pO Zoological Society, 



Intermediate between striata and semisulcata. The raised oblique 

 lines which roughen the posterior side near the beaks where the 

 striiB have become entirely obsolete, are a striking character in this 

 rare species. 



Mr. Fraser exhibited to the Meeting and characterized three new 

 species of Birds from the Society's collection, viz : — 



Pal^ornis modestus. Pal. ptilose viridis ; genis pallide cervinis ; 

 vittd a narihus ad oculos viridescenti-nigrd ; mandihulis nigris. 



Hah. } 



This bird is nearly allied to the P. pondicerianus, but diiFers in 

 the colour of the cheeks, breast aad mandibles ; it differs also from 

 F. malaccensis in the paler colour of the cheeks, and that colour not 

 extending further back than the ears, in the colour of the beak, &c. ; 

 it may also be readily distinguished from Mr. Hodgson's Nepaul spe- 

 cies by the colouring of the cheeks. 



LoRius SUPERB us. Lor. capite et tectricibus majoribus inferioribus 

 alarum nigris ; genis, laterihus, pectore et uropygio rubris ; 

 nucha, ventre, fcmore, et tectricibus caudeB inferioribus cceruleis ; 

 scapulis, tectricibus alarum inferioribus minoribus, ct dimidio ter- 

 minali caudec cceruleis ; alis externis viridibus. 



Hab. } 



This bird is about the size and is closely allied to the Lorius Phi- 

 lippensis, Briss., but differs in having the shoulders and smaller 

 under wing-coverts blue, the larger ones black (in this respect it 

 somewhat resembles the Lorius domicellus, Auct.) ; in the absence of 

 the red band immediately below the black crown ; and in having an 

 entire red band from shoulder to shoulder, whereas in L. Philip- 

 pensis it is only partial. 



LarusBridgesii. Lar. ptilose griseus ; capite et mento pallide ci- 

 nereis ; primariis et secundariis nigris, apicibus secundariarum 

 albis , fasciam albam trans alas formantibus ; quibusdam primariis 

 apicibus albidis ; vittd nigra lat. 1 poll, prope apices remigum ; 

 rostro jjedibusque nigris. 



poU. 



Tot. long. 18 



Ala 11 



Cauda 5| 



Rictus 2^ 



Tarsi 2 



Digitus medius 1 j 



From Valparaiso, Chile. Collected by Mr. Thomas Bridges, Corr. 

 Memb. 



This apparently new species of Gull is closely allied to the Larus 

 fuliginosus, Gould, but differs in the beak being much more slender, 

 in the general colour being lighter, in the head and chin being nearly 

 white, in having a white band across the wings, and the black band 

 across the tail being more decided. 



