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



To Mr. Caldwell I am indebted for an egg of this species, 

 extracted from a bird snared near Antananarivo, on her nest, 

 which contained one other egg. 



The egg is of a pale greenish stone-colour, blotched with dark 

 ash-grey, overlaid with irregular patches and spots of black. 

 The long diameter is 1"46 inch, the short diameter 1"01 inch. 



72. Parra albinucha, Is. Geoffroy. 



" Voron-tsaranongy " (meaning, I believe, " the bird which 

 struts grandly"). 



I shot a pair of these birds on a small pool covered with water- 

 lilies, on which they were walking, near Fenerive. I can con- 

 firm Dr. Roches statement {antea, p. 173), that they are regarded 

 in some places with superstitious feelings, but I could not learn 

 why. 



The bill and frontal plate are bright lead-colour. 



73. Rougetius bernieri, Pucheran. 

 " Chicosa." 



To be heard every night on the Hivondrona. Its whistle is 

 so like a Stone Curlew's, that I was some time before I satisfied 

 myself that I was not listening to some species of (Edicnemus. 



74i. Porzana pygmaa (Naumann). 

 " Mena-mazo " (" red eye ") 



I am indebted to Mr. Caldwell for an example of this species 

 obtained by him at Antananarivo. Iris red. 



75. Gallinula pyrrhorrhoa, A. Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1861, p. 19. 



"Whaytik." 



To Mr. Caldwell I am indebted for skins of this species also, 

 obtained near Tamatave. I never met with it myself, though I 

 believe it is not uncommon. 



76. PoRPHYRio ALLENi, Thomson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 X. p. 204. 



" Hisetrikia." 



On 9th September I killed a specimen of this beautiful spe- 

 cies in some bullrushes near the mouth of the Hivondrona. 



