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70. IsPiDiNA MADAGASCARiENSis (Linne). 

 One adult cf , Upper Siribihina River, July 3. 



Upupidae. 



71. Upupa marginata Bonaparte. 



Twenty-two specimens, immature and adult of both sexes, Mian- 

 drivazo, Berevo, IVIorondava, Upper Siribihina River, Maevatanana, 

 Tulear Region, and Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, June, July, August, and 

 September. 



Meropidae. 



72. Merops superciliosus Linne. 



Thirty-three specimens, immature and adults of both sexes, Maeva- 

 tanana, Miandrivazo, Berevo, Tulear, and one hundred kilometers 

 west northwest of Antockaba, June, July, August, and September. 



MlCROPODIDAE. 



73. Tachornis gracilis Sharpe. 



Three adults, cf ; 9 9 , Miandrivazo and forty-five miles south of 

 Berevo, June, and Ju y. 



CUCULIDAE. 



74. Centropus toulou (Miiller). 



Fifty-one specimens, immature and adults of both sexes, including 

 many males in the black breeding plumage, Miandrivazo, Berevo, 

 Morondava, Mahabo, Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, Tulear Region, and 

 Maevatanana, July, August, and September. 



75. CouA CRIST ATA (Linne). 



Fourteen specimens, both sexes, Morondava, Maevatanana, 

 Morondava River, Upper Siribihina River, Berevo, and up to forty- 

 five miles south of Berevo, July, and September. 



