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nest on a low tree in the middle of the capital. The nest and 

 eggs were in every respect similar to those of the Common or 

 Hooded Crows. 



31. Hartlaubia madagascariensts (Linn.); Hartl. p. 52. 

 Seen from the coast all the way to the great forest of Alana- 



masaotra. Legs and beak black, iris dark brown. 



'^I met with these birds frequently on my way to Foule 

 Point. They have the same pugnacious disposition as the East 

 Indian Pycnonoti ; for on leaving Foule Point in November, I 

 came upon two in the jungle so fiercely engaged in fight that I 

 very nearly made prisoners of both with my hands. '^ — S. R. 



32. FouDiA madagascartensis (Linn.) ; Hartl. p. 55. 



" Near Beforona, on the 9th of October, I saw some of these 

 birds.''— E. N. 



33. FouDiA ERYTHROCEPHALA (Gmclin) ; Hartl. p. 55. 



" In the forest near Ankaranickra, on the 14tli of October, I 

 saw one of this species." — E. N. 



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34. Spermestes nana (Puchei'an) ; Hartl. p. 56. 



We saw this bird pretty frequently about Ranomafana and 

 Ampasimbe. 



35. MiRAFRA HOVA, Hartl. p. 57. 



From the coast up to the capital, wherever we crossed open 

 country, a species of Lark was very common. The only specim.en 

 preserved was killed at Ampasimbe, on the great plain near the 

 Mangourou. It was very common — as common as Alauda arvensis 

 is in the eastern counties at home. They appeared to us to be 

 breeding, but we searched in vain for a nest. The song is very 

 poor ; their flight while singing is very like that of A. arborea. 



[To be continued.] 



XXIX. — Notice of the supposed occurrence of the American 

 Kill-deer Plover (iEgialites vociferus) in Great Britain. By 

 P. L. Sclater, 



The list of American stragglers occasionally met with in the 

 British Islands is now so large, that little surprise need be mani- 

 fested at its still further increase. But the prospect of any 



