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cheeks and on the ear- coverts, which when erected form conspicuous 

 tufts ; the scale-like feathers of the centre of the throat rich shining 

 green, with bronze and dull crimson reflections ; centre of the abdo- 

 men blue ; under tail- coverts dull green, broadly tipped with buff ; 

 wings purplish brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Total length, 5^ inches ; bill, 1-jJg- ; wing, 3 ; tail, 2. 



Hab. The part of South America of which this bird is a native is 

 unknown. 



This beautiful species is rather less in size than P. Ana'is, from 

 which and every other species it is distinguished by the beautiful 

 marking of the throat, the greater extent of the blue on the abdomen, 

 and by the greater breadth of the feathers of the tail. 



In my own collection. 



Trochilus ( ?) flabelliferus. Troch. capite, collo, etpectore, 



nitide saturate cyaneo ; dorso, uropygio, tectricibus caudcc superi- 

 oribus, et lateribus nitide viridibus ; lato maculo ad nucham semi- 

 lunari, abdomine, tectricibus caudce inferioribus, et caudd albis ; 

 caudcB plumis ad extremam pogoniam fusco marginatis ; alis nigro- 

 fuscis purpureo splendentibus . 

 All the head, neck and chest rich deep shining blue ; back, rump, 

 upper tail- coverts and flanks shining green ; a broad crescent- shaped 

 mark at the back of the neck, abdomen, under tail-coverts and tail 

 pure white, the feathers of the latter bordered at the extremity with 

 brown ; wings blackish brown, with purple reflections. 

 Total length, 5 inches; bill, 1^ ; wing, 3; tail, 2. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



Closely allied to T. mellivora, but distinguished from that species 

 by its much greater size and by the narrowness and browner colour 

 of the bordering of the tail-feathers. 



Trochilus ( ?) strophianus. Troch. maculo viridi infroniem 



splendenti ; lato maculo semilunari, inter violaceam gulam et ab- 

 dominem viridem, albo ; rectricibus nigris. 



On the forehead, immediately above the bill, a luminous spot of 

 green ; crown of the head, all the upper surface and abdomen dull 

 green ; throat rich bluish violet, separated from the green of the 

 abdomen by a broad lunate gorget of white ; all the tail-feathers 

 black; wings blackish brown, with purple reflections; under tail- 

 coverts white ; bill black. 



Total length, 4-J inches ; bill, f ; wing, 2^ ; tail, 1 j. 



Hab. Precise locality unknown. 



Nearly allied to but smaller than the Ornismyce Clarisse and 

 Parzudaki. 



June 23. — Harpur Gamble, Esq., M.D., in the Chair. 



Professor Owen read a Memoir (Part II.) on the Dinornis, descrip- 

 tive of parts of the skeleton transmitted from New Zealand since the 

 reading of Part I. (Annals, vol. xiv. p. 59.) 



The bones referable to species defined in that communication 

 were first described. Among these were the cranial portion of the 



