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PART II. 



COLLECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. 



BIRDS. 



BY 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE. 





From the Amirante Group. 



1. Foudia madagascariensis (£.). 

 Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 212. 



a. $ ad. He des Roches, Amirante group, March 1832. Iris 

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



Identical with Madagascar specimens. 



2. Crithagra chrysopyga, Swains. 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 418. 



a. S • 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.). 

 Hartl, t.c.-p. 282. 



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

 bill born-colour, black at tip ; legs and feet red. 



Also introduced. 



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