680 SOME XEW lilKDS Fiuni MADAGASCAR— EICHMOXD. vol. xix. 



bill black above, greenish yellow beneath; feet, tarsi, and upper sur- 

 face of toes black; tarsi behind and under surface of toes greenish 

 yellow ; irides yellow." 



14. HERODIAS INTERMEDIA (Wagler). 



Alrdea'] internmUa, Wagleh, Isis, 1829, p. 659. (Java.) 



//[frorfiax] 'nilermedia, Bi.ytii, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc, 1849, p. 279. 



One specimen. Female adult, Eiver Faraony, east coast, June G. 



Family EALLIDyE. 

 15. RALLUS CUVIERI, Pucheran. 

 BaUus cuvieri, PucnERAN, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1845, p. 279. 



Two specimens. Female adult, Kiver Sakalcs, east coast, May 13. 

 "Length, 13 inches." Male adult, Marohita, east coast, June 27. "Bill 

 (lull black, base of lower mandible livid purple: feet blackish brown; 

 irides chestnut brown; length, 13J inches; extent, 19 inches." 



16. PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO (Linnaeus). 



[Fidica] porphyria, LiNX.EUS, fSyst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, ]>. 152. 

 rorplnjrio jiorjihyrio, ^UAUVF., Cat. Birds lirit. Mus., XXIII, 1894, p. 195. 



Two specimens. Female adult. River Sakalcs, east coast, ^lay 15. 

 Female adult, ]Marohita, east coast, June 20. 



17. GALLINULA PYRRHORRHOA, A. Newton. 



(lalliinila pyrrliorrhoa, A. Newtox, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1861, p. 19. (Maur- 

 itius.) 



Two specimens. INIale, adult, Mahanoro, April 2(5. Male adult, River 

 Sakalcs, east coast, May 13. 



Family RECURVIROSTRID^. 



18. HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS (Linnaeus). 



ICharadriua'] himantopiis, Linn.ecs, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., 1, 1758, p. 151. (Southern 



Europe.) 

 " Jlimaniojiiis himautopus, Buusina." 



Three specimens. Male adult. River Faraony, east coast, June 6. 

 Female adult, same date and locality. Male adult, same localitj^, June 

 24. The tarsus in these examples appears to be a tritle shorter than in 

 northern birds. 



Family CIIARADRIID.E. 

 19. 2EGIALITIS BIFRONTATA (Cabanis). 



Charadrins (Ardialitcs) hifrontatus, Caisanis, Ornith. Ceutralbl., 1882, p. 14. 

 (Madagascar.) 



One specimen. Female adult, Vatomasn. River Faraony, east coast, 

 June 24. "Rill tleshy at base, tip black; feet tlesliy, claws black; 

 irides pale brown; orbits bright red." 



