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body, but the figure is more artistic and less natural than that of 

 Mr. Hessel Gerrard A. 



Fig. 10. Jrctic Walrus. Cook's last Voy. t. 52. Shaw, Zool. t. 68. 

 (Reduced one-sixth.) 



XXXIII. — Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from 

 South America. By John Gould, Esq., F.R.S. 



Before describing the following birds, all of which are in my own 

 collection, I would remark, that I have submitted them to the in- 

 spection of Mr. P. L. Sclater, who has paid much attention to South 

 American birds, and who pronounces them new to science ; I there- 

 fore embrace the earliest opportunity of placing them upon record. 



Campylorhynchus hypostictus, Gould. 



General hue of the upper surface brown, the feathers edged with 

 greyish-brown, producing a somewhat spotted appearance ; from 

 above each eye, down the side of the neck, an obscure streak of 

 huffy-white ; upper tail-coverts dark brown, fringed with reddish- 

 brown ; along the margins of the primaries a series of dark brown 

 dots on a light brown ground ; tail brown, with lighter edges dotted 

 with dark brown like the primaries ; under surface greyish-white, 

 with a streak of light brown down the centre of each feather, small 

 on the throat, gradually increasing on the abdomen, and assuming 



