78 DR. A. GUNTHER ON SOME [Feb. 2, 
Older. Upper surface metallic geeen, wings and tail included ; 
head all round, throat, and chest ashy grey; rest of under surface 
white, with a few remains of dusky bars on the sides of the body ; 
bill white on the upper mandible except the base, which is horn-blue 
like the lower one. 
Fully adult. Metallic green, the entire head all round and entire 
under surface pure white ; bill horn-blue, only the extreme tip white ; 
on the hind neck a few greenish bars, evidently remains of imma- 
turity. 
PHEDINA MADAGASCARIENSIS, Hartl.; Sharpe, P. Z.S. 1870, 
p- 388. 
Two more specimens of this Swallow prove that it is an entirely 
distinct species from the Réunion bird. It is much clearer grey 
above, and purer white below, with little narrow shaft-streaks on the 
abdomen and under tail-coverts. Mr. Crossley gives the bill and 
feet as black and the iris as brown. 
6. Notes on some Mammals from Madagascar. 
By Dr. Avgert Gintuer, V.P.ZS, 
[Received February 2, 1875.] 
(Plates XV. & XVI.) 
A collection of Mammals just received from Mr. Crossley, and 
made on his way from Tamantave to Murundava, contains several 
specimens adding to our knowledge of this fauna. 
The young of Lichanotus mitratus, 12 inches long, is nearly 
entirely black, with a white patch in the sacral region, and with the 
inner side of the arm and the outer margin of the foot whitish. 
An adult female specimen of Fossa daubentonii represents a 
variety in which the spots are not defined and more or less confluent. 
It is also slightly smaller than either of the two examples in the 
British Museum. A newly born individual of this species is of a 
light bay colour, with seven narrow continuous black stripes. 
The following two species appear to be undescribed. 
CurroGALeus TRICHOTIS. (Plate XV.) 
Brownish grey ; lower parts grey, with the hairs white-tipped. A 
triangular spot in front of the eye black ; median line of the snout 
and lips whitish. Hands and feet grey, with white-tipped hairs. Ears 
very short, hidden in the fur. The lower part of the concha and 
the space before the ear covered with a tuft of very long hairs. Tail 
rather shorter than the body, covered with short hairs, which are 
only slightly longer towards its extremity. The first false molar 
nearly as long and of the same form as the canine tooth. All the 
nails pointed, claw-like. 
This species is allied to, and nearly of the same size as, Ch. 
