360 Zoological Society. 



12. Tetranthera sebifera, Nees. 



13. Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, Nees. 



14. Myristica mosc/iata, L. 



15. Virola sebifera, Aubl. 



16. Cocos nucifera, L., and probably otber species of the genus. 



17. Elais Guineensis, Jacq., and other Palms, such as Euterpe oleracea, 



Mart., and (Enocarpus distichus, Mart. 



Besides these Vegetable Tallows, obtained in considerable quan- 

 tity and of known origin, Mr. Solly mentions two of unknown ori- 

 gin, the Minna Batta described by Dr. Thomson, and a green solid 

 oil received by him from Bombay under the name of Kinknail ; and 

 enumerates various plants from which solid oils have been procured 

 in small quantities, and the list of which might probably be enor- 

 mously increased. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



January 9, 1844.— Rev. John Barlow, M.A., F.R.S., Sec. R.I., in 



the Chair. 



At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould called the attention 

 of the Meeting to a new species of Bird from Western Australia, the 

 habits of which he described thus : — The bird is an inhabitant of the 

 close underwood of the country, never making its appearance in the 

 open plains or woods, thus rendering it a matter of difficulty to pro- 

 cure a specimen ; the only means of securing it being to lie concealed 

 in the thicket until it hops in sight, within two or three yards of the 

 observer. 



The great peculiarity which distinguishes it from all others of the 

 Sylviada, and marks it at once as a new genus and species, is the 

 total absence of the vibrissas or bristles at the base of the mandibles. 

 From this fact, and its note being the loudest of all the inhabitants 

 of the grove, Mr. Gould proposed the name of Atrichia clamosa. 



Genus Atrichia. 

 Gen. Char. — Rictus omnino vibrissis carens. Rostrum a?que longum 

 atque caput, ad latera compressum, mandibular superioris apice 

 distincte denticulato, gonyde a rictu acclivi exinde rostri lineam 

 sequente ; culmine alte in frontem ascendente ; naribus permag- 

 nis operculo tectis, et sulco, ad basim mandibular superioris, 

 positis. Alee breves, rotundatse, concavse/'primariis prirnis tribus 

 gradatis, quarta, quinta, sexta et septima inter se fere sequalibus. 

 Cauda longiuscula, rotundata, rachibus rigidis, pogoniis laxis, 

 decompositis. Tarsi sic et pedes robusti, halluce cum ungue valido ; 

 digitis externis fere cosequalibus. 



Atrichia clamosa. Air. corpore superiore, alis, cauddque fuscis ; 

 singulis plumis , lunulis obscure nigrescentibus, transversim notatis: 

 remigum primorum pogoniis internis saturate fuscis; caudd guttata, 

 non fasciatd ; guld pectoreque rufescenti-albis, notd magnd ad 

 gulce partem inferiorem; abdomine crissoque rufis. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail brown, each feather crossed 



