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Show 318 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Apr. 18, Sitta (!!) corallirostris, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 158 a, b. " Saralalan. Tree-climber." Mr. Crossley has sent two specimens of this most interesting bird. It is difficult to assign a place for this genus, though it seems to me to be somewhere between the Paridce and Sitta ; but it is remarkable for the extraordinary development of the hind toe, which exceeds the tarsus in length. It is certainly one of the most curious birds extant. Family MUSCICAPID.E. 46. PSEUDOBIAS WARDI. Pseudobias wardi, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 498, pl. xv. Pseudobiastes wardi, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 43 (err.). This bird was described by me (I. ci) as the type of a new genus Pseudobias, which, bv a lapsus calami, I wrote Pseudobiastes in catalogue. Family LANIID^E. 47. ARTAMIA LEUCOCEPHALA. Artamia leucocephala (Gm.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 47 (1861); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 162; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 348; Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 2 (1865); A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 834 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 355 ; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 83 (1868); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 52 (1871). Oriolia bernieri, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil.; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 43 (1861); Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 2 (1865). Artamia bernieri, Schl.'& Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 86, pl. 25 (1868); Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 214. "Saralalan." Oriolia bernieri is only the young of this species, as I am informed by my friend M. Jules Verreaux. I have in my collection a specimen which still retains the remains of rufous barring on the feathers. 48. VANGA CURVIROSTRIS. Vanga curvirostris (Gm.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 51 (1861); Roch & E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 274 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 162; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 348 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835 ; Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 2 (1865); Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 387 ; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 99 (1868); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 50 (1871). "Saralalan. Native name Vorun-banga." Mr. Crossley has sent three examples of this species, all of which differ from the other specimens in my collection by being grey on the under surface, and on the collar which surrounds the neck instead of pure white. It is evident, however, that these specimens are only the young birds ; and I therefore subjoin a description of one of them as I believe this state of plumage has not previously been described. Head black, varied on the forehead and crown with grev • |