♦ Il* Zoological Society, 



Nanodes undulatus, Vig. et Hurst". Native name, Tir-cou-ce ; 

 Scalp Parrot of the colonists. 



Trichoglossus concinnus, Vig. et Hore£ 



Trichoglossus purpureas. Native name, Warrow-Ka. 



Meliphaga Nove-Hollandia, Vig. et Horsf. Native name, Wandow. 



AittliocJiarii rufogularia. Acanthegonys rufogular'is , Gould. 



Sitella melanocephala, Gould. Native name, Coolta-tacoow. 



Cotumbc Austral^, Temm. Native name, Tou-ta-wa-tee. 



Coturnix peel oralis. Gould. Native name, Tou-ta-wa-tee. This 

 is no doubt the male of the preceding species. 



Charadriu8 nigrifrons. JEgialitis nigrifrons, Gould. 



Rallus Philippinensis, Less. Native name, Eerncou ; Land-Rail 

 of the colonists. 



Porphvrio melanotus, Temm. Native name, Cow-oue ; Bald Coot 

 of the colonists. 



Sijcticorax Caledonicus, Less. 



Anas sitperciliosa, Gmel. Native name, Tow-an-da ? 



Rhyncliaspis Rhyncotis, Steph. 



Cygnus atratus, Shaw. 



Phakicrocorax Carbo'ides, Gould. Native name, Yal-tow ; Black 

 Shag of the colonists. 



Mr. Fraser, who brought these birds severally under the notice of 

 the meeting, and who at the same time furnished the above list, ob- 

 served that the chief interest attached to this collection consisted in 

 the locality in which it was formed, as naturalists were no doubt 

 anxious to learn the geographical ranges of the Australian birds. 



July 23, 1839.— William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President in the Chair. 



A collection of 68 Bird-skins, made by Capt. Belcher on the west 

 coast of South America, and presented to the Society by the Lords 

 Commissioners of the Admiralty, was exhibited, and commented on 

 by Mr. Vigors. 



Among other observations, Mr. Vigors directed the attention of 

 the Society to typical or leading characters, of the various groups of 

 which specimens were found in the collection ; and pointed out the 

 relations which subsist between the great primary groups of his own 

 system of ornithology, and the different situations they are fitted to 

 occupy, — the earth, the water, the air, the forests, and the marshes. 

 Mr. Vigors afterwards went over the collection in detail, and made 

 many interesting observations respecting the habits and relations of 

 the different species. 



Mr. Ogilby called attention to a new species of Squirrel sent from 

 the west coast of South America, by Capt. Belcher, at the same time 

 as the bird- skins noticed by Mr. Vigors. This species more nearly 

 resembles the Coquallin of Buffon (S. variegatus, Gmel.) than any 



