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4. That our Littorina mauritiana is probably identical with the 

 Littorina cosrulescens of Europe, and that L. ziczae, unifasciata, 

 and undulata are merely varieties. 



5. That all of our species have in the anterior aperture a 

 oTOOve or line, often conspicuously light in color, which is in 

 some way connected with the organs of reproduction. 



Descriptions of five species of new Birds, from Torres Straits and 



New Guinea, &c. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. 



On a supposed new species of Lory, allied to LoRius hyp(eno- 

 CHROUS of Gray, from Cloudy Bay, South Coast, New Guinea. 



Lorius hyposnochrous (G. R. Gray) var. 



Head and nape deep black, abdomen and a broken band across 

 the interscapular region black, with a faint violet tinge ; a 

 narrow line of crimson feathers round the back of the neck ; a 

 black band across the interscapular region, the lower portion 

 mottled with crimson feathers ; the back, rump, upper tail 

 coverts, and the basal half of the tail feathers both above and 

 below, the flanks, breast, chest, sides of the head and throat, 

 and the under wing-coverts, rich crimson, the concealed parts of 

 the breast and chest feathers becoming yellow near the base ; 

 thighs and under tail-coverts deep violet blue, the apical half of 

 the tail feathers olive yellow below, blackish violet-blue above. 

 Wings above green, blackish on the margins of the shoulders ; 

 the scapularus tinged with olive chiefly on their outer webs, the 

 primaries and secondaries deep green on the outer webs, the 

 former becoming blackish at the tips, the latter black on the tips 

 of the inner web ; all the wing quills deep bright yellow on the 

 inner webs from near the tip to the base, the yellow covering the 

 whole of the under surface of the wing except at the end of the 

 primaries. Fleshy skin saving the eye purple ; bare line at base 

 of mandibles yellowish. Bill coral red, deepest at the base ; legs 

 and feet black. 



