146 Miscellaneous, 



versd albd ornatis ; guldy tectricibus caudal corporeque subtiUs al- 

 bis; dorso, cinerescenti^uscOf plumis ad medium Jusco notatis ; 

 rostro ad basin pallidejlavo, ad apicem nigro, pedibus Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 4 poll. ; rostri, \^ ; alee, 3 ; caudce, 1^ ; tarsi, \^, 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Hemipodius castanotus. Hem. capite, et pectore olivaceo- 

 cinereisy plumis colore cervino notatis , illius ad apicem, hujus apud 

 medium ; abdomine medio crissoque stramineis ; striga superci- 

 liari, cauda, dorso et humeris, castaneis, dorsi, humerorumque 

 plumis albo guttatis, singulis guttis antice nigro marginatis ; pri- 

 mariisjuscisy cervino colore marginatis ; rostro pedibusque pal- 

 lida Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 7 poll. ; rostri, J ; alee, 3^ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Mr. Yarrell exhibited a small but perfect specimen of the Eagle 

 Ray, Myliobatis aquila of British fishes, which had been found on 

 the shore of Berwick Bay, and was sent to him from thence by Dr. 

 George Johnston. 



" Particular interest attaches to this very rare specimen," observed 

 Mr. Yarrell, " since it establishes the fact that this fish is a native 

 species ; the only evidence which previously existed of the Eagle 

 Ray being a British fish was founded on some parts of a specimen, 

 believed to belong to this species, which were procured from a fish- 

 erman of Scarborough by Mr. Travis, a surgeon in that place." 



A fresh specimen of the Angler-fish {Lophius piscatorius), pre- 

 sented by John Goldham, Esq., was also exhibited. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



HIRUNDO PURPUREA^ PURPLE MARTIN OF AMERICA, SHOT IN 

 BRITAIN. 



In the seventeenth Number of Mr. Yarrell's British Birds, that 

 ornithologist quotes a letter from Mr. Frederic McCoy of Dublin to 

 the following efi^ect : " I beg to send you a notice of a bird new to 

 the European Fauna which has lately occurred on our coast. It is 

 the Hirundo purpurea, the Purple Martin'of American ornithologists. 

 The specimen was a female, corresponding accurately with the de- 

 scription of Wilson. It was shot near Kingston, county of Dublin, 

 and sent for dissection to my friend Dr. Scauler a few hours after- 

 wards. As it agrees perfectly with the description of authors, it 

 will be unnecessary to describe the specimen, which is now preserved 

 in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society." — Yarrell's B. Birds, 

 ii. p. 275. 



