126 Zoological Society. 



Specimens were exhibited by Dr. Balfour of Mentha rotundifolia, 

 var. velutina, in flower, and of Pyrus pinnatifida in fruit, from the 

 island of Arran. 



Mr. James M'Nab exhibited specimens of Ardisia crenulata, from 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden, in which the seeds had germi- 

 nated within the berries while hanging on the plant. 



. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 July 22, 1845.— -Harpur Gamble, Esq., M.D., in the Chair. 



Mr. Gould exhibited to the Meeting three new species of Birds 

 from Australia : — 



Strix TENEBRicosus. Stv. disco fttciali fuUginoso-griseo, circum 

 oculos multo saturatiore ; corpore superior e f usee -nigro purpurea 

 splendente, singulis autem plumis maculd albd ad apicem ornatis ; 

 alis cauddque ejusdem coloris sed pallidioribus ; corpore inferiore 

 fusco-nigro, stramineo lavato. 

 Facial disk sooty grey, becoming much deeper round the eyes ; 

 upper surface brownish black, with purplish reflections and with a 

 spot of white near the tip of each feather ; wings and tail of the same 

 hue, but paler ; the feathers of a uniform tint, without bars ; tail- 

 feathers faintly freckled with narrow bars of white ; under surface 

 brownish black, washed with bufi^, and with the white marks much 

 less decided ; legs mottled brown and white ; irides dark brown ; bill 

 horn- colour ; feet yellowish. 



Total length, 16 inches ; bill, 1|; wing, 12; tail, 5^; tarsi, 3, 

 Hah. The brushes of the river Clarence, in New South Wales. 

 CoLLURiciNCLA RUFOGASTER. Col. omni corpore superiore, alis, 

 cauddque olivaceo-brunneis ; guld pallide stramineo'albd fusco- 

 striata; corpore inferiore ferrugineo-rufo. 

 All the upper surface, wings and tail olive-brown, with the excep- 

 tion of the inner webs of the primaries, which are dark brown ; throat 

 pale butFy white, streaked with brown ; all the under surface rusty 

 red ; irides black ; bill and feet fleshy-brown. 



Total length, 7i inches; bill, 1|- ; wing, 3|; tail, 3|-; tarsi, 1|. 

 Hah. The brushes of the Clarence River, in New South Wales. 



DoNACOLA FLAViPRYMNA. Don. capite cervino ; dorso alisque cas- 



taneo-brunneis ; corpore inferiore stramineo; tectricihus caudce 



superioribus cerinis ; tectricihus caudce inferioribus nigris. 



Head pale fawn colour; back and wings light chestnut-brown; 



under surface buff" ; upper tail- coverts wax-yellow ; under tail- coverts 



black; tail brown. 



Total length, 4^ inches; bill, ^i wing, 2J; tail. If; tarsi, f. 

 Hah. The north coast of Australia. 



Prof. Owen communicated his observations on the living Echidna 

 exhibited at the Menagerie of the Society in May 1845. The animal 

 when received at the Gardens was active and apparently in sound 

 health. It was placed in a large but shallow box, with a deep layer 



