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but not being greater tliau between males and females of T. aldabranus, 

 the difference is undoubtedly merely sexual. 



A young female from He Alplionse is similar to tlie adult but still 

 browner, tlie upper tail-coverts, etc., approaching chestnut, the wing- 

 coverts and some of the remiges tipped with chestnut, and the terminal 

 tail spaces largely rusty brown. 



Family " TIMELIIDyE." 



19. IXOCINCLA CRASSIROSTRIS (E. Newton). 

 One specimen; He Poiva-e, August 27. 



20. COPSYCHUS SECHELLARUM (E. Newton). 



One specimen; He Alplionse, August 24. ( In troduced,/?//^ Abbott, 



MS.) 



Family PLOCFID^.. 



21. FOUDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS (Linnaeus). 



Two specimens ; He des Roches, August 26. (Introduced, fide 

 Abbott, MS.) 



22. ESTRELDA ASTRILD (Linnceus). 



Two specimens; He .Alplionse, August 24. (Introduced, /f^/e Abbott, 



MS.) 



Family FKINGILLID.^. 



2.S. PASSER INDICUS, Jardine and Selby. 



lies des Koches, Poivre, St. Joseph, and DArros; no specimens. 

 (Introduced, ,/ir/e Abbott, MS.) 



24. SERINUS ICTERUS (Bonnaterre). 



One specimen ; He des Roches, August 26. (Introduced, Jide Abbott, 



MS.) 



III.— BIRDS FROM FLAT ISLAND. 

 Family LARID.E. 



1. STERNA MINUTA( Linnaeus). 



Creole name, ^^Fanchon.^^ (Abbott, MS.) 



2. .GYGIS ALBA (Sparrmann). 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 



3. NUMENIUS PHiEOPUS (Linnaeus). 



