Zoological Society : 



and for the Quail, which belonged to the genus Excalfactoria of 

 Bonaparte, that of Excalfactoria minima. 

 The following are the descriptions of these new species : 



CHRYSOCOCCYX MINUTILLUS, Gould. 



Head, all the upper surface, and wings shining bronzy-green ; all 

 the under surface white, barred with bronzy-green, the bars being 

 most distinct on the flanks ; primaries and secondaries white on the 

 basal portion of their inner webs ; two centre tail feathers bronzy- 

 green ; the next on each side bronzy-green on the outer web, rufous 

 on the inner web, crossed by a broad band of black near the tip, and 

 with an oval spot of white across the tip of the inner web ; the two 

 next on each side bronzy-green on their outer webs, their inner webs 

 rufous, with large spots of black near the shaft, most conspicuous in 

 the outermost of the two feathers ; their inner webs are also crossed 

 near the tip with a very broad band of black, and have an oval spot 

 of white at the tip ; the outer feather on each side is barred alter- 

 nately on the outer web with dull bronzy-green and dull white, and 

 on the inner one with broad decided bars of black and white, and 

 tipped with white ; bill black ; feet olive. 



Total length 5 inches, bill -f, wing 3, tail 2, tarsi . 



Remark. This bird is perhaps more nearly allied to the Javanese 

 species, C. basalts of Horsfield, than to the C. lucidus ; but it is as 

 much smaller than the C. basalts as that bird is less than C. lucidus. 

 The type of C. basalts, which is the only one I have seen, is not 

 a fully adult bird ; and yet the measurement of its wing exceeds by 

 half an inch that of the C. minutillus. 



EXCALFACTORIA MINIMA, Gould. 



Forehead and sides of the head grey ; crown of the head, all the 

 upper surface, and wing-coverts reddish-brown, conspicuously spotted 

 and minutely freckled with brownish-black, a line of buff down the 

 crown and nape, and a narrow Hue of brownish -white down the 

 centre of the feathers, changing to broad and conspicuous stripes of 

 bun on the lower part of the back and tail-coverts ; wings pale brown ; 

 chin and throat black, on each side of which is an oblong patch of 

 white encircled by a narrow line of black ; below the black a broad 

 crescent of white, fringed on the sides with black, and bounded 

 below by a narrow semicrescent of deep black ; under surface grey, 

 mottled on the flanks like the upper surface ; line down the centre 

 of the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts chestnut-red ; bill 

 black ; feet yellowish. 



Total length 3 inches, bill -J-, wing 2|, tarsi . 



Hab. Vicinity of Macassar, Celebes. 



Remark. For this, the most diminutive species of the Gallinacece 

 yet discovered, we are indebted to the researches of A. R. Wallace, 

 Esq. It is of precisely the same form and very nearly allied to, but 

 quite distinct from, the well-known Chinese Quail, Excalfactoria 

 chinensis (Coturnix chinensis of authors). 



The following extract from a Letter received by Mr. S. Stevens 



