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two Parrots in the Society's Collection, one of which, no"w alive in 

 the Menagerie, distinguislied by a brilliant purple plumage over the 

 head, nape, and breast, and \vhich came from South America, he 

 characterized under tlie name of Psittacus augusius ; the second, of 

 A\hich t\vo specimens had been procured from the late Rev. Lans- 

 down Guilding's collection, received from the Island of St. Vincent, 

 but the precise locality of which was not known, he described by 

 the name of Psittacus Guildingii. 



PsiTTACiTS AUGUSTUS. Psitt. vividis, cūpUe, coliu corporeque suhtūs 

 splendide purpureis, sincipite viridi tincto, torąue nuchali satura- 

 tiore ; hvmeris rectricibusque coccineo notatis, kis ad apices pur- 

 purascenti-fusco ti7ictis. 

 Plumulae iiucha corporisąue infra nigro ad apices marginatae ; in- 

 terscapulii tect)-icvmąue femoris azureo leviter ad apices tinctee. Mag- 

 ui tudo Platycerci VascE. 



Psittacus Guildingii. Psitt, capitis fronte albescente, sincipite 



genisque flavis, occipite mentoąue azureis, nuchd viridi ; alis viri- 



dibus in medio fascid aiirantiaco-flavd notatis, ad apices nigris ; 



caudd ad basin aurantiacd, deinde fascid viridi iii inedio lazulind 



nutatd, ad apicem flavd. 



Plumula? occipifis ad basin flavescentes, deinde azureae, fascia gra- 



cili nigro-brunnea ; nucha A-irides fascia latiore notatse. Remigis 



primaria ad basin flavse, secundaria aurantiacse ; ad apices nigrse ; in- 



teriorum plumis externis lazulino tinctis, rhachibus nigris. Rectricis 



supra ad basin flavse, deinde aurantiaco \-iride marginate notatae, 



postea extemė lazulinse, extemė nigrae, ad apices aurantiaco-flavae, 



rhachibus nigris ; subtiis ad basin aurantiacse, in medio virides, ad 



apices flavse. Rostrum album. Long. corp. 17į unc. ; ala a carpo 



ad apicem remigis 4tae, 12; tarsi, į; cauda, 8; mandibula supe- 



rioris, 1^; inferioris, 1^. 



Mr. Gould, at the reąuest of the Chairman, exliibited to the 

 Meeting t\vo tribes of Birds, viz. the Tamatias, from the warmer 

 parts of America, and the Coursers, from the arid regions of Africa 

 and India. Mr. Gould obsen-ed, that of the first group, only five 

 species appear to have been known to Linnseus; eleven others had 

 sincebeen added, making sixteen: the Society's collection contained 

 thirteen species. Mr. Gould exhibited a series of dra\vuigs in illus- 

 tratlon of the group, and characterized one new species under the 

 name of Tamatia bicincta, as follows : 



Tamatia bicincta. Tam. guld et corpore infern'k subtiis ochraceo- 

 fulvis ; pectore duabus fasciis nigris transversim striato ; lateribus 

 fiavido-albis nigro maculatis ; plumis auricularibus g)'iseis, mar- 

 ginalibus subtiis brunned f uscd tinctis ; fascid nuchali grised ; cor- 

 pore summo cauddgue svperne brunneis ; tectricibus alarum secuti- 

 dariis ad apicem ochraceo-albis hoc colore dorso guttato ; rectrici- 

 busque externis marginalibus. 



Long. tot. 8 unc. ; rostri. \h ; alte, 3\; caudce, 3 ; tarsi, į. 



Hab. Cayenne ? 



