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" tis, rectricibus externis albis, apice brunneis/' The remaining spe- 

 cies are the Momotus platyrhynchus. Mom. " flavescenti-viridis, capite 

 " collo pectoreque rufo-castaneis ; striga per oculos, notisque thoracicis 

 " nigris ; rostro latissimo :" and the Cursorius Grallator, Curs. " ochra- 

 *' ceus, capite dorsoque nigro brunneoquevariegatis ; subtus parce nigro 

 " lineatus ; fasciis duabus parallelis pectoralibus nigris." 



A second contribution by Mr. Leadbeater is " On an undescribed Spe- 

 " ciesof Phasianusy two males of which, originally from Cochin- 

 China, were brought to England by Lady Amherst, whose name has been 

 recorded for the services rendered by her to ornithology, in the specific 

 appellation of Phasianus AmhersticB. Its general character, and the 

 arrangement of its plumage, are similar to those of the Golden Pheasant : 

 its head is green, with the crest-feathers crimson ; its tippet white, crossed 

 by dark green bands ; the neck, back, shoulders, chest, and wing- 

 coverts, metallic green, with zones of velvet black ; the wing primaries 

 dusky, with white outer edges ; the greater wing-coverts and secondaries 

 bluish-black ; the breast and belly white ; the tail is three times as long 

 as the body, and its feathers are white, with numerous broad bars of 

 green, and mottled across from bar to bar. A figure of this exceedingly 

 beautiful bird accompanies the description. 



Mr. Yarrell has added to our list of native birds by the " Description 

 " of a Species of Tringa, killed in Cambridgeshire, new to England 

 " and Europe." It is the Tringa rufescens of Vieillot, an American 

 species, apparently of extreme rarity, only one specimen having fallen 

 under the notice of the very industrious ornithologist by whom it was 

 first described. The English specimen described by Mr. Yarrell is in a 

 different state of plumage from that noticed by M. Vieillot, and from 

 this and the extent of ossification of the tarsi appeared to be a young 

 bird of the year. How, at so early a period of its existence, so uncom- 

 mon an American bird should have become an inhabitant of this country, 

 remains open to conjecture ; but it is worthy of remark, that a specimen 

 has also reached the continent of Europe, and was killed in Picardy. 

 The bird is figured in illustration of the paper, which concludes with an 

 enumeration of other species of birds which have been added within the 

 last few years to our native Fauna. 



A single herpetological paper is contained in the present part. It^s a 



