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August 8th, 1837. 



Richard Owen, Esq., in the Chair, 



A letter was read from J. B. Harvey, Esq., of Teignmouth, Devon- 

 shire, Corresponding Member, addressed to W. Yarrell, Esq., accom- 

 panying a donation to the Society of some very beautifully preserved 

 specimens of Radiata and Fish. 



Mr. Gould then called the attention of the Meeting to the con- 

 cluding part of his work on the Birds of Europe, which he laid on 

 the table as a donation to the Library ; and he expressed the grati- 

 fication which he felt at having brought to a successful tei'mination 

 a publication upon which he had been engaged with almost unre- 

 mitting attention for more than five years. 



The Chairman, in returning the thanks of the Meeting to Mr. 

 Gould for his donation, špoke of the advantages accruing to the 

 Society from being connected with a naturalist -vvhose works on Or- 

 nithology were justly held in the highest estimation both here and 

 on the Continent. 



Mr. Gould then characterised the following birds from the So- 

 ciety's collection as new species : 



CoRVus NOBiLis. Corv. corpore toto nitidė nigro, non sineful- 

 gore purpureo ac viridi prcecipue ad olas ac scapulas, necnon 

 ad gulam pectusąue ubi plumce sunt elongatcn et lanceolata ; 

 caudd latd et gr adata ; rostro pedibusgue nigris. 



Long. tot. 25 unc.,' rostri, 3į; alce, 18 ; caudm, 11 ; tarsi, 3. 



Hah. Mexico. 



Obs. This beautiful species is a true raven, and may be dlstin- 

 guished from the European, and from that inhabiting the United 

 States of America, by the more metallic lustre of its plumage, by its 

 more lengthened and slender bill, the greater length of its primanęs, 

 and the more cuneate form of its tail. 



Ortyk guttata. Ort. capite cristato ; summo capite nigres- 

 centi-brunneo ; fronte et lined supra-oculari usgue ad occiput ten- 

 dente pallidė brunneis, singulis plumis ad apicem pallidioribus ; 

 gutture nigro in longum lineis albis exiguis striato. Plumis 

 auricularibus, lined utriusgue colli lateris ad micham. coales- 

 cente, castatieo-brunneis ; dorso rufo-brunneo, plumis singulis 

 lineis obscuris subfuscis delicatė fasciatis, strigd centrali albes- 

 centi-cervind interpositd. Scapidaribus alceąue tectricibus tna- 

 joribus magis brunneis, notis conspicuis nigerrimis, transversim 

 et irregulariter striaiis, interspatiis guttulis undulatis repletis: 

 plumis scapularibus, tectricibusgue ntajuribus et minoribus notam 



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