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Apiil 8, 1834. 



Dr. Maishall Hali in the Chair. 



A Letter was read, addressed to the Secretary by John Hearne, 

 Esq., Coįr. Memb. Z. S., dated Port au Prince, Feb. 15, 1834. It 

 accompanied a present to the Society of a pair of the common GoaU 

 of Hayti ; referred to various Birds which it is the intention of the 

 vvriter to forvvard when the season is more advanced ; and gavę some 

 particulars of a bird knovvn in the island by the name of the Musicien, 

 respecting vvhich Mr. Hearne hopes to obtain, in the course of a jour- 

 ney which he projects into the higher lands of the interior, more full 

 Information than he at present possesses. 



Some extracts were read from a Letter, addressed to Mr. Yarrell 

 by Dr. A. Smith, Corr. Memb. Z. S., dated Cape Town, Jnn. 12, 

 1834. lt refers to the projected expedition from the Cape of Good 

 Hope into the interior of Africa, vvhich it is the intention of the vvriter 

 to accompany. It is designed to proceed directly northvvard from 

 Latakoo ; and Dr. Smith anticipates in this new field numerous ad- 

 ditions to his Zoological stores : along the eastern and vvestern coasts 

 lie has aiready penetrated to a considerable distance. Speaking of 

 the Rodentia, so numerous in Southern Africa, he mentions as col- 

 lected by him, in his late visit to Port Natai and the Zoola country, 

 a second species of his genus Dendromys. He also notices a nevv 

 species of Chrysochloris obtained by him in the šame country. 



At the reąuest of the Chairman, Mr. Gould exhibited an exten- 

 sive series of Birds of the genus Trogon, Linn., comprising tvventy- 

 five species. The greater number of them form part of the Society's 

 Museum, and the others were derived from his own collection. 



He pointed out the distinguishing marks of the two sections of 

 the genus, one of vvhich is confined to America, vvhile the other 

 inhabits the Old Continent. He also pointed out among the species 

 exhibited there vvhich he regarded as hitherto undescribed ; these he 

 named and characterized as foUovvs : 



Trogon erythrocephalus. Trog. capite giittureque sordid^ 

 sattguineis, hoc postice strigd albd obsoletd cincto ; pectore ven- 

 treque coccineis ; dorso iectricibusgue caudce superioribus arenaceo- 

 castaneis ; scapularibus alceque tectricibus majoribus nigro albogue 

 Jleiuosim strigatis. 

 Foem. Capite gutturegue arenaceo-brunneis ; torguc albo magis quam 



in mare conspicuo ; scapularibus nigro brunneogue strigatis. 

 Rostrum brunneum ; mandibularum basis regiogue ophthalmica 

 nuda coccineae. 



Long. tot. 12 vel 13 unc; alce, 5. 

 Hab. apud Rangoon. 

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