490 bulletin: museiim of comparative zoology. 



numididae. 



2. NUMIDA MITRATA PallaS. 



Two males, one young, one adult, forty miles east of Miandrivazo, 

 June 18, and Upper Siribihina River, July 4. 



TURNICIDAE. 



3. TuRNix NiGRicoLLis (Gmelin). 



Six adults, both sexes, Morondava, Berevo, and Lake Tsimanampet- 

 sotsa, July and August. 



Pteroclididae. 



4. Pteroclis personatus Gould. 



Nine specimens, adults of both sexes, twenty kilometers northeast 

 of Tulear, Morondava River, and forty-five miles and thirty miles 

 south of Berevo, July, and August. 



Treronidae. 



0. ViNAGO australis (Liune). 



Three adult females, Miandrivazo, June 23, Upper Siribihina 

 River, July 6, and Maevatanana, September 9. 



6. Alectroenas madagascariensis (Linne). 

 One adult 9 , Ambola, southwestern coast, August 7. 



Peristeridae. 

 7. HoMOPELLv PiCTURATA (Tcmminck). 



Nineteen arlult specimens, both sexes, Lake Tsimanampetsota, 

 Ambola, twenty kilometers northeast of Tulear, Mahabo, and Mian- 

 drivazo, June, and August. 



