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simplicibus ; columelld plicis quingue instructd ; labro intus sul- 
cato, margine crenulato. 
Hab. Eastern Seas. 
Somewhat like M. incisa, but of very different form and colour. 
50. Mirra pusiiua, A. Adams. WM. testd ovato-fusiformi ; spird 
turritd, elongatd ; anfractibus subrotundatis ; albidd, fascid lata 
transversd, carneold, antic? ornatd ; longitudinaliter costatd, costis 
regularibus, equalibus, subconfertis, interstitiis transversim valde 
sulcatis ; aperturd brevi ; columelld plicis quatuor. 
Hab. 2 
A small species, with a single, transverse, faint pink band at the 
fore part of the last whorl. 
51. Mrrra cotumBexiina, A. Adams. 4M. testa ovato-fusifor- 
mi; spird brevi, acutd ; anfractibus subrotundatis, albo castaneoque 
concinne pictd, transversim evanidé sulcatd ; aperturd ovato-ob- 
longd, anticé dilatatd ; columella plicis quatuor ; labro intus levi. 
Hab. 2 
This species is very prettily painted with white and dark chestnut- 
brown, and in form somewhat resembles a Columbella. 
52. Mrrra Puitirprnarum, A. Adams. WM. testd ‘ovato-fusi- 
Sormi; spird brevi, acuminatd ; anfractibus planulatis, cinered, 
flammulis rufo-fuscis, longitudinalibus, variegatd ; transversim 
sulcatd, sulcis regularibus, subdistantibus, profundis ; apertura 
lineari-oblongd, intus fuscd ; columella plicis sex; labro margine 
albo, crenato. 
Hab. Philippines. 
This species is figured in Mr. Reeve’s Monograph as M. flammea 
of Quoy, the original type of which, however, Mr. Cuming possesses, 
and it is entirely different. 
May 27, 1851. 
W. Yarrell, Esq., V.P.L.S., in the Chair. 
The following communications were received and read :— 
1. Notice or THE Brrps or MapeEIRA, IN A LETTER 
ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY. 
By Epwarp Vernon Harcourt, Esa. 
Sir,—According to your request, I send you a short account of 
the birds that breed in Madeira, together with a list of those that 
visit the island. 
The birds of Madeira are less numerous than might be expected in 
so genial a climate, and most of them are merely varieties, where they 
differ from European species. 
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