434 



the inner edge : " bill brownish, becoming black in the breeding- 

 season ; feet rosy ; iiis brown " (^4. Grandidier). Total length 5'3 

 inches, culmen O'o, wing 2'65, tail 1-65, tarsns 0*75. 



Adult female. Dull olive, mottled with black centres to the 

 feathers of the back, the head and hind neck not so distinctlj' 

 streaked ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail- coverts uniform dull 

 olive ; wnng-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers blackish, edged witli 

 olive, inclining to greenish white on the median and grfeater coverts 

 and inner secondaries ; a distinct ej'ebrow and sides of face olive- 

 whitish, more or less inclining to green on the latter, with a dusky 

 line along the upper ear-coverts; under surface of body ashy grey, 

 yellowish on the throat, and greener on the sides of the body, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts, as well as on the imder wing-coverts. AVing 

 2'S inches. 



Young male. Like the old female, but with more ashy on the 

 back ; the underparts also ashy grey instead of olive ; on the bead 

 and throat some red feathers. 



Hah. Madagascar and the neighbouring islands. 



et 



a. (S ad. sk. 



b, c. 2 ad. 

 juv. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. cj juv. sk. 

 /. (S ad. sk. 

 ff. (S ad. sk. 



h, i. S ? ad. sk. 



A-. 2 ad- sk. 



I. $ ad. sk. 

 m, c? juv. sk. 

 71. S ad. St. 

 o. (S ad. sk. 



p. S ad. sk. 



q, r, s. c? ad. et 



juv. St. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 



Madagascar. 

 Madagascar. 



Madagascar. 



N. Madagascar. 



Madagascar. 



Saralalau, N. Madagascar 



{A. Crosslei/). 

 Ankafana Forest, Betsileo, 



Feb. ( IF. Deans Cowan). 

 Ankafana Forest, Betsileo, 



Feb. ( W. D. Cotcan). 

 Mauritius (Barclai/). 

 Mauritius (Bejusher). 

 Mauritius. 

 Reunion, March 23 ( Van 



Dam). 

 Isle des Roches, Amirante 



group, March. 

 Mahe, beychelles. 



Mnh€, Jan. 3. 



Riocnur Coll. 

 Mr. Gerrard [C.]. 



Zoological Society. 

 Mr. A. Crossley [C.l. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Foudia flavicans. 



Foudia flavicans, E. Keuion, P. Z. S. 18()5, p. 47, pi. i. figs. 1,2; id. 



Ibis, 1865, p. 148; Harfl Voq. Madaq. p. 215 (1877); Sharpe, 



Phil. Trans, extra vol. 168. p. 461 (1879). 

 Ploceus flavicans, Schl. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 434 ; id. ^- Poll. Faun. Madaq., 



Ois. p. 110 (1808) ; Graq, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 45, no. 6G24 (1870); 



SlwJley,Ibis, 1887, p. 17.' 

 Foudia rodericana, £. Keuion, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 42. 



Adult jjiole. Above brown, slightly washed with olivaceous, the 



