﻿Aruba, 
  Curaqao, 
  and 
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  1, 
  Margarops 
  fuscatus 
  (Vieill.). 
  

  

  This 
  typical 
  West-Indian 
  bird 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  gardens 
  

   near 
  Fontein, 
  on 
  the 
  north-east 
  coast 
  of 
  Bonaire^ 
  but 
  T 
  saw 
  

   it 
  nowhere 
  else. 
  I 
  have 
  compared 
  my 
  skins 
  with 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  Haiti, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  and 
  St. 
  Thomas, 
  and 
  

   am 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  distinguish 
  between 
  them. 
  My 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  somewhat 
  pale, 
  but 
  all 
  are 
  in, 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  worn 
  plumage, 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  quite 
  similar 
  ones 
  from 
  the 
  Greater 
  Antilles 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  These 
  " 
  Tjutjubis 
  " 
  are 
  peculiar 
  birds, 
  running 
  and 
  hopping 
  

   quickly 
  through 
  the 
  foliage, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  making 
  a 
  great 
  

   noise 
  by 
  chattering, 
  warbling, 
  and 
  whistling 
  together. 
  They 
  

   are, 
  I 
  believe, 
  entirely 
  fruit-eaters, 
  for 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  else 
  in 
  their 
  stomachs, 
  and 
  are 
  destructive 
  to 
  the 
  fruits 
  

   of 
  the 
  date-palms, 
  of 
  the 
  Carica 
  papaya, 
  and 
  other 
  trees. 
  

   They 
  are 
  so 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  papaya-fruits 
  that 
  they 
  used 
  to 
  come 
  

   through 
  the 
  lattice 
  of 
  the 
  window 
  into 
  the 
  room 
  when 
  we 
  

   had 
  these 
  fruits 
  on 
  the 
  table 
  and 
  soon 
  made 
  away 
  with 
  them. 
  

   The 
  native 
  name 
  is 
  '' 
  Tjutjubi 
  spagnol." 
  

  

  Iris 
  yellowish 
  white 
  in 
  adult 
  birds, 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  

   ones; 
  bill 
  brownish 
  horn-colour; 
  feet 
  light 
  brown. 
  

  

  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  here 
  is 
  remarkable, 
  especially 
  

   as 
  another 
  subspecies, 
  Margarops 
  fuscatus 
  densirostris 
  

   (Vieill.), 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Antilles. 
  

  

  -^3. 
  MiMUS 
  GILVUS 
  ROSTRATUS, 
  RidgW. 
  

  

  Common. 
  

  

  3. 
  Dendrceca 
  rufopileata, 
  Ridgw. 
  

   Very 
  common. 
  

  

  4. 
  Certhiola 
  uropygialis 
  (Berl.). 
  

   Extremely 
  common. 
  

  

  •^t 
  5. 
  Ammodromus 
  savaxnarum 
  (Grm.). 
  

  

  Common 
  in 
  grassy 
  places 
  on 
  " 
  Aruba-Estate,^' 
  near 
  

   Kralendijk, 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  It 
  is 
  called 
  "Raton 
  de 
  cero," 
  or 
  

   " 
  Para 
  de 
  cero." 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  skins 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  agree 
  best 
  

   with 
  specimens 
  from 
  Jamaica, 
  which 
  are 
  typical 
  A. 
  saimn- 
  

   narum, 
  and 
  cannot 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  them. 
  The 
  wings 
  of 
  

   the 
  Aruban 
  specimens 
  measure 
  2'05 
  to 
  22 
  inches, 
  tarsus 
  \'7. 
  

  

  