428 Foreign and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



Mr. Selby's ' Illustrations of Ornithology,' and Ort. Douglasii, Mon- 

 tezumcB and Squamatus, which had been described by himself in the 

 Zoological Journal. In addition to these, he exhibited plates of 

 three others, of which no specimens were to be obtained in London 

 viz., Ort. Macrourus, figured by Sir W. Jardine and Mr. Selby; 

 Ort. Sojininii, figured by M. Temminck, in the Planches Coloriees 

 (No. 75) ; and the Ort. Cristatus, figured in the Planches Enlu- 

 minees (No. 126) of M. Buffon. To these nine described species he 

 added two others, apparently new to science, and which he charac- 

 terized under the name of Ort. Neoxenus and Affinis, stating, at the 

 same time, his doubts whether both might not be females or young 

 males, of the imperfectly known species of Ort. Sonninii or Cristatus. 

 Individuals of the four above-mentioned species, viz., Ort. Fir- 

 ginianus, Californicus, Neoxenus, and Montezumce, had been exhi- 

 bited in a living state in the garden of the Society, where specimens 

 of the former three were still alive, having braved the severity of the 

 last winter without artificial warmth. The Ort. Virginiajius has bred 

 in this country, and has even become naturalized in Suffolk*. 



Indian Birds. Mr. John Gould, A.L.S., has recently received 

 from India a large collection of birds, of which he intends shortly to 

 publish coloured illustrations. Among these are several species, 

 apparently undescribed, from the Himalayan mountains. The forms 

 of a large proportion of these birds are capable of being identified 

 with those of Northern Europe, at the same time that many of the 

 forms peculiar to Southern Asia and the Indian Archipelago, are 

 found intermingled with those of the northern regions. Among the 

 forms similar to the European are three species of Jays, which have 

 been named Garrulus Laticeolatus, Garr. Bispeculatus, and Garr. 

 Striatus. The two first of these exhibit a striking affinity to our 

 well known British bird. The latter species deviates in general 

 colour and markings from the European species. Although according 

 in form, and in the former characters, they exhibit a manifest approach 

 to the Nutcrackers, or genus Nucifraga of Buffon. A new species 

 of this latter form, Nucifraga Hemispila, is also amongst this collec- 

 tion, thus adding a second species to a group hitherto supposed to be 

 limited to o/ne. The collection also contains two species of Wood- 

 pecker, wh&h have been called Picus Occipitalis and P. Squamatus, 

 and approach in size and colouring most closely to the European Green 

 Woodpecker. There is also a species of Hawfinch (Coccothraustes 

 Jctero'ides}, according accurately with the characters of the northern 

 species ; and also a small owl (Noctua Cuculoides), nearly allied to 

 the Noctuce Passerina and Tengmalini of Europe. 



Among the forms in this collection, which are peculiar to India, 

 is a second species of the singular group, which contains the Horned 

 Pheasant, or the Meleagris Satyra of Linnaeus, and which has lately 

 been separated by M. Cuvier, under the name Tragopan: it has been 



* Proceedings of the Zoological Soc. Lond., p. 2. 



