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



Order SCANSORES. 



13. CoRACOPSis coMORENsis, Petcrs, Monatsb. Berl. Acad. 

 1854, p. 371 : Hartl. /. c. p. 59. 



Dr. Peters discovered this species in Joanna. One example 

 of it was obtained in the same island by Mr. C, Livingstone, and 

 presented to the British Museum. Dr. Kirk observed it, when 

 in Mr. Livingstone's company, on the western slope of the hills 

 in Joanna Island, above Pomone, in the thick forest. It did not 

 appear to be very common. 



Order COLUMB^. 



14. Alectrcenas sganzini (Verreaux). Funingus sganzini, 

 Bp. Consp. ii. p. 29 : Hartl. I. c. p. 64. 



An imperfect skin of Dr. Dickinson's, from Joanna, is appa- 

 rently referable to this species. It is well described by Bona- 

 parte, /. c, as " Similis A. pulcherrima, sed pileo baud rubro et 

 absque carunculis." There is a better specimen from the same 

 locality in the British Museum. 



Dr. Kirk informs me that this Pigeon is very common in 

 Joanna. He met with it in abundance in the forest, up to about 

 1000 feet elevation, and thence to the base of the hills. Dr. 

 Kirk likewise found two other species of Columbidce in the same 

 forest, of which no specimens were obtained. 



15. TuRTUR SEMITORQUATUS, Sw. : Bp. Cousp. ii. p. 64. 



Two examples of this Turtle, from Joanna, are in Dr. Dickin- 

 son's collection. It is a common and well-known species on the 

 opposite coast of Eastern Africa, but, so far as I am aware, has 

 not yet been met with in Madagascar. 



Order GALLING. 



16. NUMIDA MITRATA, Licht. ? 



A Guinea-fowl is found wild in the forest on the east side of 

 Joanna, where it was observed by Dr. Kirk. The specimens ob- 

 tained were devoted to the table ; but Dr. Kirk considers them 

 not to have been different from the ordinary continental Numida 

 mitrata. The Madagascar form, N. tiaratu, is so similar 



