ARTAMIA BERNIERI. 



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NOTE xxvm. 



ON ARTAMIA BERNIERI. 



BY 



H. SCHLEGEL. 



March 1879. 



Artamia Bernieri. 



My readers will remember that this species was origi- 

 nally based on a single specimen , introduced into science 

 by Isidore GeofFroy St. Hilaire , under the name of Oriolia 

 Bernieri (Tide : Acad, des sciences , Avril 2 , 1838 ; Revue 

 zoologique , vol. 1 , p. 50 ; Guerin , Magazin de Zoölogie , 

 1839, Oiseaux, pi. 4). When I published in the "Recherches 

 sur la Faune de Madagascar , Mammifères et Oiseaux par H. 

 Schlegel et Fr. Pollen, p. 86, pi. 25" a description and 

 an exact figure of the very same specimen , I considered 

 the bird as belonging to the genus Artamia and the spe- 

 cimen as presenting a yet immature plumage , which led 

 naturally to the supposition , that the perfect plumage of the 

 adult would be a very diiferent one. This supposition was 

 proved true , but only with respect to the adult male , 

 when we received, some years ago, specimens of the 

 adult male and female of the species. These specimens were , 

 shortly afterwards , followed by a small series of others , all 

 killed by Mr. Audebert in the countries bordering on the 

 large bay of Antongil situated on the North-East coast of 

 Madagascar. 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseum. 



