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hair-brown, so as to show but little of the ground-colour. They 
are *59 inch in length by *44 inch in breadth. 
20. Drymceca madagascariensis, Hartlaub. 
“ Teng-teng.” 
By far the commonest Warbler on the coast. 
21. Bernieria madagascariensis (Gmelin). 
“Tra-trak.” 
On the 3rd of October, at Chasmanna, I shot a female of this 
species in the forest. It was hopping about in a thicket, and I 
had but little time to watch its habits or movements; its stomach 
was filled with the remains of spiders. Iris light brown, upper 
mandible dark brown, lower horn-colour, legs and claws brown, 
soles yellowish. 
22. Bernieria minor, Bonaparte. 
. “ Tra-trak.” 
Not two hundred yards from where I killed the last-mentioned, 
I shot an example of this species, a female also. My people 
could not detect the difference, and called them by the same 
name. This bird also was among some thick bushes. 
Iris light brown, upper mandible dark brown, lower yellowish, 
legs greyish yellow, claws flesh-colour: stomach filled with re¬ 
mains of beetles. 
23. Ellisia typica, Hartlaub. 
“ Parety.” 
On the 18th of September I was in a small scrubby patch of 
forest, when, from a thicket by the side of the path, the Marmite 
who was with me picked up a nest containing three eggs; they 
were a puzzle to me. In appearance the latter were Bunting’s; 
and when I saw the situation of the nest, it was exactly such 
as would have been chosen by Emberiza citrinella. We re¬ 
placed the nest as carefully as possible and retired some few 
yards. After waiting a few minutes and not seeing the bird, 
I went up to the nest, and found her on. I wanted to get her 
to cross the path, so as to give me the chance of a shot; but she 
dived into the thicket a few feet from where I was, and disap¬ 
peared. I retired, and soon made her out, creeping among the 
