great distance that separated these Chilian birds from those of 

 Guiana and Cayenne in some measure authorized the specific sepa- 

 ration here suggested. There were two specimens in Mr. Cuming's 

 collection according with the above description ; and Mr. Vigors 

 stated that he had seen others of the same locality equally answer- 

 ing to it ; while he had observed no specimen from the eastern coast 

 which did not correspond with the Paradise Tanager, as figured by 

 Edwards, Buffon, and Desmarest. 



Picus auRocapillus. Pic. suprh' ater, albo Jasciatus macula- 



t usque ; strigd lata super oculos adhumeros extendente, alter aque 



suboculari interrupt d 9 guldque albis ; pectore abdomineque sor- 



dide albescentibus, strigis parcis Jiiscis notatis ; capite atro, 



fronte aureo strigatim notato, vertice aureo. 



Longitudo, 6^ unc. 



The two following apparently new species were also in Mr. 

 Cuming's collection, but they had been obtained by him from 

 Mexico. 



Coccothraustes chrysopeplus. Mas. Cocc. corpore aureo, 

 dorso medio nigro notato ; alis rectricibusque nigris, illis albo 

 variegatis ad carpumque aureo notatis, horum, quatuor mediis 

 exceptis, pogoniis intemis ad apices albis. 



Fcem. aut Mas jun. capite, collo, corporeque infrh pallide aureis, 

 illis Jusco striatis ; dorso olivascentijlavo, Jusco notato ; alis cau- 

 ddque olivaceo-brunneis, illis albo parce maculatis. 



Longitudo, 9l unc. 



The white markings on the wings of the male consist of five 

 large spots extending in a line over ihe coverts and tertiary quill 

 feathers ; a narrow margin on the edge of the second to the fifth 

 primary quill feather inclusive; and a spot on the outward webs of 

 the tertiaries at the apex. The marks on the bird supposed to be 

 the female or young male are small and few in number at the apices 

 of the wing coverts. 



Ortyx spilogaster. Ort. capite guttureque atris, illo strigis, hoc 

 maculis, albis notatis ; collo, pectore, nucha, dorso, alis, cauddque 

 pallide plumbeo-cinereis ; capitis crista elongatd recumbente, 

 strigis colli superioris, scapularihus , abdominisque lateribus Jer- 

 rugineis, his albo strigatis ; pectore abdomineque medio albo ocu- 

 latim guttatis ; abdomine inio crissoque albescentibus, illo obscure 

 Jusco Jasciato, hoc intensius brunneo notato. 

 Longitudo, 12 unc. 



As the most interesting of the Fishes exhibited, Mr. Bennett 

 pointed out a new species of Scombresox, LaCep., which differs by 

 its less ample mouth, the number and direction of its teeth, and the 

 smaller extent of the bony plate behind those of the upper jaw from 

 the Cyclopterus Dentex, Pall. This he distinguished as the 



Scombresox lemuridens. Scomb. ore capitis dimidium latitu- 

 dine cequante ; labiis crassis, inferiore utrinque late lobato ; den- 



