Extract from the Minutes of the Lyceum of Natural History of 

 New-York, February 8th, 1S47. 



Mr. Lawrence read a description of a new species of Pro- 

 cellaria from Florida, which he proposes to call Brevirostris. 



P. brevirostris. Above, brownish black ; beneath, white. Bill 

 short ; upper tail coverts white : lower, white tipt with ash, and 

 very long : tarsi pale yellow ; toes yellow, marked with black at 

 their ends for two-thirds their length. 



Length 16 inches ; extent 39 inches. 



