420 DR. SCHLEGEL ON NEW ANIMALS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Nov. 22, 



from Sennaar and Senegambia ; but tail longer (7 lines), and tbe 

 general colour of fur greyish yellow. 



Sorex. Two species. Mayotte and Madagascar. 



Centetes ecaudatus. Madagascar ; introduced into Mayotte, 

 Reunion, and Mauritius. 



Ericulus spinosus. Tintingue, collected by Mr. Lantz. 



Mus alexandrinus. North-west coast. 



Birds. 



Falco communis. Falco radama, Verreaux, is nothing but the 

 common dark variety of this species. 



Falco newtoni, Gurney. 



Nisus francesii. Old males often with indistinct rust-coloured 

 bands on the underside. Nisus madagascariensis is founded upon 

 the females and young of this species. 



Nisus lantzii, Verreaux. Represents Nisus fringillarius, to 

 which it is closely allied in its form, long and slender toes, and small 

 head ; colours darker ; tail with more numerous (ten) dark bands. 

 An adult female collected. 



Nisus morelii. Nisudides morelii, Pollen, Bullet, d. Sciences 

 de l'ile de la Re'union, annee 1866. A rather small species, and 

 well defined by the quite straight margins of its upper mandible. 



Nisus brutus, Pollen, in Schlegel, Contrib. I. c. From Mayotte ; 

 nowhere else observed. 



Circus maillardii. From la Reunion. Dr. Hartlaub's de- 

 scription of Circus melanoleucus is taken from a specimen of Circus 

 maillardii. Circus melanoleucus has not yet been observed in Ma- 

 dagascar and its dependencies, and must be rejected as belonging to 

 the fauna of this region. 



Haliaetus vociferoides. Distinct from H. vocifer ; but not 

 in the character taken from the colour of the tail. 



Buteo brachypterus. A considerable series collected, even 

 young ones in down-plumage. We must reject as a Madagascar 

 species the Buteo tachardus of Hartlaub, his specimens being iden- 

 tical with B. brachypterus. 



Baza madagascariensis. Pernis madagascariensis, Smith? 

 A very interesting species, coloured like a Buteo ; very different from 

 Avicida cuculoides, which, on the contrary, is identical with A. ver- 

 reauxii or A. cafer. 



Milvus jEGyptius s. parasiticus. Common in Mayotte and at 

 the north-western coast of Madagascar. 



Gymnogenys radiatus. The Madagascar specimens are not 

 specifically distinct from those of Africa. See Schlegel, Museum, 

 Astures, p. 54. 



