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Show 1871.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. 313 pileo summo albido : genis albidis, brunneo striolatis : gutture albo: pectore roseo, parte superiore punctulis parvis brunneo notata. Long. tot. 4, culm. 0*3, al. 2*15, caud. 2*15, tars. 0*6, poll, et dec. Angl. Hab. Southern Spain (Irby) ; Piedmont (Salvadori). The present species is closely allied to Acredula rosea oi England, but has the back blue-grey instead of black; the black bands on each side of the head are very broad and distinct, and the central white streak is proportionally narrow. W e have named this species after Major Irby, well-known for his ornithological researches in India. W e shall be able to show that during his residence in Andalucia he has exhibited no less energy ; for he has forwarded to us a series of notes on all the birds of this country for publication in the ' Birds of Europe.' The Acredulee may thus be enumerated:- 1. Acredula caudata (hi). Hab. Scandinavia and the Northern Palaearctic Region generally. 2. Acredula rosea (Blyth). Hab. British Islands and probably France and the Netherlands. 3. Acredula irbii, S. & D. Hab. Southern Europe. 4. Acredula trivirgata (T. & S.). Hab. Japan. 5. Acredula glaucogularis, Gould (A. swinhoii, Pelz.). Hab. China. 6. Acredula tephronota, Giinth. Hab. Asia Minor. 3. Contributions to the Ornithology of Madagascar.-Part II. By R. B. S H A R P E , F.L.S., Librarian to the Society, &c. [Received April 4, 1871.] (Plate XXXII.) Mr. Crossley, whose excellent collections formed the basis of my former communication on this subject (P.Z.S. 1870, p. 384), has lately returned to England, bringing with him another consignment of natural-history specimens, amongst which are several fine birds. These have been submitted to me in due course by Mr. Cutter, of Great Russell Street; and the accompanying notes embody m y observations on them. I may premise m y description of the birds included in it by a few remarks relating to some of the species mentioned by m e in m y former paper, as some of the specimens now sent by Mr. Crossley afford us additional information respecting them. The numbers now mentioned refer to those prefixed to the various birds in the former article. 1. HYPSIPETES OUROVANG. This bird should stand as H. madagascariensis (Miill.) -, cf. Gray's Hand-1. of B. i. p. 272, and Sharpe's Cat. Afr. B. p. 21. |
