680 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on the Birds collected and 



Nesacanthis EMINENTISSIMA (Bp.). 



Nesacanthis eminentissima Sharpe, Cat. B. B. M. xiii. 

 p. 484. 



This Weaver-bird is fairly abundant on Mayotte, both on 

 the open fields and in the mangrove swamps. 



FoUDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS (Linn.). 



Very common and probably introduced. 



Cokvus scapulatus Daud. 



Corvus scapulatus Sharpe, Cat. B. B. M. ii. p. 22. 

 An adult pair and one young male. 



The black-and-white Crow was very common, especially 

 on low-lying ground and in the cultivated fields. 



CORYTHORNIS CRISTATA (Linil.). 



Corythornis cristata Sharpe, Cat. B. B. M. xvii. p. 162. 



Five males, two females, one example of uncertain sex. 



Bill black ; tarsi and toes pale red. 



A very common species of Kingfisher, found chiefly 

 amongst the mangroves, where several might be seen on 

 one bush. I often watched the bird fishing close to me. 

 I also met with one in a maize-field some little distance from 

 the shore. 



Leptosoma discolor (Herm.). 



Leptosoma discolor Sharpe, Cat. B. B. M. xvii. p. 1. 



One adult male. 



Tarsi and toes orange; bill dark brown, almost black. 



I saw a pair of these birds on a tall tree in the middle of a 

 mangrove swamp on Mayotte. Only two species belonging 

 to this genus are known- — the present one, and the somewhat 

 doubtful L. gracile from Grand Comoro. 



Agapornis cana (Gin.). 



Agapornis cana, Salvadori, Cat. B. B. M. xx. p. 506. 



Male and female. 



Common and probably introduced from Madagascar. 



Merops superciliosus Linn. 



Merops superciliosus Sharpe, Cat. B. B. M. xvii. p. 70. 



Three males and one female. 



