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hair-brown, so as to show but Httle of the ground-colour. They 

 are -59 inch in length by "44 inch in breadth. 



20. Dnjmceca madagascariensis, Hartlaub. 

 " Teng-teng." 



By far the commonest Warbler on the coast. 



21. Bernieria madagascariensis (Gmelin). 

 " Tra-trak." 



On the 3rd of October, at Chasmanna, I shot a female of this 

 species in the forest. It was hopping about in a thicket, and I 

 had but little time to watch its habits or movements ; its stomach 

 was filled with the remains of spiders. Iris light brown, upper 

 mandible dark brown, lower horn-colour, legs and claws brown, 

 soles yellowish. 



22. Bernieria minor, Bonaparte. 

 " Tra-trak.^' 



Not two hundred yards from where I killed the last-mentioned, 

 I shot an example of this species, a female also. My people 

 could not detect the difference, and called them by the same 

 name. This bird also was among some thick bushes. 



Iris light brown, upper mandible dark brown, lower yellowish, 

 legs greyish yellow, claws flesh-colour : stomach filled with re- 

 mains of beetles. 



23. Ellisia typica, Hartlaub. 

 " Parety." 



On the 18th of September I was in a small scrubby patch of 

 forest, when, from a thicket by the side of the path, the Marmite 

 who was with me picked up a nest containing three eggs ; they 

 were a puzzle to me. In appearance the latter were Bunting's ; 

 and when I saw the situation of the nest, it was exactly such 

 as would have been chosen by Emberiza citrineUa. We re- 

 placed the nest as carefully as possible and retired some few 

 yards. After waiting a few minutes and not seeing the bird, 

 I went up to the nest, and found her on. I wanted to get her 

 to cross the path, so as to give me the chance of a shot ; but she 

 dived into the thicket a few feet from where I was, and disap- 

 peared. I retired, and soon made her out, creeping auicng the 



