On the Birds of Madagascar. 557 



Hans Graf V. Berlepsch. J. f. 0. 1873, pp. 225-293 ; 1874, pp. 241 

 -284. 



(118) Die Vogel der Umgegend von Taquara do Mundo Novo, Prov. 



Rio Grande do Sul. Von Hans von Berlepsch und Dr. Hermann 

 von Jhering. ZeitscLir, ges. Ornith. ii. pp. 97-184 (1885). 



(119) Systeraatisches Verzeichniss der von Herrn Ricardo Rohde in 

 Paraguay gesammelten Vogel, von Hans von Berlepsch. J. f. 0. 

 1887, pp. 1-37. 



(120) Argentine Ornithology. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of 

 the Argentine Republic. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 &c. With Notes on their Habits by W. H. Hudson, C.M.Z.S. 

 2 vols. Royal 8vo. London, 1888-89. 



(121) Cruise of the ' Alert.' Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, 

 and Masearene Waters (1878-82). By R. W. Coppinger, M.D. 

 Royal 8vo. London, 1883. 



(122) Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific 

 Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ' Alert,' 1881-2. 8vo. Lon- 

 don, 1884. 



(123) List of Chilian Birds, compiled by Harry Berkeley James, F.Z.S. 

 Royal 8vo. Valparaiso, 1885. 



(124) List of a Collection of Birds from the Province of Tarapaca, 

 Northern Chili. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. P. Z. S. 

 1886, pp. 395-404. 



(125) On a Second Collection of Birds from the Province of Tarapaca, 

 Northern Chili. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. P. Z. S. 

 1891, pp. 131-137. 



XLIV. — On the Birds of Madagascar, and their Connec- 

 tion with Native Folk-lore, Proverbs, and Superstitions. 

 By the Rev. James Sibree, Jr., F.R.G.S.^— Part III. 

 [Continued from p. 443.] 

 TV. — The Pigeons. 

 The Pigeons and some few allied birds form, in Dr. R. J3. 

 Sharpens system of classification, an Order of themselves, and 

 are divided into three families, consisting of («) the now 

 extinct Dodos, of which five species at least lived in the 

 Masearene Islands until within the last 250 years, but are 

 not as yet known to have inhabited Madagascar; {b) the 



* Reprinted from the 'Antananarivo Annual,' 1890, with additions 

 and corrections by the Author. 



