422 DR. SCHLEGEL ON NEWANIMALS FROM MADAGASCAR. [Nov. 22, 



Eroessa tenella, Hartlaub= Damia pusil la, Pollen, in litteris. 

 Form of bill somewhat like Zosterops ; but wings rounded, the fourth 

 quill being the longest. Small ; wing 20 lines. Upper part yel- 

 lowish green, but the neck greyish ; throat and breast yellow. 

 North-west and north-east coasts of Madagascar. 



Copsychus pica. Madagascar. Females very rare. 



Saxicola rubicola. As mentioned many years ago, it is quite 

 impossible to find out constant differences between Motacilla rubi- 

 cola, Linne, from Europe, M. sybilla, Linne, from Madagascar, 

 Saxicola pastor from South Africa, S. hemprichii from North Africa, 

 Motacilla maura, Pallas, from Siberia, and Pratincola indica, Blyth, 

 from India. All the Madagascar specimens belong to one species. 

 The colouring (white and dark) of the rump is individual. Those 

 from Bourbon differ more conspicuously than those from any other 

 country, their throat remaining of a pure white when the rest of 

 the head has already taken the black colour. We hope to be able, 

 in our work, to decide the question whether the Bourbon specimens 

 should stand as a proper conspecies under the epithet of borbonica, 

 already given to this bird by Bory de St. Vincent. 



Newtonia brunneicauda, Pollen. Erythrosterna(1) brunnei- 

 cauda, Newton. North-west and north-east coasts of Madagascar. 



Gervaisia albispecuearis. North-eastern coast of Madagascar, 

 collected by Lantz and Grandidier. The genus Gervaisia will hardly 

 stand. 



Zosterops madagascariensis. North-west coast of Madagascar. 



Zosterops borbonica. Certhia borbonica, Gmelin. Reunion. 

 Not observed in Madagascar. 



Zosterops h.esitata, Hartlaub. Not different from Certhia 

 olivacea, Linne. Reunion ; not found in Madagascar. 



Zosterops chloronotus. Appears to be found only in Mau- 

 ritius. 



Zosterops mayottensis, Pollen =Zosterops Jlavifrons, Pollen. 

 See Schlegel, Contrib. I. c. Only in Mayotte. 



Philepitta schlegeli, Pollen. The adults with the whole eye 

 surrounded by large fleshy blue and green lobes ; under parts and 

 fore part of the back yellow ; head black ; the other upper parts 

 yellowish green. Youug without lobes. 



Philepitta jala. Observed by Messrs. Lantz and Grandidier 

 on the eastern coast of Madagascar. The males proved to be the 

 Philepitta sericea, Geoffroy, Merula madagascariensis aurea, Bris- 

 son, Phyllornis jala, auct. ex Boddaert, Turdus nigerrimus, Gmelin, 

 Brissonia nigerrima, Hartlaub ; the females and young birds Phile- 

 pitta geoffroyi, Desm. et Fl. Prevost. 



Hypsipetes madagascariensis. Merula madagascariensis ci- 

 nerea, Brisson ; Turdus ourovang, Gmelin ; Hypsipetes ourovang, 

 Hartlaub. Madagascar and Mayotte. Feet and eyes brown. 



