On the Birds of the Islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 34. Pelecanus ruscus, Linn. Occasionally seen on the coast. 35. Fregata Aquila (Linn.). Occasionally seen on the coast or sailing over the island. 36. Phalacrocorax Brasilianus (Gm.). Peters (J. f. O. 1892, p. 122) mentions that he saw a Cormorant which can hardly belong to any other species than this. 37. Sterna Maxima, Bodd. See above, p. 309. A few of these Terns were seen on the coast. 38. Sterna Hirundo, Linn. A few Terns belonging to this species (or to S. dougalli, see above, p. 310) were seen on the Schottegatt and near Beekenburg. 39. Larus Atricilla, Linn. Seen on the harbour of Curasao. IV. Birds of Bonaire. Bonaire, the most oceanic island of the three, is generally more wooded than the other two, although some parts of it are very bare. Nothing has yet been published on the birds of Bonaire. Professor Martin, who stayed on the island for five days only, mentions that he saw Columbigallina passerina and a Conurus different from that of Aruba, as also from C. per- tinax, and it will be seen that his surmise on this point was correct. We also know that Dr. A. A. Jnlien informed Mr. Lawrence that the Chrysotis of Aruba, which was described by the latter as C. canifrons, was common on Bonaire. It will be seen, however, that it is not the same, but an allied species. I am obliged to several residents of Bonaire, above all to our kind host Mijnheer van den Brandhof, the Dutch Official of Bonaire, to Mijnheer Boye, and Mijnheer Hachett, for much assistance during our visit to this island. 1. Margakops 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, an...