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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  same 
  as 
  the 
  Rock 
  Pigeon 
  {" 
  Paloma 
  di 
  barranca 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  Paloma 
  

   blauiv 
  ") 
  of 
  Bonaire, 
  and 
  Herr 
  Ludwig, 
  of 
  Curasao, 
  wrote 
  me 
  

   to 
  the 
  same 
  effect. 
  

  

  4-21. 
  ZeNAIDA. 
  VINACEO-RUFA, 
  Ridgw. 
  

  

  Very 
  common. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  are 
  shot 
  in 
  dry 
  weather 
  

   at 
  the 
  water-tanks, 
  and 
  they 
  make 
  an 
  excellent 
  dish, 
  as 
  does 
  

   also 
  the 
  Columbigallina. 
  

  

  -/-22. 
  Leptoptila 
  verreauxi, 
  Bp. 
  

  

  More 
  common 
  than 
  on 
  Aruba 
  and 
  Cura(^ao. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  tamer 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  Pigeons 
  and 
  very 
  easily 
  

   shot. 
  The 
  natives 
  call 
  it 
  " 
  Toewiri 
  " 
  on 
  Bonaire, 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  '^ 
  Pecho 
  bianco." 
  

  

  -f- 
  23. 
  Columbigallina 
  passerina 
  perpallida, 
  Hartert. 
  

  

  Extremely 
  common 
  everywhere. 
  In 
  diy 
  weather 
  they 
  

   assemble 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  water-tanks 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  

   that 
  sometimes 
  50 
  or 
  60, 
  or 
  even 
  more, 
  can 
  be 
  killed 
  with 
  

   one 
  shot. 
  The 
  islanders 
  use 
  specially 
  loaded 
  cartridges, 
  

   containing 
  little 
  powder 
  and 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  smallest 
  shot, 
  for 
  

   these 
  slaughters. 
  

  

  -L 
  24. 
  Ardea 
  tricolor, 
  Miill. 
  

   Seen 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  

  

  -f-25. 
  Ardea 
  candidissima, 
  Gm. 
  

  

  Not 
  rare 
  near 
  the 
  " 
  salt-pans 
  '' 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  -{- 
  26. 
  BuTORiDES 
  viREscENs 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Seen 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Bonaire. 
  

  

  4- 
  27. 
  HiMANTOPUS 
  MEXICANUS 
  (Miill.). 
  

  

  I 
  saw 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  -^28. 
  TOTANUS 
  melanoleucus. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  21st 
  July, 
  when 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Bonaire, 
  three 
  of 
  

   these 
  birds 
  passed 
  overhead. 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  fire 
  only 
  one 
  shot, 
  

   which 
  brought 
  down 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  adult 
  male, 
  

   and 
  agrees 
  perfectly 
  with 
  specimens 
  from 
  other 
  localities, 
  

   except 
  that 
  its 
  wings 
  are 
  shorter, 
  measuring 
  only 
  6 
  "95 
  inches, 
  

   and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  only 
  2 
  2. 
  The 
  bill 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  as 
  

  

  