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3 ad. Head velvety black; nape rich orange; upper surface of 
the body olive-green, lighter on the rump and sbading into brownish 
olive on the upper tail-coverts ; quills brownish black, the inner web 
grey at the base, the outer web of the primaries narrowly edged with 
bright olive-green ; the secondaries more broadly, the innermost ones 
being almost entirely olive-green; tail brownish black, each feather 
marked exteriorly with brownish olive ; chin black ; entire throat and 
sides of the neck rich golden yellow, becoming deeper on the lower 
part of the throat ; below the throat a narrow band of feathers olive- 
green like the back ; rest of the under surface of the body dark slaty 
grey ; vent and under tail-coverts chestnut ; under wing-coverts light 
grey, marked with olive-green. 
2 ad. Head olive-green, bright yellow on the forehead and over 
the eye; space between the bill and the eye and the ear-coverts 
deep brown, the latter distinctly washed anteriorly with golden yel- 
low ; throat and upper part of the breast, sides of the latter, extend- 
ing backwards and forming a neutral collar, rich golden yellow; re- 
mainder of the plumage as in the male. 
3 juv. Head, nape, and entire upper surface olive-green ; a line 
of feathers extending backwards from the bill over the eye bright 
golden yellow; space between the bill and the eye dull black ; 
cheeks and ear-coverts pale yellow, strongly tinged with olive-green , 
throat and sides of the neck rich golden yellow, but no nuchal collar, 
a few yellow feathers appearing here and there indicating where the 
collar will ultimately come. 
Fam. STURNID. 
20. HarRTLAUBIA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 
Hartlaubia madagascariensis (Linn.); Hartl. Faun. Madag. 
p- 52 (1861); Roch & E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 275; Scl. P. Z. 8. 
1863, p. 163; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 349; A. Newt. P. Z. 8S. 1865, 
p- 836; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 105 (1868). 
Hartlauba madagascariensis, Grand. Rev, et Mag. de Zool. 1867, 
p: 357. 
Several specimens. 
Fam. PaRADISIIDE. 
Subfam. PHrLepirrinz&. 
21. PHILePITTA CASTANEA. 
Philepitia sericea, Hart]. Faun, Madag. p. 42 (1861). 
Philepitta geoffroyi, Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 42 (1561). 
Brissonia nigerrima, Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 42 (1861). 
Philepitta jala, Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 356; Schl. 
& Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 87 (1868). 
Philepitta castanea (Mill.); Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 297 (1869). 
The genus Philepitta stands preeminently forward as one of those 
peculiar forms which Madagascar produces, and the affinities of 
which it is so very hard to determine; but its present position in the 
