42 ON THE ORIGINAL FAUNA OF RODRIGUEZ. [Jan. 19, 
mined by M. Milne-Edwards from bones sent him by my brother*, 
and doubtless quite extinct ; the second is unquestionably Palzornis 
exsul, described by myselft, which has lingered into our own times ; 
and the third is the species of Agapornis known still to exist in 
Rodriguez, and thought by my brother to be 4. cana}; but since 
neither he (so far as 1 am at this moment aware) nor I have ever 
examined a specimen, the matter must remain an open question at 
present. It is interesting, however, to have the particulars above 
given as to the colouring of N. rodericanus and P. ewsul. 
Continuing my extracts, the next is 
“Les TOURTERELLES y sont en grand nombre, mais sur Ja grande 
terre on en voit fort peu, parcequ’elles vont vivre sur les fles du Sud, 
aussi bien que les perroquets, et viennent boire de méme sur la 
grande terre.” 
This adds nothing of importance to our knowledge of the Colum- 
bide of Rodriguez. 
We then have a notice of a bird also mentioned by Leguat :-— 
“On voit un oiseau qui est 4 peu prés comme la chouette, et qui 
mange les petits oiseau et les petits lézards. Ils demeurent presque 
toujours dans les arbres et lorsqu’ils sentent le beau temps, ils 
chantent la nuit et toujours le méme chant ; au contraire, lorsqu’ils 
sentent du mauvais temps on ne les entend point.” 
This is evidently the Athene murivora of M. Milne-Edwards§. 
The concluding notices of birds are :— 
“Tl y a beaucoup de CHARDONNERETS qui ont un joli ramage. 
“On voit quelques LAvANDIERES, avec quelques autres petits 
oiseaux qui ont un fort joli ramage, mais ils sont toujours en garde 
des oiseaux de proie, qui sont les chouettes, dont j’ai parlé ci- 
devant.” 
The “ Chardonnerets’’ may well be referred to Foudia rodericana, 
discovered by my brother||; and among the other little birds-was 
probably included Drymeca (?) flavicans§ ; but no trace of the 
‘¢ Lavandiéres’’ remains, so far as I know. 
I have only to add that so soon as I obtained the copy of this 
document I acquainted M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards with the fact, 
requesting him to examine the original and let me know his opinion 
of it. This he, with his usual kindness, has done; and within the last 
few days he has written me word that the Report is evidently the 
work of an unlettered sailor (as, indeed, I myself had already con- 
cluded), but that he has failed to discover the name of its author, 
Though now bound up with other documents of the year 1760, he 
considers that it must have been written some years earlier, and 
most likely in 1729 or 1730. I need not here dwell upon the 
reasons which have led him to form this opinion, because he intends 
* Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 5, viii. pp. 145-156, pls. 7, 8, 
xix. Art. 3, p. 18, pl. 13. figs. 2-2e; Comptes Rendus, lxv. pp. 1121-1125. 
+ Ibis, 1872, p. 33. t Ibis, 1865, p. 149. 
§ Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 5, xix. Art. 3, p. 15, pl. 11. 
figs. 2-2 e. 
|| P. Z. S. 1865, p. 47, pl. i. figs. 1, 2. { Tom. cit. p. 47, pl. i. fig. 3. 
