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alisque ad partem superiorem intense coccineis ; lateribus tec- 

 tricibusque inferioribus pallide flavis ; abdomine medio nitidd 

 coccineo; plumis dnabus inter mediis caudcc ad bases pallide 

 olivaceo-viridibus ad apices in cceruleum transeunte. Reli. 

 quis plumis ad bases intense cceruleis ad apices in album trans- 

 eunte ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 1 2 unc. ; alee § ; caudce 7 ; tarsi |. 

 Hah. Nova Cambria Australi. 



Mr. Gould also exhibited, on the part of Mr. Burton, a new spe- 

 cies of Kingfisher, from the collection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, be- 

 longing to the genus Ceyx, of Lacepede. Mr. Burton had proposed 

 to characterize it under the specific name of microsoma. 



Ceyx microsoma. Ceyx subcristata > capite cauddque supra, 

 nucha et humeris rufis ; strigd ab oculis ad nucham (pone ocu- 

 los leviter, apud nucham intense) dorso et uropygio hyalino 

 splendentibus ; alis brunneis, pogoniis remigum internis rufo 

 marginatis, tectricibus punctis hyalinis ornatis : infra pallide 

 rufa hoc colore apud ventrem dilutiore ; mento, guld et strigd 

 auriculari albidis : rostro pragrandi, aurantiaco. Pedibus 

 rubris. 

 Long. corp. 4% unc. ; capitis 2 ; rostri ab apice ad rectum 1 £ ; 



cauda 1. 

 Hab. in India Maderaspatana. 



Mr. Gould afterwards exhibited, on the part of the same gentle- 

 man, a specimen of the genus Caprimulgus, supposed to be the fe- 

 male of C. monticolus, and of which Mr. Burton had furnished the 

 following description : 



Caprimulgus monticolus, Franklin*. Fcemina? Capr. pal- 

 lidiormari: remigibus macula notatis ruf a, ubi mas gaudet 

 alba ; jugulo rufo tincto ; caudd rufd nigro fasciatd et inspersd, 

 rufo rectrices apud exterior es dominante, cauddque externa maris 

 albo omnino carente. 

 Forma et staturd mari simillimd. 



Hab. in India septentrionali. In Musaeo Medico-militari, Chat- 

 ham. 



Obs. The general form, character and colouring of this specimen 

 harmonize so perfectly with those of Caprimulgus monticolus, that 

 I have thought it safe to consider it as the female, until local obser- 

 vation or dissection shall have decided the question : at all events, it 

 is new, and hitherto undescribed. 



* Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence (Zool. Soc). 

 1830-1. 



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