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Astur, sp. indet. Metatarsus. Id. q/J. cit. xix. art. 3 (1874). 



Ardea garzetta, Linnaeus. Tibia. Id. loc. cit. 



Aphanwpteryx broecki (Schlegel). Lower Jaw, Tibia, Metatarsus. Id. op. cit. x. 



pp. 325 et seqq. (1868). 

 Fulica newtoni, A. Milne-Edwards. Pelvis, Tibia, Metatarsus. Id. op. cit. viii. 



pp. 195 et seqq. (1867). 



All these are species which no longer occur in the island. 



Bones of a species of Phoenicopterus have also been found (G. Clark, Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 144, and A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, xix. art. 3). 



The present collection contains not only bones of the above-named birds, but also 

 those of a Finch (?), an Owl, four other species of Heron, a Bittern, a Darter, a Gannet, 

 a Goose, a Duck, a Grebe, two species of Pigeon, one of which is probably the extinct 

 Funingus (AlectoroenasJ nitidissimus, a Water-hen, and two Petrels, of which we 

 proceed to describe and characterize as new : — 



Strix sauzieri, 



Astur alphonsi, 



Butorides mauritianus, 



Plotus nanus, 



Sarcidiornis mauritianus, and 



Anas theodori. 



In naming these species we wish by the first and last to commemorate the services to 

 science of Mr. Sauzier ; while the Astur, being in all probability identical with that 

 recognized but left unnamed by Professor Milne-Edwards, may be appropriately 

 dedicated to him. 



Of birds previously distinguished we have now for the first time the following 

 parts : — 



Didus ineptus. — Atlas, Prepelvic or " intermediate "(18tli) Vertebra, complete Pubic 



Bones, and Metacarpals. 

 Lophopsittacus mauritianus. — Sternum (?), Femur, Metatarsus, beside Lower Jaw far 



larger than that first described. 

 Aphanapteryx IroecM. — Upper Jaw, third Cervical Vertebra, Pelvis, Humerus, 



Femur ^. 

 Fulica newtoni. — Cervical vertebrae (third and ninth or tenth), Sternum, Sacrum, 



Humerus, Ulna, and Femur i. 



' There is a large series of tibiae (39 right and 50 left), which must belong to one or the other of these two 

 species, but except in a few cases it is impossible to distinguish between them. 



