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



81. Dendrocygna arcuata (Cuvier). 



Not nearly so common on the coast as the last ; but numbers 

 are caught alive on a marsh about sixty miles to the north-west 

 of Tamatave. I believe they are all snared. They are brought 

 to Mauritius in larger quantities, perhaps, than D. viduata, and 

 when here have the same opportunities of escaping ; but I never 

 saw or heard of a wild one. 



82. Podiceps pelzelni, Hartlaub. 

 " Vivy." 



Obtained by Mr. Caldwell near Antananarivo. 



83. Sterna velox, Riippell. 



This species was very common at Tamatave and near the 

 mouth of the Hivondrona river, at the beginning of September ; 

 it had disappeared before the middle of the month. Iris brown ; 

 beak greenish yellow ; legs and feet black ; under surface of toes 

 flesh-colour. 



84. Sterna melanorhyncha, Gould, Birds of Australia, 

 vii. pi. 26 (?). 



Mr. Caldwell obtained a specimen of this little Tern at Tama- 

 tave on the 6th July*. 



85. Anous (?) ? sp. indet.f 



Three young Noddies were brought to Mr. Maule ; he was told 

 they had been taken at Isle aux Prunes, off the roadstead of Ta- 

 matave : as they could not have flown, they must have been bred 

 there J. 



* This specimen appears to be identical with the species above-named, 

 though it differs in having the forehead entirely black, and the base of the 

 bill orange-red. It is probably in breeding-plumage, while all Mr. Gould's 

 examples were obtained in winter. — Ed. 



t The example sent is quite immature, so much so that it seems doubtful 

 whether it is a true Anous. — Ed. 



X I may here mention that, last month, Capt. L'Estrange, R.A., found a 

 young Noddy, just hatched, and a couple of broken egg-shells, on the sea- 

 shore, close to Fort William, on the south-west side of the harbour of 

 Port Louis. Carriages and people were constantly passing over the ground, 

 and the bird appeared to have been trodden on. It is singular, in such a 

 public place, the egg was ever hatched. 



