BY E. P. KAMSAY, F.L.S. 



301 



coverts black, glossed with green. In some specimens apparently 

 immature the under tail and wing-coverts are tipped with fulvous. 

 ** Iris dark red-brown" (/. Stephens)) legs feet and bill black. 

 The bill is strong and laterally compressed, about one-third 

 longer than the head. 



Description of a new species of Coris from Lord Howes' 



Island and New South Wales. 



By E. p. Eamsay, F.L.S., &g. 



Coris semicincta. 



D. 9—12. A. 3—12. L. lat. 80. L. transv. about 4-5. 



General form elongated and laterally compressed ; the length 

 of the snout is more than twice the long diameter of the eye, 

 which is six times in the length of the head ; the head is four 

 times in the length of the body without the caudal. The height 



