318 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Apr. 1 8 ; 



Sitta (!!) corallirostris, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 158 (1868). 



a, b. " Saralalan. Tree-climber." 



Mr. Crossley has sent two specimens of this most interesting bird. 

 It is difficult to assign a place for this genus, though it seems to me to 

 be somewhere between the Paridce and Sitta ; but it is remarkable for 

 the extraordinary development of the hind toe, which exceeds the 

 tarsus in length. It is certainly one of the most curious birds 

 extant. 



Family Muscicapid^e. 



46. PSEUDOBIAS WARDI. 



Pseudobias wardi, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 498, pi. xv. 



Pseudobiastes wardi, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 43 (err.). 



This bird was described by me (/. c.) as the type of a new genus 

 Pseudobias, which, by a lapsus calami, I wrote Pseudobiastes in my 

 catalogue. 



Family Laniid^. 



47. Artamia leucocephala. 



Artamia leucocephala (Gm.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 47 (1861); 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 162; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 348; Verr. 

 in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 2 (1865); A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p. 834 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 355 ; Schl. & Poll. 

 Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 83 (1868); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 52 (1871). 



Oriolia bernieri, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 43 

 (1861); Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 2 (1865). 



Artamia bernieri, Schl."& Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 86, pi. 25 

 (1868); Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 214. 



"Saralalan." 



Oriolia bernieri is only the young of this species, as I am in- 

 formed by my friend M. Jules Verreaux. I have in my collection a 

 specimen which still retains the remains of rufous barring on the 

 feathers. 



48. Vanga ctjrvirostris. 



Vanga curvirostris (Gm.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 51 (1861); 

 Roch & E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 274 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 162 ; 

 E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 348 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1 865, p. 835 ; Verr. 

 in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 2 (1865); Grand. Rev. et Mag. 

 de Zool. 1867, p. 387 ; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 99 (1 868); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 50 (1871). 



"Saralalan. Native name Forun-banffa." 



Mr. Crossley has sent three examples of this species, all of which 

 differ from the other specimens in my collection by being grey on 

 the under surface, and on the collar which surrounds the neck, instead 

 of pure white. It is evident, however, that these specimens are only 

 the young birds ; and I therefore subjoin a description of one of them, 

 as i" believe this state of plumage has not previously been described. 



Head black, varied on the forehead and crown with grey ; 



