observed in Madagascar. 273 



22. MoTACiLLA FLAVivENTRis (J. VeiTcaux) ] Hai'tl. p. 39. 

 On our journey up and down we saw a pair of these birds as 



we crossed the Mandraka, about 125 miles from the coast, and 

 on the coast on our downward journey they were tolerably com- 

 mon, but we saw none between these points. 



" At the Mandraka I shot a male and female. The former 

 made a good specimen. As in Yellow Wagtails generally, it 

 appears to differ from the female in being larger and the 

 plumage more brilliant." — S. R. 



23. Tylas eduardi, Hartlaub, P.Z.S. May 13, 1862* 

 Shot in the forest of Alanamasaotra, on the 27th of October. 



Iris yellow, legs and feet dark brown. 



24. Hypsipetes ouravang (Gmel.); Hartl. p. 44. "Wroova." 

 Everywhere plentiful, from the neighbourhood of Tamatave 



to the end of the forest. In note and habits it resembles its 

 congener, H. olivacea. 



25. Ceblepyris cana (Lichtenstein) ; Hartl. p. 47. 



One killed near Fantomasin, on the coast, on the 4th of 

 October ; and another on our return journey, in the Alanama- 

 saotra forest, on the 27th. Iris brown, legs and beak bluish 

 black. Both specimens are females. 



26. Leptopterus viridis (Gmelin) ; Hartl. p. 48. 



We observed this bird on several occasions, and shot a pair 

 near Boiboahazo on the 31st of October. They evidently had a 



* We subjoin Dr. Hartlaub's description of this entirely new form of 

 bird : — 



"TVLAS EDUARDI, Sp. nOV. 



Supra subolivascenti-plumbea, capite toto nigro, nitore chalybeo ; Cauda 



dorso concolore, scapis rectricum supra nitide nigris, subtus albis ; 



corpore subtus cum subalaribus et subcaudalibus ochraceo ; cajiitis 



nigredine circumscripte albido oircumdata ; rostro nigro ; pedibus 



fuscis. Long. tot. circa 8"; rostr. a fr. 9", a rict. lU*"; al. 4" 5"' 5 



caud. a bas. 3" 4"'; tars. 9f"'; dig. med. c. ung. 9"'. 



"The genus Tylas is nearly allied to Hypsipetes, but differs in the beak 



being decidedly stronger, broader, and more inflated ; in the longer wings, 



which in Hypsipetes do not reach to the middle of the tail ; in the tail 



being proportionally shorter ; and in the rictal bristles being much more 



developed. The under tail-coverts are very long. The iris is yellow — a 



colour not found hitherto in the genus Hypsipetes. The whole system of 



colouring is different from that of the latter genus." — Ed. 



