386 Dr. G. Hartlaub on the Ornithology of Madagascar. 



species from thence, Parr a albinucha (1832) and Falculia palliata 

 (1836). The first publication of the very anomalous genus Eu- 

 rycercs is due to Lesson, and that of the genus Brachypteracias, 

 containing several species, to Lafresnaye, who has done so much 

 for exotic ornithology. Very recently Pucheran, " aide-naturaliste" 

 at the Paris Museum, seems to have undertaken the study of the 

 Madagascar birds as his especial pursuit. Through the collec- 

 tions of the undaunted travellers Bernier, Goudot, Rousseau, &c, 

 new rarities continually accrue from thence to the French metro- 

 polis, and they are made known to the ornithological public by 

 means of Pucheran's speedy publication of them in the ' Revue 

 Zoologique/ or in DesmmVs ' Iconographie/ From what has 

 preceded, it is evident that the National collection of the Jar din 

 des Plantes at Paris is the only one where Madagascar birds can 

 be studied in considerable number and variety. In 1840 we 

 found a very rich series of them in the collection of the duke of 

 Rivoli, now, alas ! sold and dispersed. Some of these went to 

 England, others to North America. The sale-catalogue of this 

 precious collection, although compiled without much criticism 

 and without assigning the authority for the names, forms one of 

 the sources of our ensuing list, which, from its form, it could not 

 have done, if this collection had not, by repeated visits and nu- 

 merous notes taken on the spot, become a lasting possession of 

 our memory. 



We will now endeavour to enumerate, as follows, the birds 

 which have been hitherto made known as inhabiting Madagascar. 



1. Haliaetos vociferoides, Desm. Rev. Zool. viii. p. 176; Id. Ico- 

 nogr. Ornith. pi. 7. Possibly " Aigle brun nuance" de fauve ," Sganz. 

 I.e. p. 21. 



2. Accipiter madagascariensis, Verreaux ; Smith, Afr. Zool. p. 154 ; 

 List of Specim. Brit. Mus. 1. p. 35. 



3. Accipiter Francesii, Smith, Afr. Zool. p. 152 ; List of Specim. 

 Brit. Mus. 1. p. 36. — Nisus Francesii, Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 173. 



4. Melierax canorus (Thunb.). — Faticon chanteur, Levaill. Falco 

 canorus, Thunb. Dissertat. Ups. 1799. F. musicus, Daud. 1800. 

 Astur cantans, Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 173. Epervier chanteur, Sganz. 

 1. c. p. 19 ; Denh. Clappert. Trav. Centr. Afr. p. 195. 



5. Polyboroides radiatus (Scop.). — Autour gris a ventre raye* de 

 Madag., Sonner. Voy. Ind. p. 181. t. 103. Falco madagascariensis, 

 Gm. P. typicus, Smith, South Afr. Quart. Journ. i. p. 106 ; id. Afric. 

 Zool. p. 149; id. Illustr. South Afr. Zool. pi. 81, 82. Faucon gris 

 a ventre blanc, Sganz. 1. c. p. 19 (Firas) ; Rupp. Uebers. p. 12. 



Lesson refers Sganzin's " Firas," we believe erroneously, to Buf- 

 fon's •* Tanas " (Falco piscator, Gm. Levaill. pi. 28), Echo du Monde 

 Sav. 1843, p. 588. 



6. Pernis madagascariensis, A. Smith, Afr. Zool. p. 168. 



7. Tinnunculus punctatus (Cuv.), Gr. List of Specim. p. 29 ; A. 

 Smith, Afr. Zool. p. 166 ; Kaup, Isis, 1847, p. 54. Also in Bourbon. 



