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(JEthiops canicapillus) also from Fernando Po, specimens of which 

 Mr. Fraser had obtained and exhibited to the Meeting. Finding the 

 generic name j^thiops had been previously used for a genus of 

 Monkeys, Mr. Fraser had been requested by Mr. Strickland to sub- 

 stitute for it the new generic title Nigrita. The species described 

 by the gentleman last mentioned will therefore stand as Nigrita ca- 

 nicapillus, Strickl. 



Amadina PoENsrs. Amad. nitidc nigra, primariis guttatis, secun- 

 dariis uropygio, plumisque lateribus alho-fasciatis ; abdomine, tec- 

 tricibus alarum inferioribus, crissoque albis ; iridibus e corylo- 

 fuscis ; rostro cceruleo ; t arsis nigris. 

 Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, f ; alse, 2 ; caudse, 1| ; tarsi, ~, 

 Hab. Clarence, Fernando Po. 



Very common about Clarence, in flocks of about fifty ; their note 

 is * tweet-tweet/ The young have a brownish cast ; they feed en- 

 tirely upon seeds of the three-forked grass. The sexes do not differ. 

 Amadina bicolor. Amad. (mas) corpore superiors, pectore, et 

 lateribus nigris ; abdomine, tectricibus alarum inferioribus^ cris- 

 soque albis ; rostro caeruleo ; tarsis nigris. 

 Foem. velJun,: colore fusco,fronte genis, guldque nigrescentibus ; 



lateribus et uropygio indistincte albo-fasciatis. 

 Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, § ; alae, 2 ; caudse, 1 J ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hab. apud promontorium Cape Palmas dictum. 

 A third specimen, which is smaller, is entirely brown, without 

 any indication of the white marks. 



Common in the roofs of the huts belonging to the fish-men of Cape 

 Palmas, in which situation they breed and commit much mischief, 

 like our domestic sparrow (Pyrgita domestica, Cuv.). The native 

 name is Saybue. 



This differs from Amadina Poensis in the absence, in the adult, of 

 the white markings on the wings, rump, and sides. 



Mr.Waterhouse exhibited and described two new species of Mouse, 

 one collected in the Philippine Islands by H. Cuming, Esq., and the 

 other forming part of Mr. Gould's Australian collection. 



Mus CASTANEUS. Mus intense castaneus, corpore subtus pallidiore ; 

 Cauda corpore cum capite longiore ; auribus mediocribus. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 2 7 



ad basin auris .... 8 



. tarsi digitorumque 7^ 



— ^~ — auris 4^ 



caudce 3 



Hab. ad Insulas Philippinarum. 



This little mouse is remarkable for its nearly uniform deep and 

 rich chestnut-brown colour, at least such is the tint it presents in 

 spirits ; the under parts of the body are rather paler than the upper ; 

 the feet and tail are uniform in hue with the body. Compared with 

 the common mouse (M. musculus), it differs in being smaller, in 

 having the rostrum more slender, and the tail proportionately longer. 



