328 
Mr. P. R. Lowe on Birds collected 
Two males and one female. 
The first specimen secured was shot at an altitude of about 
400 ft., the other two on the central saddle-backed ridge 
(600 ft.). It was rather strange to come across these 
Thrushes on an island which is entirely waterless. They 
appeared to be well established there, however. Dr. Hartert 
has recorded them from the Island of Bonaire, near Cura 5 ao. 
My specimens agree in coloration of plumage with typical 
specimens in the British Museum, but the measurements are 
rather smaller. They are as follows :—■ 
Wing. 
Exposed 
culmen. 
Tarsus. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
131 
26 
32 
132 
25 
32 
131 
26 
32 
The average measurement of the tarsus of birds in the 
British Museum collection is 36’5 mm.; the average 
measurement (of males) given by Mr. Ridgway (‘ Birds of 
North and Middle America ’) is 37’5 mm. 
Euethia bicolor johnstonii. 
♦ 
Euethia johnstonei Lowe, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xix. p. 6 
(1906) ; id. Ibis, 1907, p. 120. 
A fair number of these dark little Pinches were present 
on the island and I shot several specimens. They are in 
every way identical with those which I obtained on Blan- 
quilla, where they are very numerous. It is remarkable 
that this bird, which lives amidst such very similar sur¬ 
roundings to the Curasao bird ( E . bicolor sharpei), should 
differ from it in such a marked manner. I had the 
opportunity of shooting and examining some examples of 
the latter a fortnight after visiting Blanquilla and Los 
Hermanos, and was surprised to find it such a light- 
coloured form. The chin, throat, and breast are of a dull 
slaty grey, while the Blanquilla bird is the darkest of the 
genus. 
The wings of nine males of E. b. johnstonei average 
53*6 mm., while the tarsi average 16*3 mm. 
