1879.] BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. 771 



4. Corythornis vintsioides, Eyd. et Gerv. 



S.W. coast of Madagascar. 

 Egg pure white and polished. 



5. Upupa marginata, Peters. 

 Uptipa madagascariensis, Bp. 

 S.W. coast of Madagascar. 



Eggs pale greyish blue, resembling those of Upupa epops, but 

 rather larger. 



6. COSSYPHA SHARPII, 



S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



7. Leptopterus viridis, Mull. 

 S.E. Madagascar. 



8. Philepitta castanea, Mull. 

 S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



9. Nelicurvius nelicouvi, Scop. 



Hyphatitornis pensilis, Gm, 



S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



Eggs pale blue, about the same size as the egg of Accentor modu- 

 laris. 



10. Sericosomus serriantjs, Puch. 



S.E. interior of Madagascar. 



Called by the natives " Fandaklanan." 



11. Sericosomus, sp. inc. 



Ekongo, S.E. Madagascar. 



Called by the natives " Fandaklanan." 



3 . Upper mandible brownish black, tip reddish ; base of lower 

 mandible yellowish, tip red ; crown of head, neck, centre of back, 

 scapulars, upper wing-coverts, tertials, upper tail-coverts, and two 

 centre tail-feathers light metallic bronze-green with a rich rufous 

 tinge, each feather broadly tipped with darker rufous brown ; rump, 

 chin, neck, breast, belly, flanks, and vent slaty grey, slightly tinged 

 with metallic-green and narrowly tipped with rufous, the rufous 

 being most conspicuous on the breast ; primaries and the remaining 

 eight tail-feathers rich metallic-green with a slight rufous tinge, 

 and tipped with the same colour; legs black. Length 15^ inches, 

 wing 5, tarsus 1|. 



This is a young bird, probably of Coua reynaudi. 



12. Cuculus rochii, Hartl. 



S.W. coast, and S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 

 Called by the natives " Kang-kappena." 



