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Platycercus HiEMATOGASTER. Plat. fronte f octeąue cceruleis ; 

 summo capite, nuchd, plumisque auricularibus Jlavescenti-cine- 

 reis ; pectore cinereo tincto bruntieo ; plumis auricularibus ad 

 partem superiorem stramineis ; uropygio, tectricibusgue supe- 

 rioribus caudce cerinis ; articulo humerali pallidė cceruleo ; 

 primariis infensė fuscis etad apicem acutis ; secondariis tectri- 

 cibusgue majoribus violaceo-ctEruleis ; tectricibus minoribus 

 alisgue ad partem superiorem intense coccineis ; lateribus tec- 

 tricibusgue inferioribus pallidė Jlavis ; abdomiiie medio nitide 

 coccineo; plumis duabus intermediis caudcc ad bases pallidė 

 olivaceo-viridibus ad apices in cceruleuyn transeunte. Reli- 

 guis plumis ad bases intense ceeruleis ad apices in album trans- 

 eunte ; rostro carneo ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 1 2 unc. ; alce f ; caudce 7 ; tarsi J. 



Hab. Nova Cambria Australi. 



Mr. Gould also exhibited, on the part of Mr. Burton, a new spe- 

 cies of Kingfisher, from the collection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, be- 

 loDging to the genus Ceyx, of Lacepėde. Mr. Burton had proposed 

 to characterize it under the specific name of microsoma. 



Ceyx MiCROsoAfA. Ceyx subcristata, capite cauddgue suprd, 

 nuchd et humeris rufis ; strigd ab octdis ad nucham {po7iė ocu- 

 los leviter, apud nucham intense^ dorso et uropygio hyalino 

 splendentibus ; alis brunneis, pogoniis remigum internis rufo 

 marginatis, tectricibus punctis hyalinis ornatis : infrd pallidė 

 Tufa hoc colore apud ventrem diliitiore ; mento, guld et strigd 

 auriculari albidis : rostro prcegrandi, aurantiaco. Pedibus 

 rubris. 



Long. corp. 4-^ unc. ; capitis 2 ; rostri ab apice ad rectum 1 ^ ; 

 caudce 1. 



Hab. in India Maderaspatana. 



Mr. Gould afterwards exhibited, on the part of the šame gentle- 

 man, a specimen of the genus Caprimulgus, supposed to be the fe- 

 male of C. monticolus, and of which Mr. Burton had fumished the 

 following description : 



Caprimulgus MONTICOLUS, Franklin*. Foemina? Capr. pal- 

 lidior mari : remigibus maculd notatis rufd, ubi mos gaudei 

 albd ; jugulo rufo tincto ; caudd rufd nigro fasciatd et inspersd, 

 rufo rectrices apud exteriores dominante, cauddgue extem4 maris 

 albo omnino carente. 

 Formd et staturd mari simillimd. 



Hab. in India septentrionali. In Musseo Medico-militari, Chat- 

 ham. 



Obs. The general form, character and colouring of this specimen 

 harmonize so perfectly -tt-itb those of Caprimulgus monticolus, that 

 I have thought it safe to consider it as the female, until local obser- 



* Proceedinm of the Committee of Science and Correspondence (Zool. Soc), 

 1830-1. 



