270 Messrs. S. Rocb and E. Newton on Birds 



9. ? Caprimulgus madagascariensis, Sganzin ; Hartl.p. 25. 

 "We heard a Nightjar most nights between Tamatave and 



Beforona ; and one was shot at Mamorack, but its skin unfortu- 

 nately was not preserved. The note appeared to us to be iden- 

 tical with that of C. europceus. 



" Ai Mamorack I saw one of a much larger species, but was 

 not able to obtain a specimen. My native bearers knocked down 

 two of the smaller kind with sticks, as we passed through the 

 low jungle between Nosibey and Foule Point. The birds 

 appeared quite blind in the sunlight, and adhered so closely to 

 the cover of fern in which I found them, that I never could get 

 a shot at a sufficiently long distance. The two specimens 

 killed by the natives were unfortunately destroyed." — S. R. 



10. Cypselus ? sp. indet. 



" On the 7th of October, between Boiboahazo and Mauambo- 

 nitra, and again on crossing the Mangourou on the 24'th, I saw 

 several true Swifts. They were not Collocalice." — E. N. 



11. Phedina ? sp. indet. 



" On the 9th, between Ampasimbe and Beforona, I saw two 

 or three Martins, belonging, I am sure, to this genus : they were 

 not, I think, the same as the Mauritian species *. These had a 

 lighter breast, grey back, and dark wings." — E. N. 



12. HlRUNDO ? 



" On the 2nd of October, at Hivoondroo on the coast, I saw 

 several of what appeared to me to be birds of this genus." — 

 E. N. 



13. EuRYSTOMus MADAGASCARiENSis (Linn.) ; Hartl. p. 27. 

 " Vorooncark." 



" I got a specimen at Ranomafana, on the 30th of October." 



— E. N. 



there is reason to hope that the harmless and useful Owl will before long 

 cease to be regarded as a messenger of evil, and will be welcomed and 

 encouraged as the friend of the farmer, and the destroyer of the vermin 

 that rob him of his grain." 



* " Since the hurricane of February 1861, which lasted for six days, I 

 have not seen a single example of Phedina borbonica in this island. They 

 were never very numerous." — E. N. 



