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alisque ad partem superiorem intense coccineis ; lateribus tec- 

 tricibusque inferioribus pallide Jiavis ; abdomine medio nitide 

 coccineo; plumis duabus intermediis caudal ad bases pallide 

 olvbaceo-viridibus ad apices in c&ruleum transeunte. Reli. 

 quis plumis ad bases intense cceruleis ad apices in album trans- 

 eunie ; rostra corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 12 unc. ; alee g- ; eaudcel ; tarsi f. 

 Hab. Nova Cambria Australi. 



Mr. Gould also exhibited, on the part of Mr. Burton, a new spe- 

 cies of Kingfisher, from the collection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, be- 

 longing to the genus Ceyx, of Lacepede. Mr. Burton had proposed 

 to characterize it under the specific name of microsoma, 



Ceyx microsoma. Ceyx subcristata, capite cauddque supra, 

 nucha et humeris rufis ; strigd ab oculis ad nucham {pone ocu- 

 los leviter, apud nucham intense) dorso et uropygio hyalino 

 splendentibus ; alis brunneis, pogoniis remigum internis rufo 

 marginatis, tectricibus punctis hyalinis ornatis : infra pallide 

 rufa hoc colore apud ventrem dilutiore ; mento, gidd et strigd 

 auriculari albidis : rostro pra>grandi, aurantiaco. Pedibus 

 rubris. 

 Long. corp. 4£ unc. ; capitis 2 ; rostri ab apice ad rectum 1 J ; 



cauda 1. 

 Hab. in India Maderaspatana. 



Mr. Gould afterwards exhibited, on the part of the same gentle- 

 man, a specimen of the genus Caprimulgus, supposed to be the fe- 

 male of C. monticolus, and of which Mr. Burton had furnished the 

 following description : 



Caprimulgus monticolus, Franklin*. Fcemina ? Capr. pal- 

 lidior mari : remigibus macula notatis rufa, ubi mas gaudet 

 alba ; jugulo rufo Undo ; caudd rufa nigro fasciatd et inspersd, 

 rufo rectrices apud exteriores dominante, cauddque externa maris 

 albo omnino carente. 

 Forma et staturd mari simillimd. 



Hab. in India septentrionali. In Musseo Medico- militari* Chat- 

 ham. 



Obs. The general form, character and colouring of this specimen 

 harmonize so perfectly with those of Caprimulgus monticolus, that 

 I have thought it safe to consider it as the female, until local obser- 

 vation or dissection shall have decided the question : at all events, it 

 is new, and hitherto undescribed. 



* Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence (Zool. Soc.)» 

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