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Gould, lì. Austr. ii. p. 400.
(J. (S. African Island, Ainiranto group, March IG, I8S2.
d a rk ; hill, logs, and toot black.
Iris
Writing ou this species in tho Fiji Islands, Mr. E. L. Layard observes
th at ho procured Anous cinereus ou tho coral-reefs north-east
of Yladagasear twenty years ago. Dr. llartlauh, in his ‘ Vögel Äfada-
gasears,’ very properly remarks th at this statement requiros couiir-
mation in the highest degree, an observation I thorouglily indorse.
Can it have been the present species (S. mdanauclien) which VIr.
Layard intended to write about ? Anyhow, tho range of the latter
species is now greatly extended.
From the Glorioso Islands.
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5. Zosterops madagascariensis (L.).
Hartl. t. c. p. 102.
2 . Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark ; hill black ; legs
aud feet grey.
6. Corvus scapulatus, Baud.
Hartl. t. e. p. 201.
cJ . Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark ; bill, legs, and feet
black.
7. Turtur coppingeri, sp. n.
T. similis T. aldahrano, sed tergo hrnnneo et pileo fuscescenti-
hruuneo, fronte tantum pallide vinacea, et subcaudalibus cinereo
lavatis distinguendus. Long. tot. 12 poll., culm. 0'7, aim 6‘45,
caudm 4'15, tarsi I ’O.
2 . Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris orange-red ; bill dark ;
legs and feet dark red.
This species appears to he allied to T. aldahranus, Sclater (P. Z. S.
1871, p. 692, pi. Ixxiii.) ; but the white on the belly, which is shown
in the plate, and referred to in Dr. Sclater’s description, does not
appear so prominently in the skins of the tj’pe specimens kindly
lent to me hy Prof. Xewton. The Glorioso Turtle-Dove differs from
T. aldahranus in its browner upper surface, by the bluish-grey
wash on the under tail-coverts, and especially in the pale vinous
forehead, which contrasts somewhat with the dusky ash-colour of
the head.
8. Strepsilas interpres (L.).
Hard. t. c. p. 293.
a. 2 • Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark ; hill horn-colour ;
legs and feet yellow.
StiU in immature plumage, but showing a trace of the approaching
rufous dress.
From the Seychelles.
9. Ardea atricapilla, A fzd .
Hartl. t. c. p. 308.
a. Seychelles, March 1882. 1 ris reddish brown ; upper mandible
black, lower ono yellow ; logs and feet yellow.
10. Ardea huhulcus, Sav.
Hartl. t. c. p. 302.
a. S . Bird Island, Seychelles, March 4, 1882. Iris light yellow ;
hill reddish yellow ; legs and feet greenish yellow,
h. S . Bird Island. Legs and feet greenish grey.
11. Strepsilas interpres (L.).
Hartl. t. c. p. 293.
a. S . Bird Island, Seychelles, March 4, 1882. Iris dark; bill
horn-colour ; legs and feet orange
In interesting plumage. Evidently a, young bird of the previous
season, commencing to put ou the rufoug dress of the adult bird.
12. Puffiuus cblororhynchus, Less.
Hartl. t. c. p. 369.
a. S juv. Bird Island, Seychelles, March 11, 1882. In s dark;
bill dark horn-colour; legs and feet fleshy grey.
13. Sterna anaestheta (Scop.).
Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 664.
Haliplana panayensis (Gm.), Hartl. t. c. p. 388.
a. No particulars attached.
14. Gygis alha (Sparrm.).
Hartl. t. c. p. 389.
a. rf. Seychelles, March 1882. Iris dark; bill, legs, and feet
black.
15. Anous stolidus (L.).
Hartl. t. c. p. 391.
«. cJ. Bird Island, Seychelles, Feb. 4, 1882. Iris dark; hill,
legs, and feet black.
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