1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. 385 
ral unique specimens ; but on my expressing a wish to be allowed to 
include in the present paper the names of the birds taken by the 
Museum, Mr. George Robert Gray not only very kindly showed me 
the whole of the skins obtained by him, but, on finding that I de- 
scribed two of them as new, he most handsomely withdrew the 
names he was himself intending to bestow on them in favour of 
mine. I have only to return him my best thanks for the assistance 
he has rendered to me in its preparation. To Professor Newton my 
thanks are due for lending me several rare specimens of Madagascar 
birds for comparison. 
Mr. Cutter informs me that Mr. Crossley first made a trip into 
the province of Vohima, in the northern corner of the island; but on 
this excursion he does not seem to have collected many birds. After- 
wards returning to Tamatave, he proceeded inland to Antananarivo 
and thence northwards to Nossi Vola, which, he informs me, is to the 
south-east of Lake Alovt. Here, and at Saralalan, a place about 
seven or eight miles to the eastward of Nossi Vola, most of the birds 
were collected. 
I have referred to the following works and papers in the course of 
the present essay. 
1. Dr. Hartlaub’s Ornithologischer Beitrag zur Fauna Madagas- 
car's, Svo. Bremen, 1861. 
2. Notes on Birds observed in Madagascar. By S. Roch and E. 
Newton. (Part I., Ibis, 1862, p. 265; PartII., Ibis, 1863, p. 165.) 
3. On the Mammals and Birds collected in Madagascar by Dr. 
Charles Meller. By P. L. Sclater, M.A. &c. (P.Z.S. 1863, p. 160 ) 
4. Notes on a second visit to Madagascar. By Edward Newton, 
C.M.Z.S. (Ibis, 1863, pp. 333, 452.) 
5. List of Animals collected at Mohambo, Madagascar, by Mr. 
W. T. Gerrard. By Alfred Newton, M.A. &c. (P. Z.S. 1865, 
p- 832.) 
6. Notes sur les Mammiféres et les Oiseaux observés & Madagas- 
car, de 1865 4 1867, par Alfred Grandidier. (Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 
1867, pp. 319, 353, 385, 417.) 
7. Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dependances 
d’aprés les déconvertes de Fr. P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. 2” 
partie. Mammiféres et Oiseaux, par H. Schlegel et Fr. P. L. Pollen, 
4to. Leyde, 1868. 
Fam. Turpip®. 
|. HypsipeTes OUROVANG. 
ITypsipetes ourovang (Gm.); Tartl. Faun. Madag. p. 44 (1861) ; 
Roch and KE. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 273; Sel. P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 163 ; 
KE. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 347; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835; 
Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 359. 
Hypsipetes urovang, Schl. & Poli. Faun.Madag. Ois. p. 296 (1868). 
2. TyLAs EDUARDI. 
Tylas eduardi, Wartl. P. Z. 8. 1862, p. 152, pl. xvur. 
Tylas eduardsi (err.), Grand. Rey. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 359. 
