﻿Aruha, 
  Curasao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  that 
  of 
  other 
  examples, 
  measuring 
  2*2 
  inches. 
  If 
  this 
  should 
  

   prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  resident 
  bird, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  unlikely 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  short- 
  

   winged 
  insular 
  form. 
  

  

  Iris 
  deep 
  brown 
  ; 
  bill 
  black, 
  dark 
  greyish 
  horn-colour 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  legs 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  29. 
  Tringa 
  mtnutilla, 
  Vieill. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  was 
  noticed 
  and 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  

   23rd 
  July 
  at 
  Laguna, 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  It 
  agrees 
  with 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  other 
  localities. 
  

  

  -/■30. 
  j3^gialites 
  collauis 
  (Vieill.). 
  

  

  Small 
  flocks 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  Bonaire, 
  and 
  two 
  

   young 
  specimens 
  in 
  moult 
  Avere 
  procured. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  

   that 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  bills 
  are 
  rather 
  short, 
  but 
  examination 
  of 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  adult 
  specimens 
  would 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  guarantee 
  

   the 
  constancy 
  of 
  these 
  characters. 
  The 
  culmens 
  measure 
  

   0-53 
  and 
  0-57 
  inch. 
  

  

  -4- 
  31. 
  ^GIALITIS 
  RUriNUCHA, 
  Ridgw. 
  

  

  Bather 
  common 
  at 
  Laguna 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  '^ 
  salt-pans," 
  where 
  

   they 
  undoubtedly 
  breed. 
  Bonaire 
  specimens 
  are 
  like 
  those 
  

   from 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  See 
  above, 
  p. 
  307. 
  

  

  32. 
  Ph(enicopterus 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  Flamingoes 
  breed 
  on 
  Bonaire. 
  They 
  

   are 
  locally 
  called 
  " 
  Chogogo." 
  On 
  the 
  12th 
  June 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  

   the 
  " 
  salt-pans,^^ 
  where 
  I 
  saw 
  several 
  hundreds 
  of 
  Flamingoes 
  

   standing 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  vast 
  shallow 
  water-basin 
  on 
  

   their 
  nests. 
  Unfortunately 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  rifle 
  with 
  me, 
  and 
  the 
  

   locality 
  not 
  producing 
  a 
  single 
  bush 
  nor 
  anything 
  to 
  hide 
  

   anyone 
  approaching, 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  get 
  within 
  gunshot- 
  

   distance. 
  The 
  aspect 
  of 
  hundreds 
  of 
  these 
  wonderful 
  birds 
  

   was 
  even 
  more 
  picturesque 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Flamingo. 
  

   In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  assurances 
  of 
  the 
  men, 
  who 
  told 
  me 
  there 
  

   were 
  no 
  eggs, 
  I 
  walked, 
  along 
  with 
  my 
  guide, 
  knee-deep 
  

   through 
  water 
  (which 
  was, 
  in 
  fact, 
  like 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  salt 
  and 
  

   saltpetre) 
  to 
  the 
  nests. 
  The 
  travelling 
  was 
  very 
  unpleasant. 
  

  

  