302 Zoological Society. 



The other species I propose to name 

 Antechinus minutissimus. 



Fur short, dense, and closely applied to the skin ; upper surface and 

 flanks brown, slightly grizzled with black ; under surface pale buff, 

 approaching to white on the throat ; tail brown above, lighter be- 

 neath ; feet huffy brown, toes covered with hairs of a somewhat lighter 

 hue. inches. 



Length from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail 2|- 



of the tail 2\ 



from the tip of the nose to the base of the ear ^^ 



of the ear ^ 



of the tarsi and toes ^ . h\ 



Hub. Brushes of the east coasts of Australia. -h 



Descriptions o?,a ij^ew species of Ttilotis and a new 



SPECIES OF EOPSALTRIA. By JoHN GoULD, F.R.S. ,,j^,,jg^^ 



Mr. Gould also exhibited two new species of birds of the getiei^ 

 P til Otis and JSopsaltria, which he characterized as follows : — d) 



Ptilotis fasciogularis. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail olive-brown, the feathers of 

 the head and back with darker centres, and the primaries and tail- 

 feathers narrowly margined externally with greenish wax-yellow ; 

 lores and a streak down the side of the head from the posterior 

 angle of the eye blackish brown ; ear- coverts pale yellow ; on each 

 side of the neck a patch of yellowish white ; feathers of the throat 

 brownish black, each bordered with pale yellow, presenting a fasciated 

 appearance; breast blackish brown; under surface striated with brown 

 and huffy, becoming paler towards the vent ; irides lead-colour ; bill 

 and feet black. ^^^^ 



Total length, 7^ inches ; bill, | ; wing, 3| ; tail, .3^ ; ta.rsj, li.' ^^ 

 Hab. Mangrove Island, Moreton Bay. ,,,1 ff 



Female. — Similar in colour, bait of smaller size. ""U ,^ 



EoPSALTRIA CaPITO. tl z:i{[ 



Upper surface olive-green, inclining to brown on the head ; wings 

 and tail slaty brown, faintly margined with ohve-green ; ear-coverts 

 grey ; lores and a line descending in front of the eye and the throat 

 greyish white ; under surface yellow ; irides hazel ; bill black ; feet 

 brownish flesh- colour. :. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, f ; wing, 3^ ; tail, 2| ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Brushes of the River Brisbane, New South Wales. 



Remarks. — Shorter and less elegantly formed than E. Australis, 

 with a stout broad bill and a proportionately large and heavy head. 



Feb. 24, 1852.— W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



On the Habits of Strigops habroptilus or Kakapo. 

 By David Lyall, M.D., R.N., Late Surgeon to H.M.S. 

 Acheron. 



Although the Kakapo is said to be still found occasionally on some 

 parts of the high mountains in the interior of the North Island of 



