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Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

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483PART II.COLLECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.BIRDS.BYR. BOWDLER SHARPE.From <strong>the</strong> Amirante Group.1. Foudia madagascariensis (L.),Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 212.a. S ad. He des Roches, Amirante group, March 1882. Iriadark ; bill horn-colour ; legs and feet reddish brown.Identical with Madagascar specimens.Hartl. t. c. p. 418.2. Crithagra chrysopyga, Swa<strong>in</strong>s.a. c?. He des Roches, Amirante group, March 1882. Iris dark ;bill horn-colour ; legs and feet brown.Doubtless <strong>in</strong>troduced. It is a comm<strong>on</strong> African species.3. Francol<strong>in</strong>us p<strong>on</strong>ticerianus (Gm.).Hard. /. c. p. 282.a. 2 • Eagle Island, Amirante group, March 17, 1882. Iria dark;bill horn-colour, black at tip ; logs and feet red.Also <strong>in</strong>troduced.2i2

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