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Show 78 DR. A. GTWTHER ON SOME [Feb. 2, Older. Upper surface metallic geeen, wings and tail included; head all round, throat, and chest ashy grey; rest of under surface white, with a few remains of dusky bars on the sides of the body ; bill white on the upper mandible except the base, which is horn-blue like the lower one. Fully adult. Metallic green, the entire head all round and entire under surface pure white ; bill horn-blue, only the extreme tip white ; on the hind neck a few greenish bars, evidently remains of immaturity. PHEDINA MADAGASCARIENSIS, Hartl.; Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1870, p. 388. Two more specimens of this Swallow prove that it is an entirely distinct species from the Reunion bird. It is much clearer grey above, and purer white below, with little narrow shaft-streaks on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. Mr. Crossley gives the bill and feet as black and the iris as brown. 6. Notes on some Mammals from Madagascar. B y Dr. A L B E R T G T U N T H E R , V.P.Z.S. [Eeceived February 2, 1875.] (Plates XV. & XVI.) A collection of Mammals just received from Mr. Crossley, and made on his way from Tamantave to Murundava, contains several specimens adding to our knowledge of this fauna. The young of Lichanotus mitratus, 12 inches long, is nearly entirely black, with a white patch in the sacral region, and with the inner side of the arm and the outer margin of the foot whitish. An adult female specimen of Fossa daubentonii represents a variety in which the spots are not defined and more or less confluent. It is also slightly smaller than either of the two examples in the British Museum. A newly born individual of this species is of a light bay colour, with seven narrow continuous black stripes. The following two species appear to be undescribed. CHIROGALEUS TRICHOTIS. (Plate XV.) Brownish grey ; lower parts grey, with the hairs white-tipped. A triangular spot in front of the eye black ; median line of the snout and lips whitish. Hands and feet grey, with white-tipped hairs. Ears very short, hidden in the fur. The lower part of the concha and the space before the ear covered with a tuft of very long hairs. Tail rather shorter than the body, covered with short hairs, which are only slightly longer towards its extremity. The first false molar nearly as long and of the same form as the canine tooth. All the nails pointed, claw-like. This species is allied to, and nearly of the same size as, Ch. |