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Total length about 19 inches; bill, 2; wing, S; tail about 12; 

 tarsi, ^. 



Hah. Amoy. 



Closely allied to the common Magpie, but differs in the wings being 

 blue instead of green, in the rather less extent of the white, and in 

 having a longer bill and much longer tarsi. 



Mr. Gould also exhibited to the Meeting a small species of Mam- 

 mal, which he characterized as 



Dromicia concinna. Drom. macula nigra ante ociilos ; corpore 

 superne et parte exteriore crurum pallid^ brunneis ; crurum parte 

 interiore et corpore subtus distincte albis. 



Before the eye a mark of black ; all the upper surface, the outer 

 side of the limbs and the tail, pale sandy brown ; all the under sur- 

 face and the inner side of the limbs white ; the two colours distinctly 

 separated, or not blending into each other. 



Length of the head and body, 3| inches ; of the tail, 3^ ; of the 

 ear, i. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Very nearly allied to the Dromicia of Van Diemen's Land, but 

 distinguished from that animal by its much smaller size, by the di- 

 stinct separation of the colours of the upper and under surface, and 

 by the absence of any enlargement at the base of the tail. 



Also a new Grallatorial bird, which he named 

 FuLiCA AUSTRALis. Ful. capitc colloque nigris ; supern^ griseO" 

 nigro, subtus fuliginoso ; iridibus rubris ; rostra cinereo-cceruleo ; 

 vertice viridi-albo ; tarsis pedibusque griseis. 

 Head and neck black ; all the upper surface greyish black ; under 

 surface sooty black ; irides bright red ; bill light bluish grey ; crown 

 of the head greenish white ; legs and feet French grey. 



Total length 14 inches ; bill, 1^; wing, 8 ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, 2;^. 

 Hab. Western Australia. 



"Descriptions of species of Bats collected in the Philippine Islands, 

 and presented to the Society by H. Cuming, Esq." By G. R. Water- 

 house, Esq. 



The following descriptions and notices, added to those given in 

 the * Annals,' vol. xiii. p. 302, include all the species of the order 

 Cheiroptera collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands ; and 

 it is necessary to state, with regard to the descriptions alluded to, 

 that they are all drawn up from specimens preserved in spirit ; and 

 although every care has been taken to ascertain the true colouring 

 of the fur as nearly as possible by repeated examinations of the spe- 

 cimens, mounted as they were in clear spirits of wine, the colours 

 may not prove to be exactly as I have supposed. 



The following table displays some of the more prominent charac- 

 ters of the species of Vespertilio (generally so difficult to determine) 

 about to be described : — 



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