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Madagascar, or Alecircena nitidissima of Mauritius, now extinct; 
the other allied to Trocaza Meyeri , nearly extinct, of Mauritius. 
P. 77. Pigeons and turtle doves .—Columba Schimperi , the 4 Pigeon 
marron ’ of the Creoles. Turtur picturatus, known as ‘ Tourterelle 
malgache,’ together with Geopelia striata , ‘Tourterelle du pays. 5 
P. 77. Small grey partridges .—Margaroperdix striata , Reichenb. 
Known to the natives as ‘ Caille.’ 
P. 77. Snipes.—Probably sandpipers. Tringa , sp. 
P. 77. Wood Rails.—Probably allied to Aphanapteryx of Mauritius 
or Erythromachus of Rodriguez, both now extinct. 
P. 77. Hoopoes or CaXLen&Tes.—Fregilupus varius , only extinct 
within the last forty or fifty years. Vide infra , Appendix D. 
P. 77. Blackbirds and Thrushes.— Hypsipetes and Oxynotus. 
Hypsipetes olivaceus , Jard., (Merula borbonica , Brisson) is known in 
the island as Merle. Oxynotus ferrugineus , Sw., is called by the 
Creoles of Reunion, ‘ Tuit-tuit.’ 
P. 78. Grey parrots .—Coracopsis vasa or minor (?). 
P. 78. Parrots larger than pigeons .—-Mascarinus duboisi. 
P. 78. Green parrots having a black collar. — Palceornis eques, 
Boddaert. 
P. 78. Green parrots with tail the colour of fire.—A Lory or Palceornis. 
cf. Oustalet, Faune des lies Mas careignes, p. 31. 
P. 78. Parrots all green.— Palceornis , sp. (?). 
P. 78. Parrots, not larger than blackbirds (?).—Poliopsitta cana (?). 
It will be seen that five at least out of the six species of parrots 
described by Dubois have been exterminated. Dubois, however, 
seems to have exaggerated the number of species, unless he included 
some kept in captivity— e.g. the ‘ fire-tails, 5 which may have been 
Lories brought from the East. 
P. 78. Papangues as large as capons, made like eagles.—Probably 
Circus Maillardi, still existing, Papangues being the Malagasy name 
for another bird of prey, Milvus . Vide Richardson’s Dictionary. 
Papango , the Arabian or yellow-billed Kite, a bird very common in 
all parts of Madagascar, Milvus cegyptius, Zm. 
P. 78. Pieds Jaunes .—Falco peregrinus , which has occurred in 
Mauritius. 
P. 79. Merlins.—Probably a Tinnunculus , allied to T. punctatus 
of Mauritius, or T. Newtoni of Madagascar. But no Kestrel now 
exists in the island. 
P. 79. Sparrows. Males with head and upper part of the wings 
colour of fire.—Probably a species of Foudia , called by Brisson La 
Bruante. Vide Introduction. 
P. 79. Land-tortoises.— Vide Appendix E in Leguat, Hakl. Edn. 
P. 80. Sea-turtle.— Vide supra , note to p. 24. 
P. 81. Bats, ‘ Fany .’—Vide Richardson’s Dictionary. Fanihy , 
Malagasy word for Bat, probably a species of Pteropus. 
P. 81. Boucassin.— Vide Leguat, op. cit. pp. 76, 108, 141. 
