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Show 1866.] DR. SCHLEGEL ON NEW ANIMALS FROM MADAGASCAR. 421 NOCTUA POLLENI, Schlegel, Contrib. I. c. Madagascar. Allied to Noctua sonneratii, but with spotted primary quills and a dark band crossing the under part of throat. STRIX FLAMMEA. Four specimens collected. A little larger than the European specimens. Colouring pale. SCOPS MENADENSIS, of which Scops rutilus, Pucheran, is a red variety. CAPRIMULGUS LONGIPENNIS, Shaw. Only noted to remark that Semeiophorus vexillarius of Gould is based upon specimens freshly moulted, when part of the long quills has not yet been used. CYPSELUS PARVUS. The only species of Swift observed in Madagascar and Mayotte. Not found in Reunion and Mauritius. We do not know Cyps. unicolor, Hartlaub, which at all events differs from Cyps. unicolor, Jardine, observed at Madeira and on the Gold Coast. CH^ETURA GRANDIDIERI, Verreaux. COLLOCALIA FRANCICA. Reunion. HlRUNDO BORBONICA. EURYSTOMUS MADAGASCARIENSIS. See Pollen, Album de la Reunion, 1866. D A C E L O MADAGASCARIENSIS. Ispidina madagascariensis, Kaup. Western coast of Madagascar. Exactly described by Brisson and Hartlaub. It appears that Halcyon gularis does uot inhabit Madagascar. See Dacelo fusca, Schlegel, Museum, Alcedines, p. 28. A L C E D O VINTSIOIDES. Common in Mayotte and Madagascar. M E R O P S SUPERCTLIOSUS. Common in Madagascar and Mayotte. Hardly to be distinguished from M. argyptius, M. savignyi, and M. vaillantii. Young specimens from Mayotte are like those of Northern Africa. Merops viridissimus was never heard of in Madagascar. U P U P A MARGINATA. Not very rare on the north-west coast of Madagascar. FALCULIA PALLIATA. A fine series, including very young ones, collected on this coast. NECTARINIA ANGLADIANA and N. SOUIMANGA. Madagascar and Nossi-be. The latter more common than the former. NECTARINIA COQUERELI, J. Verreaux. Comes from Mayotte, not from Madagascar. D R Y M O I C A ELLISII. Ellisia typica, Hartlaub. In ferns, Madagascar. CISTICOLA MADAGASCARIENSIS. Drymoica madagascariensis, Hartlaub. C A L A M O D Y T A NEWTONI. Madagascar. BERNIERIA M A J O R and B. MINOR. In ferns, on the north-west coast of Madagascar. |
