484 COLLECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. 



4. Sterna melanauchen, T. 

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



a. 3. African Island, Amirante group, March 10, 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 Anons cinereus on the coral-reefs north-easi 

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

 gascar's,' 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 Glurioso Islands. 



5. Zosterops madagascariensis (£.). 



MarU. t. c. p. 102. 

 a. £. Glorioso Islands, May 18S2. Iris dark: bill black; legs 

 and feet grey. 



6. Corvus scapulatus, Baud. 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 201. 

 a. 3 . Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark ; bill, legs, and feet 

 black. 



7. Turtur coppingeri, sp. n. 



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

 brunneo, fronte tantum pallide vinacea, et subcaudalibus ciuereo 

 lavatis distinguendus. Long. tot. 12 poll., culm. - 7, alas 0*45, 

 cauda; 4*15, tarsi 1*0. 



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

 legs and feet dark red. 



This species appears to be allied to T. aldabranus, Sclater (P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 092, pi. lxxiii.) ; 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 me by Prof. Newton. The Glorioso Turtle-Dove differs from 

 T. aldabranus in its browner upper surface, by the bluish-irn y 

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

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

 the head. 



8. Strepsilas interpres (Z,.). 



Hartl. t. c. p. 293. 



a. 2- 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. 



