatt, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  

   shoot 
  any. 
  

  

  •^ 
  32. 
  HiMANTOPUs 
  MEXicANUs 
  (Mull.) 
  ; 
  Petcrs, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  121 
  ("teste 
  Ludwig"). 
  

  

  Flocks 
  of 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  of 
  this 
  Stilt 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  June 
  on 
  

   the 
  lagoon 
  of 
  Savonet. 
  The 
  immature 
  birds 
  were 
  very 
  young 
  

   indeed, 
  and 
  were 
  probably 
  bred 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  The 
  wing 
  of 
  

   my 
  adult 
  male 
  measures 
  8'8 
  inches, 
  bill 
  2*65, 
  tarsus 
  4'5 
  ; 
  

   female 
  adult, 
  wing 
  8-4, 
  bill 
  2-66, 
  tarsus 
  4. 
  Iris 
  bright 
  red 
  ; 
  

   bill 
  black 
  ; 
  feet 
  coral-red. 
  In 
  young 
  birds 
  the 
  feet 
  are 
  paler, 
  

   the 
  iris 
  somewhat 
  dull 
  red, 
  and 
  the 
  bill 
  grey. 
  

  

  -^ 
  33. 
  HjEMATOPUSPALLiATUs(Temm.) 
  ; 
  Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  0. 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  121. 
  

  

  Herr 
  Ludwig 
  has 
  seen 
  and 
  shot 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  