33G Mr. E. Newton's Second Visit to Madagascar. 



I am able to add to my list a few other species, and additional 

 information, through the kindness of Capt. Anson, R.A., who 

 was one of the coronation mission to the capital, and of 

 Mr. Caldwell, who went up in charge of the presents to His 

 Majesty King Radama. 



fObs. The names of the species made known as inhabitants 

 of the island since the publication of Dr. Hartlaub's ' Ornitholo- 

 gischer Beitrag zur Fauna Madagascar' are given in small 

 capitals ; those included by him, in italics.] 



1. TiNNUNCULUs NEWTONi, Gumey, ' Ibis,' 1863, p. 36, pi. 2. 



" Hitsikitsikia" (so called, I believe, from its habit of tread- 

 ing the air; in fact, "wind-hovering"). 



I obtained several skins of this little Kestrel. It is very 

 common on the coast, particularly a few miles to the northward 

 of Tamatave. Probably in this part of the country they always 

 breed in the hole of a decayed tree, or on the large tufts of ferns 

 or orchids which §frow luxuriantly on the tall trees, and even on 

 the brushwood. 



At Fenerive, on the 1 7th September, Mr. Maule discovered a 

 nest with five eggs, situated on a parasite growing on a tree, 

 and shot the female bird. To Mr. Caldwell also I am indebted 

 for several eggs which were brought to him when staying at 

 Antananarivo, and which were found in the sides of the deep 

 trenches cut by the Hovas for the purpose of conducting water 

 from the tops of the hills to the rice-grounds below, and which, 

 from constant use, are now worn many feet deep. The eggs 

 resemble those of the genus generally in all their varieties, and 

 are in long diameter 1'4 inch, transverse diam. 1'26 inch. 



Iris hazel, beak bluish horn-colour ; cere, skin round the eye, 

 and legs oranffe-yeWow in the males : in the females the latter 

 parts are greenish yellow. 



2. Milvus parasiticus, Daudin. 



" Papango." 



Common everywhere. One killed at Fenerive, on the 1 7th 

 September, had the iris yellow, beak and cere yellowish white, 

 feet bright yellow, claws black. 



