1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. 389 
coverts in the Madagascar bird, they seem to be a good deal longer 
than in the species from Mauritius. This may be accidental and 
exist in my specimens alone, but, if found to be constant, would add 
another link in the present very slight chain of evidence as to the 
specific distinctness of the two birds. A full description of my Mada- 
gascar specimens is given in my paper on the African Swallows 
(P. Z. S. 1870, p. 296). 
Fam. MuscicaPiID&. 
6. TERPSIPHONE MUTATA. 
Tchitrea holosericea (Temm.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 45 (1861). 
Tchitrea mutata (Linn.) ; Hartl.. Faun. Madag. p. 45 (1861); 
Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 163; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835 ; Grand. 
Rev. et Mag. de Zool. p. 385. 
Muscipeta mutata, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 76 (1868). 
Tchitrea pretiosa, Less.; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 46 (1861) ; 
E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 347. 
*Nossi Vola, Oct. 22nd, 1869. Native name Skate. Eyes 
black or dark blue.” 
The changes which this species goes through are wonderful. 
Specimens in all stages of plumage are contained in the present col- 
lection, exhibiting all the differences portrayed by Professor Schlegel 
in his plates (/. ¢.). 
Fam. Lanip. 
7. CEBLEPYRIS MAJOR, sp. n. 
C. affinis C. cane, sed conspicue major, coloribus saturatioribus, 
et rectricibus albo latiore marginatis. 
The specimens sent by Mr. Crossley are very much larger than 
ordinary specimens of Campephaga cana; and both Mr. G. R. Gray 
and Professor Newton agree with me that the species is distinct from 
the bird collected by Messrs. Pollen and Van Dam in N.E. Mada- 
gascar, of which we have a considerable series in this country. In 
the last-mentioned birds the wing measures barely 4 inches in length, 
while in the specimens just received it reaches 4:4 inches, and, in 
addition to the longer wing, the whitish-grey tips to the tail-feathers 
are very much broader. 
8. ARTAMIA VIRIDIS. 
Leptopterus viridis (Gm.); Hartl. Orn. Madag. p. 48 (1861) ; 
Roch and E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p.273; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 348; 
A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835. 
Artamia viridis, Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 386 ; 
Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 84, pl. 27. 
‘‘Saralalan, Nov. 20th, 1869. Native name Vorun sasat.” 
I cannot perceive any characters whereby the present bird may be 
generically separated from Artamia leucocephala, the type of the 
genus Artamia. 
