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common on the coast; but a good many were found on the 
grassy, knolls about Ranomafana and Ampasimbe, where four 
and a half brace were obtained. 
“ I met with them in small numbers about Foule Point. Iris 
black ; legs flesh-colour; bill bluish.”—S. R. 
51. Glareola geoffroyi, Pucheran; Hartl. p. 71. 
At our first halting-place on the road from Tamatave to the 
capital, on the 1st of October, we saw and shot several Pratin¬ 
coles. The river Hivoondroo runs out into the sea about a mile 
and a half below a village bearing the same name, and has on 
its left bank a treeless sandy plain. Here we found these 
birds, together with Sanderlings and two species of Plover. 
Unfortunately, those which we skinned were destroyed, and we 
have no specimens by which to identify them ; but we have little 
doubt that the Pratincoles were of the same species as an exam¬ 
ple afterwards obtained by Hr. Roch. 
“ At Nossi-be, a small village to the north of Tamatave, I 
found many Pratincoles in the native burial-ground, which ap¬ 
peared to be their breeding-place, though I was unable to dis¬ 
cover either eggs or young. Their manners strongly reminded 
me of those of the Lapwing—screaming high in the air, and 
then darting along the ground, as if to draw my attention away 
from their broods. I thus easily obtained several specimens. 
Their flesh at this time (so near the breeding-season) was, of 
course, dry.”—S. R. 
52. ? Charadrius tenellus, Hartl. p. 72*. 
A small species of Plover was several times seen by us along 
the coast, and one even on the plain of Ankay, between Moora- 
manga and Ambohitroni. 
“ I shot several of these birds at Nossi-b£.”—S. R. 
53. ? Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 
On a sand-spit at Hivoondroo we killed two or three birds, 
which we feel sure were Sanderlings. Unfortunately, their skins 
were destroyed. They were in winter plumage. 
* [The specimens sent by Dr. Roch are not in good condition, and, being 
also apparently immature, some doubts may be entertained as to the 
species.— Ed.] 
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