390 Dr. G. Hartlaub on the Ornithology of Madagascar. 



fact that this species has not again occurred in the well- explored di- 

 strict of the Cape, leads Desmurs to the conclusion that the specimen 

 procured by Verreaux had escaped from confinement, and that Mr. 

 Strickland's statement of its Madagascar habitat deserves all credit ; 

 a conclusion to which we assent *. 



58. Pyrrhula nana, Pucher. Rev. Zool. viii. p. 52 > id. Guer. Mag, 

 de Zool. 1845, Ois. pi. 58. 



59. Euryceros Prevostii, Less. Cent. Zool. pi. 74 ; id. lUustr. de 

 Zool. pi. 13 ; id. Bullet, des Sc. nat. xxv. p. 243. Siket-be, Sganz, 

 I.e. p. 31. 



60. Coracopsis nigra (L.), Wagl. — Psittacus madag. niger, Briss. 

 iv. p. 317 ; Levaill. Perr. t. 82. Vaza, Flac. Mad. p. 164. Ps. vaza, 

 Shaw. 



61. Coracopsis mascarina (Briss.), Wagl. — Ps. mascarinus, Briss. 

 iv. 315; PL enl. 35. 



62. Psittacvla cana (auct.). — Psittacula madagasc, Briss. Orn. iv. 

 p. 394. pi. 30. fig. 2 ; PI. enl. 791. fig. 2. Saravoza, Flac. Madag. 

 p. 163. Psittacus poliocar, Forst. ed. Licht. p. 399. 



In Richard Schomburgk's ' Reisen in British Guiana ' it is stated 

 at p. 421, part 2, " The falling of small husks from a colossal Mi- 

 mosa betrayed to us the presence of a party of parrots at the top. A 

 shot from one of our attendants brought down two specimens, in 

 which, to my astonishment, I recognized the elegant Psittacus mada- 

 gascariensis, Lath., which was hitherto only supposed to inhabit 

 Madagascar. According to the report of the Indians this delicate 

 bird only comes periodically to the vicinity of Kuamuta, and soon 

 disappears again." We will add nothing to this remarkable state- 

 ment except a modest ? Should it prove authentic, a point which the 

 expected ornithological Appendix by Cabanis, to R. Schomburgk's 

 Journey, will explain, — this unaccountable fact will stand alone in 

 the history of the geographical distribution of the Psittacidce. 



63. Leptosomus afer (Gm.), Vieill. — Cuculus madagasc. major, 

 Briss. Orn. iv. p. 160. pi. 15. fig. 1 and 2. Le Vouroudriou, Buff. 

 PL enl. 587. Cuculus discolor, Herm. Tab. Affin. Anim. p. 186. L. 

 crombus. Less. Compl. a Buff. vi. p. 418. 



64. Centropus melanorhynchus (Bodd.), Gr. — Cuculus madagas- 

 cariensis, Briss. Orn. iv. 138. pi. 13. fig. 2. C. tolu, auct. ; PL enh 

 295. fig. 1. 



65. Coua gigas (Bodd.), Gr. — Coucou verdatre de Madagascar, 

 Buff. PL enl. 815. Cuculus madagascariensis, Gm. Coccyzus vi- 

 rescens, Vieill. 



QQ). Coua cristata (L.). — Cuculus madag. cristatus, Briss. iv. 

 p. 149. pi. 12. fig. 2 ; PL enl. 589 ; Levaill. Afr. pi. 207 Conlicou, 

 Sganz. I. c. p. 31. 



67. Coua ccerulea (L.). — Cuculus madag. cseruleus, Bi^iss. iv. 

 p. 156. pi. 13. fig. 1 ; PL enl. 295. fig. 2. 



* This bird was brought, with others, from the Cape, by a lady who as- 

 sured me that this particular specimen came from Madagascar, and that it 

 was very rare. — Translator. 



