According to Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. XIII, p. 484) "it has generally been considered identical with _Foudia madagascariensis_," but the latter has the back marked with longitudinal black spots, while both the figure and description of _F. bruante_ represent a uniform red upperside; moreover the locality of the latter is expressly stated, and as we know other forms of _Foudia_ from the Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros, Aldabra and Madagascar, we have no reason to doubt the statement. We are not aware of any specimen existing of this doubtless extinct bird, though it would be worth while to search the Paris Museum for this treasure. Habitat: Réunion or Bourbon. {9} CHAUNOPROCTUS BP. _Chaunoproctus Bonaparte_, Consp. Av. I p. 526 (1850). The genus _Chaunoproctus_ contains only one species, which is characterized by its enormous bill, the depth of the mandible being greater than the distance between the nasal apertures. The cutting-edge of the maxilla is nearly straight, and there is no tooth in the posterior half of the maxilla. The total length is about seven to eight inches. The adult male has red in the plumage, the female is brown, above and below. Dr. Hartert (Vögel pal. Fauna I, p. 115) is of opinion that this bird is connected with _Carpodacus_ and allies, and not with the Greenfinches and Hawfinches, among which it is placed in the Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum. CHAUNOPROCTUS FERREOROSTRIS (VIG.) (PLATE 3, FIG. 4.) _Coccothraustes ferreorostris_ (_sic_) Vigors, Zool. Journ. IV p. 354 (1828); id. in Beechey's Voy. Blossom, p. 22, pl. 8 (1839). _Fringilla papa_ Kittlitz, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sc. Petersbourg I p. 239, pl. 15 (1830); id. Kupfertaf. Vög. p. 24, pl. 32, 2 (1832). _Chaunoproctus papa_ Bonaparte, Consp. I p. 526 (1850); Bp. and Schlegel, Monogr. Loxiens p. 32 pls. 37, 38 (1850). _Chaunoproctus ferreirostris_ Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XII p. 31 (1888). Vigors' original description, translated from the Latin, is as follows: "Dark brown; head, breast and upper part of abdomen scarlet. Bill very strong, feet plumbeous. Length of body 8½, bill 7/8, at gape 1-3/16, height 7/8; wings from the carpus to the third quill 4½; tail 3, tarsus 7/8 inches." In the "Catalogue of Birds," XII, p. 31, both sexes are carefully described. It appears that only one pair, now in the British Museum, was obtained during Captain Beechey's voyage. Curiously enough, Vigors suggested that the brilliantly coloured adult male might be the young, the female the adult bird, "as is the case in the Pine-Grosbeak" (_Sic!_).