,879 FROM THE COMORO ISLANDS. g/"/ 



*16. Artamia bicolor (Linn.). 



Artamia bicolor, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 85, pi. 24 (1858) 



Cyanolanius bicolor, Hartl. VSg. Madag. p. 157 (1877). 



One specimen, Grand Comoro. 



This is the first occurrence of this species out of Mada^car 

 ihe specimen is an adult in most perfect plumage, and <nves°me no 

 reason to believe that it had been a caged bird. 



tl7. Terpsiphoxe vulpina (E. Newton). 

 Tchitrea vulpina, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 298, pi. 33. fi- 2 

 lerpsiphone vulpina, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 353 (1879). 

 Two specimens from Grand Comoro, and two from Anjuan 

 These specimens are darker than some from Madagascar ; and the 

 character of the elongated crest alluded to bv Mr. Sharpe does not 

 seem very strongly pronounced. I do not at present unite the bird 

 to 1. mutata, as all the specimens sent home have white win^s and 

 red tails, whereas in the apparently corresponding stao- e of the 

 Madagascar bird the long tail-feathers are already white. ° 



18. Edolius forficatus (Linn.). 



Dicmrusjorficatus, Hartl. Yog. Madag. p. 148 ; E. Newton, 

 r. L. a. 18/ J t p. 29*. 



Edolius forficatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 254 (IS/8). 

 Eleven specimens, Anjuan. 



+ 19. Hypsipetes ourovaxg (6m.). 



p f y <f fc~ our °™ nff ' HartL Y6 °- Mada S- P- 136 ; E. Newton, 

 f. L. fe. 18/ ,, p. 299. 



Nine specimens from Grand Comoro, and ten from Anjuan. 



20. Turdus bewsheri, E. Newton. 



Tardus bewsheri, E. Newton, P. Z.S. 1877, p. 299, pi. 34. 

 One specimen, Anjuan. 



21. Corvus scapllatus, Daud. 



Corvus scapulatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 22 (1877) ; Hartl. Yd- 

 Madag. p. 201. °' 



Corvus madagascariensis, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1S77, p. 299. 

 Three specimens, Anjuan. 



t22. Spermestes cuctjllatus, Swains. 



Spermestes cucullatus, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 299. 



Seven specimens from Grand Comoro, and two from Anjuan. 



t23. FOUDIA ALGOXD.E (Poll.). 



Ploceus algondce, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. p, 109, pi. 34 (1868) 

 Foudia algondce, Hartl. Yog. Madag. p. 21G ; E. Newton, P. Z. S 

 18/ /, p. 300. 

 Foudia comorensis, Hartl. torn. cit. p. 217. 

 Seven specimens from Grand Comoro, and nine from Anjuan. 



