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66. Ardea podiceps (Bonaparte) . 



The only specimen I saw was killed by Mr. Maule near Soa- 

 mandrikazay, on the 24th September. 



67. Lophotibis cristata (Gmelin) . 



Probably migratoz'y on this part of the coast, as by the mid- 

 dle of September it had not arrived in the neighbourhood of 

 Foule Point, at which place Dr. Roch had found it in November 

 of the preceding year {antea, p. 171). 



Capt. Anson killed one near Tranomaro, a few miles to the 

 southward of Hivondrona, in the beginning of October. 



68. (?) Numenius madagascariensis, Lichtenstein. 



On the 9th September, on the sands near the mouth of the 

 Hivondrona, I saw two birds of this genus, which appeared to 

 me to be larger than, and the note to differ from that of the 

 Whimbrels. They were very wild, and I was unable to get a 

 shot at them. 



69. Numenius phaopus (Linnaeus). 



Met with along the coast. I feel pretty sure that, in Sep- 

 tember, when most of the other Grallatorial birds were breeding, 

 these were not. It has been a marvel to me for some time, 

 when or where those we have at Mauritius breed. They are 

 usually more plentiful in our summer months, from November 

 to February, but they occur throughout the year. Those killed 

 in July do not show the slightest trace of having just bred or 

 of being about to do so. 



70. Tringoides hypoleucus (Linnseus). 

 " Kiboranto.'^ 



Common on the Hivondrona and up the coast. The speci- 

 mens obtained appeared to be all young birds. In Mauritius I 

 have met with it from September to April only ; they therefore 

 probably go northward to breed. 



71. Rhynchaa capensis (Linnaeus). 

 " Rav-rav." 



I killed one of two young birds at Soamandrikazay on the 

 24th September; it was just able to fly, and must have been 

 hatched in the immediate neighbourhood. 



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