Mr. J. H. Gurney on the Birds-of-prey of Madagascar. 443 



c. Phcenicorodias. 



7. Ph(enicopterus ruber. (PI. XV. fig. 7.) 



P. ruber, Linn. S. N. (1758) p. 139. 



P. americanus, Svv. Classif. B. ii. p. 364. 



P. ignipalliatus, pt., Tschudi, Faun. Per. 

 Catesby, Carolina, t. 73, 74; Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 66. fig. 4 ; 

 Hist. Nat. dc la isla de Cuba, t. 29. 



Bahamas, Florida, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, St. Domingo. 



d. PhoBnicoparrus. 



8. Ph(Enicopterus andinus. (PI. XV. figs. 9, 10.) 



P. andinus, Phil. Reise Andenvviiste Atacama, t. iv. 

 Peruvian Andes, N. Chili, Bolivia. 



XLI. — Notes on the Birds-of-prey of Madagascar and some of 

 the adjacent Islands. By J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S. 



(Plate XVI.) 



The Editor of ' The Ibis^ having some time since called my at- 

 tention to the important and interesting conclusions with respect 

 to certain Birds-of-prey arrived at by Prof. Schlegcl and M. Pol- 

 len in their ' Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses 

 Dependances,' of which mention has been made on several occa- 

 sions*, I have now the pleasure of making a few observations 

 on the Accipitres of Madagascar and the neighbouring islands ; 

 and in doing so I must especially express my best thanks to my 

 friend M. Jules Verreaux for his kindness in procuring for me 

 the opportunity of examining the specimens of Madagascar 

 Birds-of-prey preserved in the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes 

 at Paris, and for giving me the assistance of his judgment and 

 long experience in forming an opinion respecting them. 



1. Falco MINOR t, Bonap. South- African Peregrine Falcon. 



MM. Schlegel and Pollen {op. cit. pp. 30, 31) state that a 



Falcon which they consider to be specifically identical with the 



* Ibis, 1868, pp. 224-226, 476, 477 ; 1869, pp. 112, 113. 



+ The '■'■ F. pereyrinoides,'''' of Temminck's 'Planches Coloriees' (No. 479) 

 is certainly, for it has tlie rufous nape, F. barbarus, Linn., and not the 

 present species, of which it is often quoted as a synonym. 



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