483 



PAET II. 



COLLECTIONS PROM THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. 



BIRDS. 



BY 



E. BOWDLER SHARPE. 



From the Amirante Group. 



1. Foudia madagascarieusis (L.). 

 Bartl. Fog. Madag. p. 212. 



a. cj ad. lie des RocTies, Amirante group, March 1882. Iris 

 dark ; bill horn-colour ; legs and feet reddish brown. 



Identical with Madagascar specimens. 



2. Crithagra chrysopyga, Swains. 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 418. 



o. cJ . He des Roches, Amirante group, March 1882. Ms dark ; 

 bill horn-colour ;' legs and feet brown. 



Doubtless introduced. It is a common African species. 



3. Fraucolinus pouticerianus (Qm.). 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 282. 



a. § . Eagle Island, Amirante group, March 17, 1882. - Iris dark ; 

 bill horn-colour, black at tip ; legs and feet red. 



Also introduced. 



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