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expedition, who succeeded in bringing home many interesting addi- 

 tions to zoological science, notwithstanding the difficulties and dan- 

 gers by which he was surrounded. 



Laniid^, Laniin^. 

 Tephrodornis ocreatus, Strickl. T. capite suprcl genisquefusco- 

 atris, dorso toto alisque obscure fusco-plumbeis, remigibus rectri- 

 cibusque fusco-atris, extus plumbeo limbatis, corpore toto inferno 

 albo, gutturis pectorisque plumis cinereo stride marginatis, alarum 

 tectricibus infernis cinereis albo marginatis. Rostrum pedesque 

 atri, acrotarsiis integris. 

 This bird approaches sufficiently near to the Indian genus Tephro- 

 dornis to be classed with it, the only important structural differences 

 being that the acrotarsia are entire and that the tail is slightly rounded. 

 The beak resembles that of T. Indica (Gray), but is a trifle shorter; 

 the nostrils are concealed by incumbent bristly feathers ; the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth quills are nearly equal, the first three graduated, and 

 the outer toe longer than the inner. 



Total length 6f inches ; beak to gape 1 1 lines, to front 7 lines, 

 breadth 3 lines, height 2J lines ; wing 3 inches 7 lines ; medial rec- 

 trices 3 inches, external 2 inches 8 lines ; tarsus 10 lines, middle toe 

 9 lines, hind ditto 7 lines. 



Hub. Fernando Po ; June. " Irides hazel, legs blue." 



Mr. Gould laid upon the table a number of Skins of Animals and 

 Birds, being part of a large collection which Mr. Gilbert had lately 

 forwarded to him from Australia. Mr. Gould characterized the fol- 

 lowing species : — 



MAMMALIA. 



Macropus gracilis. M. infra incanescens et saturate fuscus ; 

 colli lateribus rufescenti-fusco lavatis ; genis, mento et guldful- 

 vescente-albis, vellere molli, ad basin cinereo, exinde fusco, dein 

 albo, apice nigro ; pilis longis nigris crebre interspersis. 



feet in. 



Length from tip of nose to the tip of the tail , . 2 6 



of tail 1 1 



of tarsi and toes, including nails .... 5 



of arm and hand, including nails .... 3^ 



of face from tip of nose to base of ear. . 3^ 



of ear 2J 



Face and all the upper surlace of the body grizzled grey and dark 

 brown, the grizzled appearance produced by each hair being greyish 

 white near its tip ; sides of the neck and the outer side of the limbs 

 washed with reddish brown ; margin of the anterior edge and the 

 base of the posterior edge of the ear huffy white ; line from the 

 angle of the mouth dark brown ; line along the side of the face, chin 

 and throat huffy white ; under surface huffy grey ; tail clothed with 

 short grizzled hairs, similar to the upper surface of the body, and 

 with a line of black on the upper side at the apex for about one-third 

 of its length ; the fur, which is somewhat soft to the touch, is grey 

 at the base, then brown, to which succeeds white, the points of the 



