336 Mr. E. Newton's Second Visit to Madagascar. 
I am able to add to my list a few other species, and'additional 
information, through the kindness of Capt. Anson, R.A., who 
was one of the coronation mission to the capital, and of 
Mr. Caldwell, who went up in charge of the presents to His 
Majesty King Radama. 
[Ofo. The names of the species made known as inhabitants 
of the island since the publication of Dr. Hartlaub's 1 Ornitholo- 
gischer Beitrag zur Fauna Madagascar' are given in small 
capitals; those included by him, in italics.] 
1. Tinnuncultjs newtoni, Gurney, * Ibis,' 1863, p. 36, pi. 2. 
“ Hitsikitsikia" (so called, I believe, from its habit of tread¬ 
ing the air; in fact, “wind-hovering"). 
I obtained several skins of this little Kestrel. It is very 
common on the coast, particularly a few miles to the northward 
of Tamatave. Probably in this part of the country they always 
breed in the hole of a decayed tree, or on the large tufts of ferns 
or orchids which grow luxuriantly on the tall trees, and even on 
the brushwood. 
At Fenerive, on the 17th September, Mr. Maule discovered a 
nest with five eggs, situated on a parasite growing on a tree, 
and shot the female bird. To Mr. Caldwell also I am indebted 
for several eggs which were brought to him when staying at 
Antananarivo, and which were found in the sides of the deep 
trenches cut by the Hovas for the purpose of conducting water 
from the tops of the hills to the rice-grounds below, and which, 
from constant use, are now worn many feet deep. The eggs 
resemble those of the genus generally in all their varieties, and 
are in long diameter 1*4 inch, transverse diam. 1*26 inch. 
Iris hazel, beak bluish horn-colour; cere, skin round the eye, 
and legs orange -yellow in the males: in the females the latter 
parts are greenish yellow. 
2. Milvus parasiticus, Daudin. 
“ Papango." 
Common everywhere. One killed at Fenerive, on the 17th 
September, had the iris yellow, beak and cere yellowish white, 
feet bright yellow, claws black. 
