644 MR. CALDWELL ON THE ZOOLOGY OF RODRIGUEZ. [Deec. 7, 
bright dark cinnamon-rufous ; quills brownish black, narrowly mar- 
gined externally with rufous brown; two middle tail-feathers dark 
rufous brown, remainder brownish black with broad cinnamon-rufous 
tips. 
Long. ale. caud, culm. tars. 
Cc. hs 4" Bit 74” ae 
Hab. Ponape, Seniavin group (Kudary). 
4. MytaGRA PLUTO, sp. nov. 
Uniform black, with greenish metallic reflections, especially on the 
head; bill and feet black. Female resembling the male; but the 
chin and throat are dark brown. 
Long. ale. caud. culm. latit. rostr. tars. 
millim. millim, 
aa" 3” i Si 13 8 oe 
Hab. Ponape, Seniavin group (Kubary). 
5. RHIPIDURA KUBARYI, sp. nov. 
Upper parts dark sooty brown; margin of front lores, cheeks, and 
ear-coverts brownish black ; a white superciliary stripe, and a white 
stripe from the angle of chin below the cheeks to the ear-region ; 
throat black ; crop black, with white apical margins, giving these 
parts a squamated appearance ; vent, anal region and under tail-coverts 
white ; sides and lower wing-coverts slate-grey ; tail-feathers brownish 
black, broadly tipped with white. Bill and feet black. 
Long. ale. caud. culm. tars. 
millim. millim. 
enG.. PALIN re a }1 20 
Hab. Ponape, Seniavin group (Kubary). 
6. APLONIS PELZELNI, sp. nov. 
Obscure sooty brown ; head above somewhat darker, lores and front 
changing into sooty black ; wings, tail, upper and lower tail-coverts 
umber-brown, a good deal lighter than the remaining plumage. _ Bill 
and feet black. 
Long. alse. caud. culm. tars. 
64" 3" roe ' ol aly 82" 1 13" 
Hab. Ponape, Seniavin group (Kubary). 
6. Notes on the Zoology of Rodriguez. 
By J. Catpwetz, C.M.Z.S. 
[Received November 8, 1875.] 
Having been dispatched on special duty to the Island of Rodri- 
guez immediately after the hurricane-season this year, I was detained 
nearly three months upon the island, and had an opportunity of 
making a few notes which may prove interesting, pending more de- 
