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(2) (a) Mauritius. 



■fLophopsittacus mauritianus (Owen). 

 *Pal<Bornis eques (auctorum^ sed queer e Bodd. ?). 



{b) Reunion. 

 fCoracopsis mascarinus (Linnaeus). 

 ■[Palaornis eques (Boddaert). 



(3) Rodriguez. 



■\Necropsiitacus rodericanus, A. Milne-Edwards. 

 XPalcBornis exsul, A. Newton. 



It will be observed that we do not regard Psittacula cana, 

 of which we may mention we have now seen specimens from 

 Rodriguez, as indigenous to the Mascarene Islands. Its 

 proper home is Madagascar, whence it has doubtless been 

 introduced, though probably very many years ago. 



XXVIII. — Notes on the Birds of the Lower Petchora. By 

 Henry Seebohm, F.Z.S., and John A. Harvie Brown. 



[Continued from page 230.] 

 (Plate VII.) 



EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS (L.) . 



The Dotterel is one of the species which we did not meet 

 with during its migration, but which we afterwards found 

 upon the tundra. We saw two pairs on the 26th June at 

 Stanavoialachta, frequenting the low round hills on either 

 side of the bay, and secured specimens. Judging from their 

 actions, we do not think they had, at that time, begun 

 to lay. 



iEoiALITIS HIATICULA (L.). 



The Ringed Plover was first noted by us at Ust Zylma on 

 the 26th IMay. A few were seen and shot at Habariki ; and 

 they were found sparingly in suitable localities along the 

 river to Gorodok, where they became rather more abundant, 

 frequenting the sandy tongue of land opposite the town. At 



* Diminishing in numbers. t Extinct. J Barely surTiving. 



