348 Mr. E. Newton’s Second Visit to Madagascar . 
but did not obtain it. Dr. Meller bad a specimen in that plu¬ 
mage. Iris dark brown ; skin round eye light blue ; interior of 
mouth bright yellow; lower mandible bluish, upper black; legs 
lead-colour. 
32. Ceblepyris cana (Lichtenstein). 
“ Angave.” 
I shot a male near Chasmanna on the 1st of October; it ap¬ 
peared not to differ in plumage from the females obtained last 
year. 
33. Artamia leucocephala (Linnseus). 
A pair of these birds were obtained by Mr. Caldwell in the 
forest of Alanamasaotra. 
34. Leptopterus viridis (Gmelin). 
“ Voron-va-sat-sat.” 
Plentifully distributed all over the country I visited. It ap¬ 
pears to live chiefly on caterpillars from the leaves of trees. In 
its flight it makes tremendous dips. I never heard it utter a 
note. There is scarcely any difference in plumage between the 
sexes. 
35. Dicrurus forficatus (Linnseus). 
“ Drongo.” 
After the Thrush, this I consider to be the commonest bird. 
In its habits it is a true Shrike. I obtained several nests; the 
most favourite position is a bough overhanging a river. Three 
appears to be the normal number of eggs laid. A nest I have 
by me is composed of roots and the tendrils of some plant, and 
is woven neatly to the fork of a bough by spiders’ webs. The 
eggs are of a pale salmon-colour, with light lilac blotches and 
reddish-brown spots, the latter markings blurred. Long diam. 
IT inch, transv. diam. *74 inch. 
36. Vanga curvirostris (Gmelin). 
“ Yoron-bang,” “ Vanga.” 
Nowhere common, and, from its retiring habits, much oftener 
heard than seen. It appears generally to hide amongst the 
leaves of trees. One that I killed on the 16th of September 
had its stomach filled with large grasshoppers. Its note is most 
