772 ON MAMMALS AND BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Dec. 1G, 



13. FUNINGUS MADAGASCARIENSIS, L. 



S.E. Madagascar. 



Called by the natives " Firniga-muigu." 



14. CEna capensis, L. 

 S.E. coast of Madagascar. 



15. Mesites variegatus, Geoffr. 

 S.E. coast of Madagascar. 



See remarks on the affinities of this genus, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, 

 p. 291. 



16. Anastomus lamelligerus, Temm. 

 S.W. coast of Madagascar. 



17. Gallinago bernieri, Puch. 

 S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



Male, female, and eggs are in the collection. 



Egg pale brown, spotted and blotched with various tints of dark 

 brown, principally at the large end, about the same size as the egg 

 of Gallinago major. 



18. Biensis madagascariensis, Verr. 

 S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



Male and female of this interesting Kail are in the collection. 

 This bird appears to me to belong to the genus Rallus ; it re- 

 sembles closely R. aquaticus and its allies. 



19. Zapornia pygmjEA, Naum. 

 Zapornia baillonii, V. 



S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



Specimens of this species, with the eggs, are in the collection. 



20. Zapornia watersi, sp. nov. (Plate LXIII.) 

 S.E. Betsileo, Madagascar. 



<3 . Beak dark brown ; top of head, neck, throat, and breast 

 chestnut-brown, darker on top of the head, paler on the chin ; 

 centre of back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts dark brown, each 

 feather having an elongated black centre ; primaries and secondaries 

 dusky brown ; upper tail-coverts, tail, and under tail-coverts dark 

 chestnut-brown, tipped with black ; belly, thighs, and vent dark 

 slaty brown ; legs, toes, and claws pale brown. 



Length 5| inches, wing 2|. 



$ . Beak dark brown ; crown of head and neck dark brown, 

 tinged with rufous, with very pale indistinct bars near the tips of 

 eacli feather ; back, scapulars, tertials, and upper wing-coverts dark 

 brown, the centre of each feather blackish, with from four to six 

 whitish spots and bars on the outer edges of the webs of each feather ; 

 primaries dusky black, with two or three very indistinct whitish spots 

 on the outer web of the first and second quill-feathers ; upper tail- 

 coverts, tail, and lower tail-coverts chestnut-brown, barred with black 



