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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE MASCARENE ISLANDS. 
Obs. — IMM. Schlegel and Pollen (Recherches etc. pp. 144, 145) 
mention examples of other species of this group preserved in the 
museum of St. Denis, and said to have been obtained on or near 
La Reunion : — 
Daption capensis (Jceanites oceanica 
Procellaria mquinoctialis Ossifraga gigantea 
P. cinerea Diomedea chlororhynchus 
P. vittata 
XB. — The following is an approximate List of species of Birds 
which seem to have been introduced into the islands : — 
Name. 
La Reunion 
Mauritius 
cc- 
o 
Be 
o 
Seychelles 
Native 
country. 
Acridotheres tristis 
X 
X 
India 
Passer indicus 
X 
X 
India 
Crithagra chrysopyga 
X 
South Africa 
,, canicollis 
X 
X 
South Africa 
Foudia madagascariensis 
X 
X 
X 
Madagascar 
Estrelda astrild 
X 
X 
South Africa 
„ amandava 
X 
X 
India 
Munia punctularia 
X 
X 
India 
Padda oryzivora 
X 
X 
Malacca 
Psittacula cana 
X 
X 
X 
Madagascar 
Anas melleri 
X 
X 
Madagascar 
Dendrocygna viduata 
X 
Madagascar 
Numida mitrata 
X 
X 
Madagascar 
Francolinus ponticerianus 
X 
X 
X 
India 
„ pintadeanus 
X 
X 
China 
Margaroperdix striata 
X 
X 
Madagascar 
Coturnix argoonda 
X 
India 
Synoecus sinensis 
X 
China 
Turtur picturatus 
X 
X 
X 
Madagascar 
,, chinensis 
X 
China 
Geopelia striata 
X 
X 
X 
Malay Iss. 
