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  PART 
  II. 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  WESTERN 
  INDIAN 
  OCEAN. 
  

  

  BIRDS. 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  R. 
  BOWDLER 
  SHARPE. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Amirante 
  Group. 
  

  

  1. 
  Foudia 
  madagascariensis 
  (L.), 
  

   Hartl. 
  Vog. 
  Madag. 
  p. 
  212. 
  

  

  a. 
  S 
  ad. 
  He 
  des 
  Roches, 
  Amirante 
  group, 
  March 
  1882. 
  Iria 
  

   dark 
  ; 
  bill 
  horn-colour 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Identical 
  with 
  Madagascar 
  specimens. 
  

  

  2. 
  Crithagra 
  chrysopyga, 
  Swains. 
  

   Hartl. 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  418. 
  

  

  a. 
  c? 
  . 
  He 
  des 
  Roches, 
  Amirante 
  group, 
  March 
  1882. 
  Iris 
  dark 
  ; 
  

   bill 
  horn-colour 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  brown. 
  

  

  Doubtless 
  introduced. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  African 
  species. 
  

  

  3. 
  Francolinus 
  ponticerianus 
  (Gm.). 
  

   Hard. 
  /. 
  c. 
  p. 
  282. 
  

  

  a. 
  2 
  • 
  Eagle 
  Island, 
  Amirante 
  group, 
  March 
  17, 
  1882. 
  Iria 
  dark; 
  

   bill 
  horn-colour, 
  black 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  logs 
  and 
  feet 
  red. 
  

  

  Also 
  introduced. 
  

  

  2i2 
  

  

  