Zoological Society. 28f 



ad rostrum, ad nucham albd ; dorso, alls, cauddque late griseis; 

 secondariis ad apices albis. 



Head, neck and all the under surface silvery greyish white ; round 

 the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the anterior half of which is deep 

 black and the posterior half white ; back, wings and tail light grey ; 

 secondaries tipped with white ; bill black ; tarsi and toes brownish 

 black ; interdigital membrane yellowish. 



Total length, 11 inches; bill, 1^; wing, 8; tail, 5; tarsi, 1^; 

 middle toe and nail, 1|. 



Hab. The north-eastern coasts of Australia. 



Syn. Pelecanopus pelecanoides, Brit. Mus. Coll. Part iii. p. 180. 



6. Anous parvulus. A. toto corp orecinereO'griseo ; parvo plu^ 

 marum annulo oculum cingente, parte anteriore nigrd, posterior e albd. 



The whole of the plumage ashy grey, being somewhat lighter on 

 the head and neck than on the other parts of the plumage ; round 

 the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the anterior half of which is black 

 and the posterior half white ; bill black ; tarsi and toes brown. 



Total length, 9| inches ; bill, \\ ; wing, 6^ ; tail, 4| ; tarsi, | ; 

 middle toe and nail, 1^. 



A single specimen forms part of the collection of the Zoological 

 Society, to whom it was presented by F. Debell Bennett, Esq., who 

 procured it at Christmas Island, in the South Seas. It may be di- 

 stinguished from all the other species by its small size and delicately- 

 formed bill. 



Mr. Gould then exhibited two new birds from New South Wales : 

 PoDARGus PLUMiFERUs. Pod. plumis Httres tegentibus, qum sunt in 

 cristee formam erect te, nigro-fusco et alba alternatim fasciatis ; 

 medid guld et pectore brunneo- albis, fusco minute maculatis, nee 

 aliter colli pectorisque lateribus, nee corpore subtiXs, nisi singulis 

 plumis lined saturate fused in medio, et duabus maculis quadratis 

 ad apicem, ornatis. 

 Feathers covering the nostrils, which are erected into a tuft, alter- 

 nately banded with blackish brown and white ; all the upper surface 

 mottled brown, black and brownish white, the latter predominating 

 over each eye, where it forms a conspicuous patch ; the markings are 

 of a similar but of a larger kind on the wings, and on the primaries 

 and secondaries assume the form of bars ; tail similar but paler, and 

 with the barred form of the markings still more distinct ; centre of 

 the throat and chest brownish white, minutely freckled with brown ; 

 sides of the neck and breast and all the under surface similar, but 

 with a dark line of brown down the centre and two large nearly 

 square- shaped spots of brownish white near the tip of each feather; 

 bill and feet horn-colour. 



Total length, 20 inches; bill, 2| ; wing, 91; tail, 10; tarsi, 1. 

 In another specimen the markings are altogether of a much darker 

 hue, particularly on the under surface, where the light markings are 

 less distinct and more chestnut. 



Hab. The brushes of the Clarence and MacLeay rivers of New 

 South Wales. 



