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form of the tail and the plumbeous colour of the bill, it was conjec- 

 tured to have belonged to some of the Australian islands ; the Par- 

 rakeets of which are distinguished by these characters from the 

 allied groups of the šame genus Platycercus of the Australian con- 

 tinent. The lively and active gait of this bird, as distinguished from 

 the slow and cUmbing motions of the Parrots in general, was 

 particularly noticed. Its colour -vvas a uniform green ^'ithout any 

 markings. It ■n'as named and characterized as 



PLATTCERcrs uNicoLOR. Plūt. corpore viridi concolore ; rostro 

 basi plumbeo, apice nigro. 



Mr. Vigors also exhibited a specimen of the lineated Pheasant 

 of Dr. Latham [Gra. Hist. vol. viii. p. 201. sp. 14.] u-hich had 

 lately been received from the Straits of Malacca. The bird ac- 

 corded accurately with Dr. Latham's description, as comraunicated 

 to him by Dr. Buchanan from a living specimen in an aviary in 

 India, and afforded evident proof of being a distinct and strongly 

 marked species. It may be characterized as follows : 



Phasianits lineatus, Lath. MSS. Phas. supra cano-griseus ; 

 fasciis gracilibus nigris undulatus ; capite, cristd elongatd, gula, 

 colio anteriori, corporecue infra nigris ; abdominis laterum plu- 

 mis in medio lineis gracilibus albis notatis ; caudd albo nigroque 

 undulatim sparsd. 



A large collection of Jnsects, of various orders, presented to the 

 Society by Dr. Leach, was exhibited. It \vas chiefly foimed in 

 tKe neighbourhood of Rome and Florence ; and notes were ap- 

 pended to the greater number of the species, indicating the precise 

 locality of each, the time of its appearance, its food, comparative 

 rarity, &c. 



The attention of the Committee having been directed to that 

 part of the Minutes of the Council \vhich referred to the prepara- 

 tion of a Report on the auimals \vhich it vvas desirable for the So- 

 ciety to import : 



It vvas resolved, 



That Sir Thomas Phillipps, Mr. Vigors, Mr. Owen, Mr. Cox, and 

 Mr. Bennett, be reąuested to prepare, for the consideration of the 

 Committee at its next Meeting, a Report on the animals for the 

 importation of -svhich the Council should be recommended to take 

 measures. 



The following Resolution was also submitted to the Committee, 

 and adopted : 



Resolved, 



That Mr. Morgan, Mr. Yarrell, and Mr. Vigors, be reąuested to 

 prepare a series of ąuestions on points relating to the generation, 

 gestation, parturition, and suckling of the Kangaroo, in order that 

 the šame may be submitted to the Council, \vith a reąuest that 

 directions may be given to the Superintendents of the Society's 

 establishments to obtain Information thereon. 



