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and in the former characters to exhibit a manifest approach to the 

 Nutcrackers, or the genus Nucifraga of Brisson. 



A new species of this latter European form was also observed in 

 the collection ; a second species being thus added to a group which 

 had hitherto been supposed to have been limited to one. In the 

 shape of the bill, which was somewhat shorter and stouter at the 

 base than in the European species, it indicated an approach to the 

 Jays. Its characters were as follow : 



Nucifraga hemispila. Nuc. castaneo-brunnea ; capite subtus, 



collo anteriori, dorso, pectoreque albo maculatis ; capite summo, 



alls, rectricibusque intense brunneis ; his, duabus mediis exceptis, 



ad apicem late albis. 



The two following species of Woodpecker, which approached in 



size and colouring most closely to the European green Woodpecker, 



were also described. 



Picus occipitalis. Mas. Pic. viridis, uropygio lutescenti ; fronte 

 coccineo ; vertice, strigd latd occipitali ad nucham extendente, al- 

 terdque utrinque sub oculos postrictali, atris ; remigibus rec- 

 tricibusque fusco atris, harum duabus mediis pallido-fusco striatis, 

 illis externe albo maculatis ; guld genisque canis. 

 Fcem. Fronte atrd albo lineatd. 



Picus squamatus. Pic. supra viridis, uropygio sublutescenti ; 

 guld juguloque viridi- canis ; capite coccineo; strigd superocu- 

 lari, alterd suboculari, abdomineque viridi-albis, hoc atro squa- 

 mato ; strigd superciliari alterdque utrinque mentali atris ; remi- 

 gibus rectricibusque fusco -atris, illis externe, his utrinque albo 

 maculatis. 

 A species of Hawfinch, according accurately with the characters 

 of that northern form, was also described. 



Coccothraustes icTERioiDES. Mas. Cocc. capite, jugulo, dorso 

 medio, alis, femorum tectricibus, cauddque atris ; nuchd, uropy- 

 gio, corporeque subtus luteis. 

 Fcem. Olivaceo-cana, uropygio abdomineque lutescentibus ; remigibus 



rectricibusque atris. 

 As also a small Owl, very nearly allied to the NoctucE passe- 

 rina and Tengmalmi of Europe. 



Noctua cuculo'ides. Noct. brunneo-fusca ; capite, dorso, tectri- 

 cibus alarum, corporeque subtus albo graciliter fasciatis ; remi- 

 gibus externe albo maculatis ; rectricibus utrinque fasciis albis 

 quinque notatis ; guld alba. 

 Among the forms peculiar to India was observed a second spe- 

 cies of the singular group which contains the Horned Pheasant, or 

 the Meleagris Satyra of Linnaeus, and which has been lately sepa- 

 rated by M. Cuvier under the name of Tragopan. Its specific cha- 

 racters are : 



Tragopan Hastingsh. Trag. dorso brunneo-fusco undulato, 

 abdomine intense rubro, amborum plumis ad apicem nigris in 

 medio albo guttatis ; cristd crissoque atris, ilia ad apicem coccined, 

 hoc albo maculato ; collo posteriori coccineo ; thorace aurantio ; 

 regione circumoculari nudd, carunculisque pendentibus luteis ; 

 caudd atrd, lutescenti-albo undulatd. 



