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Show 424 DR. SCHLEGEL ON NEW ANIMALS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Nov. 22, PLOCEUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS. Mauritius ; not seen in Reunion and Madagascar. PLOCEUS FLAVICANS. Foudia flavicans, Newton. Only from Rodriguez (Newton). Note that Foudia eminentissima, Bonap., a large species from Zanzibar, has never been observed in Madagascar and its dependencies. SPERMESTES NANA. Madagascar and Mayotte. ESTRELDA ASTRILD. Not in Madagascar. Introduced from Africa into Reunion and Mauritius. MUNIA PUNCTULARIA, M. AMANDAVA, and M. ORYZIVORA. Not in Madagascar. Introduced from India into Mauritius and Re'- union. SERINUS ICTERUS (Crithagra chrysopyga) and CHLORIS CANI-COLLIS. Reunion and Mauritius. Not observed in Madagascar. PASSER DOMESTICUS. Introduced from Frauce into Re'union. ALAUDA HOVA. Mirafra hova, Hartlaub. Madagascar and Nossi-be'. PSITTACUS OBSCURUS. North-western and north-eastern coasts. PSITTACUS NIGER. In the same localities as the former, and more common. PSITTACULA CANA. Common in Madagascar. Introduced in Mauritius and Bourbon. C E N T R O P U S MADAGASCARIENSIS. C. tolu, Gmelin, C. super-ciliosus, Hartlaub (juv.), nee Ruppell, and C. lafresnayi, Verreaux. Like many other species (see Schlegel, Museum, Cuculi, p. 67), very variable in size and colouring. Common in Madagascar. C O U A C X R U L E A and C. CRISTATA. Common on the north-western and north-eastern coasts. C O U A REYNAUDII. Very rare. C U C U L U S ROCHII, Hartlaub. Cuculus canorus, Desjardins (Hartlaub), nee Linne. North-western coast. LEPTOSOMUS AFER. Common in Madagascar; very common in Mayotte. PTILOPUS MADAGASCARIENSIS. Observed only in Madagascar. PTILOPUS SGANZINI. Observed only in Mayotte. T R E R O N AUSTRALIS. Common in Madagascar. C O L U M B A POLLENI, Schlegel, Contrib. in Tydschrift, /. c. Only observed in Mayotte. T U R T U R PICTURATUS. Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion; Mayotte. GEOPELIA STRIATA. More common in Reunion than in Madagascar. |
