458 Mr. E. Newton's Second Visit to Madagascar. 
To Mr. Caldwell I am indebted for an egg of this species, 
extracted from a bird snared near Antananarivo, on her nest, 
which contained one other egg. 
The egg is of a pale greenish stone-colour, blotched with dark 
ash-grey, overlaid with irregular patches and spots of black. 
The long diameter is 1*46 inch, the short diameter 1*01 inch. 
72. Parra albinucha, Is. Geoffroy. 
“ Voron-tsaranongy " (meaning, I believe, “ the bird which 
struts grandly"). 
I shot a pair of these birds on a small pool covered with water- 
lilies, on which they were walking, near Eenerive. I can con¬ 
firm Dr. Roch's statement ( antea , p. 173), that they are regarded 
in some places with superstitious feelings, but I could not learn 
why. 
The bill and frontal plate are bright lead-colour. 
73. Rougetius bernieri, Pucheran. 
“ Chicosa." 
To be heard every night on the Hivondrona. Its whistle is 
so like a Stone Curlew's, that I was some time before I satisfied 
myself that I was not listening to some species of (Edicnemus . 
74. Porzana pygmcea (Naumann). 
“ Mena-mazo " (“ red eye ") 
I am indebted to Mr. Caldwell for an example of this species 
obtained by him at Antananarivo. Iris red. 
J 7 &. Gallinula pyrrhorrhoa, A. Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1861, p. 19. 
“ Whaytik." 
To Mr. Caldwell I am indebted for skins of this species also, 
obtained near Tamatave. I never met with it myself, though I 
believe it is not uncommon. 
7 / 
x. p. 
Porphyrio alleni, Thomson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 
204. 
“ Hisetrikia." 
On 9th September I killed a specimen of this beautiful spe¬ 
cies in some bullrushes near the mouth of the Hivondrona. 
