﻿484 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  WESTERN 
  INDIAN 
  OCEAN. 
  

  

  4. 
  Sterna 
  melanauchen, 
  T. 
  

  

  Gould, 
  B. 
  Austr. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  400. 
  

  

  a. 
  S- 
  African 
  Island, 
  Amirante 
  group, 
  March 
  16, 
  1882. 
  Iris 
  

   dark 
  ; 
  bill, 
  legs, 
  and 
  feet 
  black. 
  

  

  Writing 
  on 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Fiji 
  Islands, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Layard 
  ob- 
  

   serves 
  that 
  he 
  procured 
  Anaus 
  cinereus 
  on 
  the 
  coral-reefs 
  north-east 
  

   of 
  Madagascar 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago. 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub, 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  Yogel 
  Mada- 
  

   gascars,' 
  very 
  properly 
  remarks 
  that 
  this 
  statement 
  requires 
  confir- 
  

   mation 
  in 
  the 
  highest 
  degree, 
  an 
  observation 
  I 
  thoroughly 
  indorse. 
  

   Can 
  it 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  {S. 
  melanauchen) 
  which 
  Mr. 
  

   Layard 
  intended 
  to 
  write 
  about 
  ? 
  Anyhow, 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   species 
  is 
  now 
  greatly 
  extended. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Glorioso 
  Islands. 
  

  

  5. 
  Zosterops 
  madagascariensis 
  {L.). 
  

   Hartl. 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  102. 
  

   a. 
  5 
  . 
  Glorioso 
  Islands, 
  May 
  1882. 
  Iris 
  dark 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   and 
  feet 
  grey. 
  

  

  6. 
  Corvus 
  scapulatus, 
  Daud. 
  

   Hartl. 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  201. 
  

   a. 
  S 
  • 
  Glorioso 
  Islands, 
  May 
  1882. 
  Iris 
  dark 
  ; 
  bill, 
  legs, 
  and 
  feet 
  

   black. 
  

  

  7. 
  Turtur 
  coppingeri, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  T. 
  similis 
  T. 
  aldahrano, 
  sed 
  tergo 
  brunneo 
  et 
  pileo 
  fuscescenti- 
  

   bruuneo, 
  fronte 
  tantum 
  pallide 
  vinacea, 
  et 
  siibcaudalibus 
  cinereo 
  

   lavatis 
  distinguendus. 
  Long. 
  tot. 
  12 
  poll., 
  culm. 
  0-7, 
  aloe 
  G'45, 
  

   caudae 
  4*15, 
  tarsi 
  1-0. 
  

  

  a. 
  $ 
  . 
  Glorioso 
  Islands, 
  May 
  1882. 
  Iris 
  orange-red 
  ; 
  bill 
  dark 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  and 
  feet 
  dark 
  red. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  bo 
  allied 
  to 
  T. 
  aldahramis, 
  Sclater 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  

   1871, 
  p. 
  092, 
  pi. 
  Ixxiii.) 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  belly, 
  which 
  is 
  shown 
  

   in 
  the 
  plate, 
  and 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Sclater's 
  description, 
  does 
  not 
  

   appear 
  so 
  prominently 
  in 
  the 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  specimens 
  kindly 
  

   lent 
  to 
  mc 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Newton. 
  The 
  Glorioso 
  Turtle-Dove 
  differs 
  from 
  

   T. 
  aldahramis 
  in 
  its 
  browner 
  upper 
  surface, 
  by 
  the 
  bluish-grey 
  

   "wash 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  tail-coverts, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  pale 
  vinous 
  

   forehead, 
  which 
  contrasts 
  somewhat 
  with 
  the 
  dusky 
  ash-colour 
  of 
  

   the 
  head. 
  

  

  8. 
  Strepsilas 
  interpres 
  (L.). 
  

   Hartl. 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  293. 
  

  

  a. 
  $. 
  Glorioso 
  Islands, 
  May 
  1882. 
  Iris 
  dark 
  ; 
  bill 
  horn-colour; 
  

   legs 
  and 
  feet 
  yellow. 
  

   Still 
  in 
  immature 
  plumage, 
  but 
  showing 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  approach- 
  

   ing 
  rufous 
  dress. 
  

  

  