868 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Dec. 3, 



and the new feathers which are appearing in the tail agree with 

 those of the one first described. It is therefore probable that the 

 specimen now sent is a young bird. 



Family Cypselid^e. 

 Cypselus gracilis. 



Cypselus gracilis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 315. 



" Chiden-Chiden. February 3, 18/2. Iris brown." 

 The specimen now sent by Mr. Crossley is younger than the 

 typical examples in my collection, and exhibits the remains of 

 obsolete fulvous markings on the feathers of the upper parts, and of 

 rusty margins to the under tail-coverts. 



Family AlcedinidjE. 



ISPIDINA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 



Ispidina madagascariensis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 398. 



Mr. Crossley sends several specimens of this pretty little King- 

 fisher, some of which are immature. The young birds, however, 

 seem only to differ from the adults in being paler and more orange 

 in colour, and in having the beak yellowish horn-colour, with the 

 base of the culmen and lower mandible black. 



Family Falconidjl. 



ACCIPITER FRANCESI. 



Nisus francesii (Smith), Hartl. Faun Madag. p. 20 (1861); 

 Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 420; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. 

 p. 36, pi. 14 (1868). 



Nisus madagascariensis ("V 'err .), Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 20(1861); 

 Roch and Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 268 ; E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 337. 



Micronisus madagascariensis, A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 833. 



Accipiter francesii, Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. p. 1 

 (1865) ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 320. 



Accipiter madagascariensis, Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B. 

 p. 1 (1865). 



One specimen in immature plumage killed in the country to the west 

 of Mananzara in February 1872. The iris is stated to be yellow. 



Family Strigid.*. 

 Scops rutilus. 



Scops rutilus, Puch. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 399. 

 Scops menadensis, Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 321. 

 Two specimens. 



Family Rallid^e. 



Rallus griseifrons. 



Canirallus griseofrons, Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 67. 

 Rallina kioloides, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 135, pi. 39 

 (1868) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 425. 



