694 SOME NEW BfRDS FliOM MADACi ASCAB—IlirnMOND. voi.xix. 



Female adult, Mabanoro, May 1. Male adult, IMabauoro, May 9. TNIale 

 adult, River Sakales, east coast. May 11. INI ale adult, same locality, 

 May IG ; two s])ecimeiis. 



Family PLOCEIDiE. 



81. SPERMESTES NANA (Pucheran). 



Pyrrhula nana, Picukkan, Rev. Zool., 1S45, 11.52. 

 [Spermexics] nana, Bonapartk, Consp. Av., I, 1850, p. 4.54. 



Three specimens. Male adult, Andrangolsaka, Imerina, March 20; 

 two specimens. Female adult, same locality and date. 



82. NELICURVIUS NELICOURVI (Scopoli). 



Parnis (nelieoitrvi), ScoPoiJ, Del. Faun, ct Flor. Insubr., II, 1786, p. 96. (Mada- 

 gascar. ) 

 2^'elicurviu8 nelicoiivi, Bartlktt, Proc. Zool. Soc Lond., 1879, p. 771. 



Three specimens. Male immature, Ambodiasy, valley of Faraony, 

 June 15. Female adult, same locality and date. Female immature, 

 same locality, June 17. 



83. FOUDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS (Linnaeus). 



[Loxia'] madarjascarienaifi, Lixx.EUS, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766. j). 300. (Mada- 

 gascar.) 

 [/•owrfia] madafiaacariensiii, Bonaparte, Consp. Av., I, 18.50, p. 445. 



Four specimens. Male adult, Andrangolsaka, Imerina, March 2G, 27; 

 4,500 feet; two specimens. Male immature, same locality and dates; 

 two specimens. 



