Dr. P. L. Sclater on the Birds of the Comoro Islands. 299 



6. Bernieria madagascariensis (Gm.) : Hartl. /. c. p. 53. 

 Mohilla {Kirk). " Shot in the same place as the Hypsipetes." 



7. DiCRURUs FORFicATus (Linn.) : Hartl. /. c. p. 49. Di- 

 crurus, sp., Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 268. 



Joanna {Dickinson). Dr. Kirk tells me this Drongo is " com- 

 mon in the open spaces of the forest above Pomone, in Joanna.'^ 

 It is a very common bird in Madagascar. 



8. MusciPETA PRETiosA (Lcss.). Tchitrea pretiosa, Less. 

 Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 324 ; Hartl. /. c. p. 46. 



Mayotte {Lesson). I am not acquainted with this species. 

 Capt. Speke (as I have mentioned, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 268) brought 

 two birds in spirits from Joanna, when he touched there on his way 

 up to Zanzibar from the Cape, one of which was of this genus. 



9. Nectarinia comorensis, Peters, sp. nov. 



N. capite colloque splendide viridibus : fascia pectorali ferru- 

 gineo-rufa ; macula pectorali laterali aurantiaca : abdomine 

 alisque fusco-nigris : cauda anthracina, rostro et pedibus 

 nigris. 



Long, tota 0-120, alse 0-060, caudse 0-040, rostri 0020, tarsi 

 0-019 mill. 



Hab. Joanna Island {Peters). 



Dr. Peters has kindly communicated to me the characters of 

 this new species of Nectarinia, which he discovered during his 

 short stay in Joanna. 



10. FouDiA madagascariensis (Linn.) : Hartl. /. c. p. 55. 

 Mohilla {Kirk). "Obtained in a reedy marsh near Oane." 



Order FISSIROSTRES. 



11. Leptosomus DISCOLOR (Herm.). Leptosomus afer, HslvH. 

 I. c. p. 63. 



One example of this very curious bird was obtained in Joanna 

 by Dr. Dickinson. It is certainly more nearly allied to the 

 Rollers {Coraciidce) than to the Cuckoos {Cuculidce), with which 

 it is generally placed. 



12. Merops superciliosus, Linn. : Hartl. /. c. p. 31. 

 Mohilla Island {Kirk). From the sugar-plantations near 



Oane ; seen flying about in small numbers. 



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