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breast grey; abdomen deep fawn colour, becoming almost vvbite in 

 the centre ; bill black ; feet blackish broAVTi ; irides dark brown. 



Totai length, 6į iuches ; bill, f ; wing, 3i ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, į. 



Hab. Vietoria River, North-westeru Australia. 



Tbe three birds above described are iu the British Museum. 



The next species to which he directed attention was a new Hawk 

 belonging to the genus Spilornis, and which difFers remarkably from 

 the S. u'iidulatus or Bachą of the continent of India, and the S. ho- 

 lospilus of Manilla. 



For this bird he proposed the appellation of 



Spilornis rufipectus. 



Crovvn of the head and the lengthened feathers of the occiput 

 deep black, the occipital plumes margined at the tip with rufous ; 

 feathers at the nape black, margined with rufous, shovving conspicu- 

 ously ; all the upper surface and wings dark chocolate-brown, with 

 paler edges ; chin and sides of the neck greyish black ; chest deep 

 cinnanion-brown ; primaries and secondaries blotched with white at 

 intervals on their internal web ; under wing-coTerts, abdomen, vent, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts cinnanion-brown, crossed by bands 

 coniposed of two large spots of white bounded above and beiow with 

 a uarrow line of black ; tail dark brovvn, crossed near the base by a 

 narrow and not very distinct band of greyish, and near the apex by 

 broad bands of a lighter hue passing into vrhitish on the edges of 

 the internal webs and narrowly edged at the tip with pale reddish- 

 brown and white ; bill blackish-brown ; the cere, naked orbits, and 

 feet appear to have been yellow. 



Totai length, 19| inches ; bill, 1| ; wing, ISį ; tail, 9 ; tarsi, 2|. 



Hab. Celebes, vicinity of Macassar. From the collection of Mr. 

 Wallace. 



The next was a highly interesting species of Bullfinch, which he 

 designated 



Pyrrhula aurantiaca. 



Malė. Bill, face, wings, and tail deep purplish-black ; rump, 

 upper and under tail-coverts •vvhite ; the remainder of the upper and 

 under surfaces rich reddish-orange, deepest above ; the Icsser wing- 

 roverts are also reddish-orange, as is the apical half of the inner- 

 most of the greater wing-coverts, while the outer ones are slightly 

 tipped \vith buffy-white ; irides black ; feet pinky-flesh colour. 



Totai length, 5|- inches ; wing, 3į ; tail, 2f ; tarsi, f. 



Female. Has the black circle round the bill ; head and neck ash- 

 coloured ; back ash colour, tinged with orange-red ; lower parts likę 

 those of the malė, but much less brilliant and approaching to olive. 



For bis knowledge of this pretty species Mr. Gould was indebted 

 to the researches of Dr. A. Leith Adams of the 22nd Regiment, who 

 killed it on the Western Himalavas, and who informs me that he 



