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barred feathers of the worn phimage. From an inspection of this 

 series it is difficnlt to believe the dark rufous phase represents the 

 immature birds, and the light one adults; I am inclined, on the other 

 hand, to think that this species has two phases of lilnmage, independ- 

 ent of age, sex, or season; a dark rufous one, and a light one with 

 whitish under parts, with white, spotted under wing-coverts. 



36. POLYBOROIDES RADIATUS (Scopoli). 



Vultur (radiatus), Scopoli, Del. Faun, et Flor. Insubr., II, 1786, p. 85. (Mada- 

 gascar.) 

 Plolyhoroides^ radiatus, G. R. Gray, List Gen. Lirds, 1840, j). 5. 



Five specimens. Male adult, Andrangolsaka, Imeriiia, March 20. 

 Female adult, GO miles northwest of ]\Ialiaiioro, April 5. Male imma- 

 ture, Mahanoro, May 1. Female immature, Ambodiasy, Kiver Faraony, 

 June 12. Male adult, lUver Faraony, east coast, June 21. 



Family STRIGID.E. 



37. STRIX ALUCO, Linnaeus. 

 IStrix^ aliico, Lixn.eus, Syst. Nat., lOth ed., I, 1758, p. 93. (Europe.) 



One specimen. Male adult, River Faraony, east coast, June 21. Not 

 typical S. aluco, but just what name it should bear I am not now able 

 to say. 



Family PSITTACID^. 



38. CORACOPSIS VASA (Shaw). 



Psittacus rasa, SriAW, Gen. Zool., VIII, Ft. 2, 1811, p. 528. [Madagascar.] 

 C[oraco2}sis'] rasa, Fonaparte, Cousp. Avium, I, 1850, p. 7. 



Three specimens. Female adult, Mangoro River, April 2. Male 

 adult, valley of River Faraony, east coast, June 9. "Length, 19^ 

 inches." Female adult, Ambodiasy, valley of Faraony, June 20. 



39. CORACOPSIS NIGRA (Linnaeus). 



[Psittacus'] niger, Linn/EUS, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 99. (Madagascar.) 

 C[oraco2>sis'} niijra, Wagler, Monogr. Fsitt., 1832, p. 680. 



Four specimens. Male adult, Mahatsara, River Mangoro, April 1. 

 Male adult, 50 miles northwest of Mahanoro, April 13. Female adult, 

 River Sakales, east coast, May IG. Female adult, Ambodiasy, valley of 

 Faraony, June 15. 



40. AGAPORNIS MADAGASCARIENSIS (Boddaert). 



Psittacula madagascarieiisis, Boddaert (ex Frisson), Tabl. Plan. Enlum., 1783, p. 



49. (Madagascar.) 

 Agapornis madagascariensis, Sibree, Ibis, 1891, p. 214. 



Three specimens. Female adult, 60 miles northwest of Mahanoro, 

 April 12. Male adult, Mahanoro, May 1. Female adult, Mahanoro, 

 May 2. 



