Mr. E. Newton's Second Visit to Madagascar. 347 



a pair at Ampasimaventy. Iris dark brown ; beak lead-colour, 

 darker at tip ; legs lead-colour. 



29. Hypsipetes ourovang (Gmelin). 

 "Horaovana" (pronounced "Wroova"). 



Certainly the commonest bird I met with. On the 4th of 

 October, at Ampasimaventy, a man brought me a live Thrush, 

 the lining of a nest, and two eggs, on which he said he caught 

 the bird. It proved to be a female, and had the breast bare of 

 feathers. The nest appears to have been outwardly composed 

 of coarse grass, roots, and moss ; it was lined with the fine flower- 

 stems of some unbelliferous plant. 



The eggs are creamy white, blotched and spotted thinly with 

 lead-grey, and more thickly with deep pinkish brown — the latter 

 markings being chiefly disposed at the larger end, or distributed 

 zonewise. Long diam. '93 inch, transv. diam. "74 inch. Iris 

 bright red, beak orange, legs dusky yellow. 



30. Erythrosterna (?) brunneicauda, a. Newton, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, May 12, 1863*. 



Near Fenerive I obtained two examples of this species, both 

 females, on the 16th and 18th of October respectively. Iris 

 light yellow, beak black, legs lead-colour. 



31. Tchitrea pretiosa, hesson. 

 " Sket-vololo." 



I once or twice saw this bird (and, from his description, I 

 believe Dr. Roch saw it last year at Ranomafana), but I did not 

 get a shot at one until I was at Chasmanna. They generally 

 keep in thick bushes or dark forests, and, notwithstanding their 

 conspicuous plumage, are not often seen. I saw one rufous- 

 coloured example of a " Sket " on the coast and at Chasmanna, 



* We also subjoin Mr. A. Newton's description of this apparently new 

 bird : — 



"Erythrosterna (?) brunneicauda, sp. nov. 



" E. ad Erythrosternam parvam multo appropinquans, sed cauda unicolore. 



" Descr. famince juniorisi"?). — Supra olivaceo-murina, remigibus externe 

 pallidius limbatis, subtus rutescenti-albida ; rostro nigricaute, j)edibus 

 schistaceis, iridibus pallide flavis. Long. tot. 4'62; alaj 2; cauda: 

 1"45; tarsi '71 ; dig. med. c. ung. 48; rostr. '38." — Ed. 



