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3. Milvus ater (Graelin). 
I shot a bird of this species (which, as far as I know, has not 
hitherto been noticed in Madagascar) on the Hivondrona, on the 
8th of September. 
4. Nisus madagascariensis } Yerreanx. 
“ Parrafody ” (which being translated means, I believe, that 
which eats the u Fody,” or Foudia madagascariensis; so, literally, 
it is the “Fody Hawk”). 
Between Foule Point and Tamatave, on the 20th, I saw a 
Sparrow-hawk, but unfortunately I had not a gun at hand. On 
the 1st of October, between Ampasimaventy and Chasmanna, on 
the river Hivondrona, I killed a male. Iris, cere, and orbits 
yellow ; beak horn-colour; legs yellow. 
5. Circus macrosceles, A. Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc., May 
12, 1863*. 
“ Fandrantsadambo ” (meaning, that which tears its food as a 
pig does). 
On the 22nd of September we were quietly paddling through a 
clump of tall bulrushes, where we had marked down a small flock 
of the little White-breasted Duck ( Nettapus auritus), when I saw 
a Harrier hover for an instant just above the rushes, and plunge 
down into them. Immediately there was a loud outcry from some 
water-fowl, probably a Porphyrio , one species of which I had 
before killed in this same clump of rushes. We pushed on to 
the spot with some difficulty, as the canoe’s head was in another 
direction, and it was no easy matter turning it among the rushes. 
The Marmites would not keep quiet, but were constantly talking; 
and as we were not nearly within shot, I was in considerable 
excitement for fear the Harrier should fly away before we got 
up. However, when we were about thirty-five yards off, he rose, 
* We subjoin Mr. A. Newton’s description of this new bird :—- 
“ Circus macrosceles, sp. nov. 
“ C. aspectu Circo cyaneo generaliter similis, sed statura valde major. 
“ Descr. maris hornotini. —Coloribus omnino ut in exemplis Circi cyanei 
ejusdem aetatis, sed striis scapinis ventris longioribus, caudae tegminum 
latioribus, et rectricum transversalibus angustioribus clarioribusque. 
Long. tot. 2275; alae plus quam 15; caudae 10; tarsi 4; dig. med. c. 
ung. 2 ‘75; rostr. culm. 2,” poll, et dec. Angl.—E d. 
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