146 Miscellaneous. 



versa" alba ornatis ; gala, tectricibus caudcv, curporeque subtus al- 

 bis ; dorso, cinerescenti-fusco, plumis ad medium f'usco notatis ; 

 rostro ad basin pallidi flavo, ad apiccm 7iigro, pedibus Jlavis. 



Long* tot. 1 poll. : rostrif J i ; <ila\ S ; caucUSf 1 ,', ; tartiy J-^. 



Huh. North-west coast of Australia* 



From 1 * < 1 1 j ; 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 Bj ih>< . Esq. 



Ill mipodii B CA81 won s. Hem. capitc, ct pectorc olivaceo- 

 dnereis t plumii colore cervino notatis, illius ad apicem, hujus apud 

 medium • abdomiue medio erissoquc stramineis ; strigd superci- 

 tiari, caudu, dorso et humcris, castaneis, dorsi, humerorumque 

 plumis albo gllttatis, singulis guttis antice nigro murginatis ; pri- 

 muriis J'uscis, cervino colore marginatis ; rostro pedibusque pal- 

 lid e Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 7 poll. ; rostri. I ; nice. .">,', ; tarsi, 1. 



Huh. Nbrth-wesf coast ox Australia. 

 From Benjamii) Bynoe, Esq. 



Mr. Yarrell exhibited a small but perfect specimen of the Eagle 

 Ray, MyUobatis aquila of British fishes, which had been found on 

 the shore of Berwick Bay, and was sent to him from thence by Dr. 

 George Johnston. 



" Particular interest attaches to this very rare specimen," observed 

 Mr. Yarrell, " since it establishes the fact that this fish is a native 

 species ; the only evidence which previously existed of the Eagle 

 Ray being a British fish was founded on some parts of a specimen, 

 believed to belong to this species, which were procured from a fish- 

 erman of Scarborough by Mr. Travis, a surgeon in that place." 



A fresh specimen of the Angler-fish {Lophius piscatorius), pre- 

 sented by John Goldham, Esq., was also exhibited. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



HIRUNDO PURPUREA, PURPLE MARTIN OF AMERICA, SHOT IN 



BRITAIN. 



In the seventeenth Number of Mr. Yarrell's British Birds, that 

 ornithologist quotes a letter from Mr. Frederic McCoy of Dublin to 

 the following effect : "I beg to send you a notice of a bird new to 

 the European Fauna which has lately occurred on our coast. It is 

 the Hirundo purpurea, the Purple Martin'of American ornithologists. 

 The specimen was a female, corresponding accurately with the de- 

 scription of Wilson. It was shot near Kingston, county of Dublin, 

 and sent for dissection to my friend Dr. Scauler a few hours after- 

 wards. As it agrees perfectly with the description of authors, it 

 will be unnecessary to describe the specimen, which is now preserved 

 in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society." — Yarrell* 8 B. Birds, 

 ii. p. 275. 



