220 Zoological Society. 



tail-coverts light verditer- green ; primaries black, margined on the 

 outer webs with deep greenish blue ; tail-feathers white, gradually 

 passing into pale greenish blue on their margins, and the shafts 

 brown ; lores white ; throat and front of the neck deep blue, each 

 feather with a spot of white at the tip ; breast crossed by a band of 

 deep blue ; abdomen deep blue, each feather largely tipped with white; 

 thighs deep blue ; bill dark horn- colour ; feet yellowish white. 



Total length, 1\ inches ; bill, ^-^ ; wing, 4|- ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hob. The Marquesas Islands. 



From the indistinct character of the markings of the throat and 

 abdomen, the bird from which the above description was taken would 

 appear to be somewhat immature. 



Mr. H. E. Strickland then communicated to the Meeting a list of 

 the Birds in the Chinese collection now exhibiting at Hyde Park 

 Corner : — 



*' In the present very imperfect state of our knowledge of Chinese 

 zoology, any contribution, however small, becomes valuable, and I 

 have therefore thought it w^orth while to draw up as accurate a list 

 as I can of the species of birds contained in the very interesting col- 

 lection of Chinese productions now exposed to public view. Most 

 of the species enumerated exist also in the British Museum, where 

 the kindness of Mr. Gr. R. Gray has aided me in identifying them." 



N.B. The Nos. refer to the printed catalogue and to the speci. 

 mens. 



Case 19, No. 374. Euplocamus nycthemerus, (Linn.)* 



375 & 376. Polyplectron Hardwickei, Gray. 



377 & 378. Thaumalea picta, (Linn.) 



379. Paradisea sanguinea, Shaw. 



380 & 382. Paradisea apoda, Linn. 



381. Cicinnurus regius, (lAnn.) 



383. Cygnopsis cygnoides, (Linn.) 



Case 21, Nos. 385 & 386. Phasianus torquatus, Gm. This is the 

 true wild Ring-necked Pheasant indigenous to China. The Ring- 

 necked Pheasants sometimes shot in this country are supposed to be a 

 mixed breed between this species and P. colchicus. 



387. Aix galericulata, (lAvm.) 



388. Oriolus chinensis, Linn. 



389. Arborophila sphenura, (Gray.) 



390. Acridotheres cristatellus, (Gm.) 



391. Lanius erythronotus, Gould. 



392. Centropus. Several of the Asiatic species of this genus are 

 as yet so imperfectly determined that I do not venture to affix a spe- 

 cific name to this bird. 



393. Ceryle varia, Strickl. This, which is the Eastern represen- 

 tative of the C. rudis of Europe and Africa, is distinguished by the 

 round black spots on the throat and the greater amount of white on 

 the upper parts. 



* The brackets ( ) imply that the authority refers to the sjyecific names 

 only. 



