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Show 1^79.] BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. 771 4. CORYTHORNIS VINTSIOIDES, Eyd. et Gerv. S.W. coast of Madagascar. Egg pure white and polished. 5. UPUPA MARGINATA, Peters. Upupa madagascariensis, Bp. S.W. coast of Madagascar. Eggs pale greyish blue, resembling those of Upupa epops, but rather larger. 6. COSSYPHA SHARPII, S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 7. LEPTOPTERUS VIRIDIS, Mull. S.E. Madagascar. 8. PHILEPITTA CASTANEA, Mull. S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 9. NELICURVIUS NELICOUVI, Scop. Hyphantornis pensilis, Gm. S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. Eggs pale blue, about the same size as the egg of Accentor modu-laris. 10. SERICOSOMUS SERRIANUS, Puch. S.E. interior of Madagascar. Called by the natives " Fandaklanan." 11. SERICOSOMUS, sp. inc. Ekongo, S.E. Madagascar. Called by the natives " Fandaklanan." <S. Upper mandible brownish black, tip reddish; base of lower mandible yellowish, tip red ; crown of head, neck, centre of back, scapulars, upper wing-coverts, tertials, upper tail-coverts, and two centre tail-feathers light metallic bronze-green with a rich rufous tinge, each feather broadly tipped with darker rufous brown ; rump, chin, neck, breast, belly, flanks, and vent slaty grey, slightly tinged with metallic-green and narrowly tipped with rufous, the rufous being most conspicuous on the breast; primaries and the remaining eight tail-feathers rich metallic-green with a slight rufous tinge, and tipped with the same colour ; legs black. Length \5\ inches, wing 5, tarsus If. This is a young bird, probably of Coua reynaudi. 12. CUCULUS ROCHII, Hartl. S.W. coast, and S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. Called by the natives " Kang-kappena." |