162 DR. p. L. SCLATER ON MAMMALS [May 12, 



All the names of the older authors often applied to the continental 

 form of this bird belong in strictness to this Madagascar species. 

 The synonymy of the two birds should stand as follows : — 



(1.) PoLYBOROiDES RADIATUS. {Supru palUdior : fascUs abdo- 

 minis latioribus.) 



L' Autour a ventre raye de Madagascar, Sonn. Voy. pi. 103. 



Vultur radiatus. Scop. Del. pt. 2. p. 85. 



Falco madagascariensis, Daud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. p. 78. 



Falco gymnogenys, Temm. PI. Col. 307. 



Sparvius madagascariensis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. x. p. 339. 



Polyboroides radiatus, Hartl. I.e. p. 21, et Enc. M^th. p. 1271. 



Polyboroides madagascariensis, A. & E. Newt. Ibis, 1862, p. 268. 



Gymnogenys malzacii, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, p. 348. 



Hab, In Madagascariensi ins. 



(2.) Polyboroides typicus. (Supra magis obscurus : fasciis 

 abdominis angustioribus.) 



Polyboroides typicus, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. i. p. 107 ; 

 Riipp. Syst. Ueb. p. 12. 



Polyboroides capensis. Smith, S. Afr. Journ. 



Polyboroides radiatus, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 237 ; 1862, p. 35. 



Hab. In Africa universa prseter Septentr. 



3. MiLvus PARASITICUS (Daud.), Hartl. I.e. p. 19. 



Native name, Peroruva. *' Iris bright sienna, and light brown 

 dirty feet." Seen from Tamatave to Fenerive. 



4. Otus madagascariensis, a. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. 

 p. 316; Hartl. I.e. p. 23. 



Obtained in August 1862, at Vavony. " Iris black." 



5. Strix flammea, Linn. ; Hartl. I. c. p. 24. 



Native name. Para. " Lives in the rocks of Antananarivo : comes 

 out about 4 p.m." 



6. CoRYTHORNis viNTSioiDES (Lafr.), Hartl. /. c. p. 31. 

 Native name, Finshi ; frequents the lakes, rivers, &c. 



7. Nectarinia angladiana, Shaw ; Hartl. I. c. p. 52. 

 Native name, Sushne. 



8. Nectarinia souimanga (Gm.), Hartl. I. c. p. 34. 



" Iris pink : found both in the forests and on the plains." 



9. Drymceca madagascariensis, Hartl. I. c. p. 53. 

 " Iris brown : foimd on the plains." 



10. Ellisia TYPiCA, Hartl. I. c. p. 37. 

 " Amanzarik : iris brown." 



