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Dr. Samuel Cabot, Jr., read a paper on a species of Ortyx 

 discovered by him in Yucatan, the male of which had been 

 recently described by Mr. Gould, of London, under the 

 name of O. nigrogularis, but previously characterized by 

 himself in Stephens' Incidents of Travel, &c, Vol. I., Ap- 

 pendix, p. 474. 



He gave a full account of its habits, note, &c, and stated that 

 Mr. Gould's measure of the bird (8 inches,) was too short, being 

 probably taken from a dried skin. The shortest he measured was 

 8£ inches, and some were as much as 8f inches. The color of the 

 eye is hazel. 



The Female is 8 to 8J inches long. Tarsus 1J inch. Middle 

 toe, 1^ inch. Tail, 2J to 2f inches long, and consists of twelve 

 feathers, rounded. Bill 9-16 inch, nearly black. Top of head, 

 back of neck, back, rump, upper tail coverts, dark brown with 

 buff, reddish brown, and black, intermixed ; edges of wing coverts, 

 very light buff, almost white. Throat, chin, line across the fore- 

 head and between bill and eyes to cheek, line over eyes and along 

 superciliary ridge to nape, deep buff or yellowish brown. Feathers 

 of breast, flanks and belly not fringed with black, as in the male, 

 but having a light reddish color at the part nearest the quill, then a 

 mark like the crown of a bicuspid tooth, of very dark brown, on 

 some feathers almost black ; then a large spot of very light buff, 

 on some feathers, white ; and then a slight tip of dark brown, on 

 the margin. The light spots on the breast are much smaller than 

 those on the abdomen. Large spots of reddish and dark brown on 

 the flank feathers. Under the tail-coverts, nearly white, with a 

 lanceolate spot of dark brown or black along the middle of each. 

 Legs light flesh-colored. Primaries, ash brown, fourth and fifth 

 longest. 



A paper from Dr. T. W. Harris was read, entitled :: De- 

 scription of an African Beetle, allied to Scarabseus Poly- 

 phemus, with remarks upon some other insects of the same 

 group.'' 



Dr. H. had enjoyed the rare opportunity of seeing all the Goliath 

 beetles brought from western Africa by Dr. Thos. S. Savage and 

 Mr. Geo. Perkins. Among them were several males and a female 



