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Show 68 MAMMALS AND BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Feb. 2, 42. ARDEA COMATA, Pall. Tamatave. 43. ARDETTA PODICEPS, Bp. Interior of Madagascar. 44. BUTORIDES ATRICAPILLA, &fzel. Tamatave. 45. SCOPUS UMBRETTA, Gm. Tamatave and the interior. 46. FALCINELLUS IGNEUS (Gm.). A single skin of this rare bird (from the S.E. coast) is in the present collection. 47. GERONTICUS CRISTATUS (Gm.). Interior of Madagascar. A pair in a former collection, and two males and a female in the present collection. They inhabit the dense forests, living in large trees. 48. H I M A N T O P U S CANDIDUS (Bonn.). 49. R H Y N C H E E A CAPENSIS, L. A skin is in the present collection from the S.E. coast of Madagascar. 50. E U L A B E O R N I S BERNIERI, Bp. Two males and two females are in the present collection from the S.E. coast of Madagascar, the sexes differing but little in colour or markings. 51. C O R E T H R U R A INSULARIS, Sharpe. Interior of Madagascar. 52. PORPHYRIO SMARAGNOTUS, Temm. Tamatave. 53. PORPHYRIO ALLENI, Thomps. Tamatave. 54. GALLINULA PYRRHORRHOA, Newt. A pair of this species with the eggs were in a former collection from Tamatave. 55. M E T O P O D I U S ALBINUCHA, Geoffr. Tamatave. 56. NETTAPUS AURITUS, Bodd. Tamatave. 57. DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA, L. Tamatave. |