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fasciatis ; rectricibus caudce cervinis, nigrescenti-fusco irregula- 

 riter fasciatis et maculatis; duabus centralibus cinereo-fuscis ; 

 gutture, pectore et abdomine ad partem superiorem nigrescenti- 

 fuscis, singulis plumis cervino maculatis ; abdomine imo pallide cer- 

 vine- , singulis plumis nigrescenti-fusco transversim fasciatis ; ros- 

 trofusco ; pedibus pallide fuscis. 



Long. tot. unc. 6f ; rostri, 1 ; alte, 5 J ; caudce, 3 ; tarsi, |. 



Obs. Mr. J. E. Gray believes this bird to be from Demerara, or 

 the Brazils ; the specimen is in the collection at the British Museum, 

 and so far as I am aware is unique. 



Mr. Gould afterwards exhibited a species of Ibis, having many 

 characters in common with the Ibis religiosa of Cuvier, and two new 

 species of the genus Platalea, which were accompanied with the fol- 

 lowing descriptions. 



Ibis strictipennis. — lb* capite et collo superiore nudis, et nigre- 

 scentifuscis, cceruleo lavatis ; corpore toto, et alis albis, cervino 

 lavatis ; plumis in guld longis, angustis, lanceolatis et rigidis ; 

 primariis ad apices cceruleo-viridibus ; tertiariis valde productis 

 et nigro-cceruleis, albo spar sis ; tarsis et spatio nudo sub aid 

 rufo-fuscis. 



Long. tot. unc. 30 ; rostri, 6 ; alee, 14-J-; caudce ■, 6 ; tar si , 4. 



Hah. Australia. 



Platalea regia. Plat, crista occipitali pendente et corpore toto, 

 pectore excepto, albo ; pectore fiavo parum lavato ; fronte facie 

 anteriori et guld plumis prorsus nudis ; notd super oculos atque 

 in occipite medio aurantiacd. 



Long. tot. unc. 39 ; rostri, 8^ ; alee, 15 ; caudce, 5i; tarsi, 5±. 



Hah. Nova Cambria Australi. 



Fcem. differt a mare adulto, staturd minore. 



Platalea flavipes. Plat, corpore toto albo ; parte faciei nudd 

 angustiore quam in Plat, regia ; parte nudd et rostro aurantiacis; 

 pedibus flavis. 



Long. tot. unc. 28 ; rostri, 7\; alce,\^\\ caudce, 5^; tarsi, 4$. 



Hab. Nova Cambria Australi. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



HELMINTHOLOGY. 



D. C. M. Dresing, in the Nova Acta Phys. Med. xii., has given 

 twopapers onHelminthology; one a monograph of the genus Tristoma, 

 describing four species, one of them hitherto unknown ; and the 

 other on some new genera and species of this animal, amongst 

 which is a fifth Tristoma. — J. E. Gray. 



