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Show l8/9.] FROM THE COMORO ISLANDS. 677 *16. ARTAMIA BICOLOR (Linn.). Artamia bicolor, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 85, pi. 24 (1868). Cyanolanius bicolor, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 157 (1877). One specimen, Grand Comoro. This is the first occurrence of this species out of Madagascar. The specimen is an adult in most perfect plumage, and gives°me no reason to believe that it had been a caged bird. tl7. TERPSIPHONE VULPINA (E. Newton). Tchitrea vulpina, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 298, pi. 33. fig. 2. Terpsiphone vulpina, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 353 (1879). Two specimens from Grand Comoro, and two from xiujuan. These specimens are darker than some from Madagascar ; and the character of the elongated crest alluded to by Mr. Sharpe does not seem very strongly pronounced. I do not at present unite the bird to T. mutata, as all the specimens sent home have white wings and red tails, whereas in the apparently corresponding stage of the Madagascar bird the long tail-feathers are already white. 18. EDOLIUS FORFICATUS (Linn.). Dicrurus forficatus, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 148 ; E. Newton P. Z. S. 1877, p. 297. Edolius forficatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 254 (1878). Eleven specimens, Anjuan. tl9. HYPSIPETES OUROVANG (Gm.). Hypsipetes ourovang, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 136 ; E. Newton, P.Z. S. 1877, p. 299. Nine specimens from Grand Comoro, and ten from Anjuan. 20. TURDUS BEWTSHERI, E. Newton. Turdus bewsheri, E. Newton, P. Z.S. 1877, p. 299, pi. 34. One specimen, Anjuan. 21. CORVUS SCAPULATUS, Daud. Corvus scapulatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 22 (1877) ; Hartl. V6°\ Madag. p. 201. Corvus madagascariensis, E. "Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 299. Three specimens, Anjuan. t22. SPERMESTES CUCULLATUS, Swains. Spermestes cucullatus, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 299. Seven specimens from Grand Comoro, and two from Anjuan. t23. FOUDIA ALGONDJ; (Poll.). Ploceus algondce, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 109, pi. 34 (1868). Foudia algondce, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 216 ; E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 300. Foudia comorensis, Hartl. torn. cit. p. 217. Seven specimens from Grand Comoro, and nine from Anjuan. |