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wyn, mentioning the capture in Swansea Bay of a specimen of the 

 Labrus macidatiis, Bloch ; being a second instance of the occurrence 

 of this fish on the British coasts vvithin a few weeks. 



Mr.Yarrell also stated that the Summer Duck, Anas sponsa,'L\nn., 

 malė and female, had been shot lecently near Dorking. The Anas 

 occidua had also occurred in this country : and another American 

 and Northern species of bird, the Alauda alpestris, Linn. 



The Chairman resumed the subject of the Himalayan birds, and 

 exhibited and described the following species. 



Phcenicura cceruleocephala. Phcen. atra, abdomine striga- 

 que alarum longitudinali albis ; capite pallide cceruleo. 



Statura Phcen. communis. 



Phcenicura leucocephala. Phcen. corpore apiceguecaudce atris ; 

 abdomine, crisso, uropygio, cauddąue rufis į capite supra albo. 



Statura Phcen. rubeculce. 



Phcenicura rubeculoides. Phcen. capite, colio, corporeąue su- 

 pra atro-cceruleis, capitis summo splendidiore ; abdomine albo ; 

 pectore rujb. 



Statura Phcen. cceruleocephalce. 



Phcenicura fuliginosa. Phcen. corpore Juliginoso-plumbeo ; 

 caudd rufd. 



Statura paullo major quam praecedens. 



Emberiza c rišt AT a. Mas. Emb. capite cristato corporeąue 

 atris ; alis caudugue rųfis. 



Fcem., aut Mas jun.? Capite subcristato corporeque fuscis, abdo- 

 mine imo palUdiori ; alis caiiddque rufescentibus, fusco tinctis. 



Statura Carduelis commmiis. 



Lamprotornis spilopterus. Mas. Lamp. supra plumbeo-ca- 

 niis,plumis ad apicemfusco marginatis; subtusalbus, rtifotinctus; 

 uropygio rufescenti ; remigibus atris viridi splendentibus, ma- 

 culd albd ; caudd brunned ; gida intense rufa. 



Fcem. Supra pallide brunnea, subtus albescens, brunneo tincta. 



Statura Lamp. cantoris. 



Myoi'HONUS Horseieldii. Myoph. ccerulescenti-ater, fronte, 

 humeris, marginibiisgue plumarum pectoris splendide cceruleis. 



Statura Myoph. cyanei, Horsf. 



Phasianus Staceii. Phas. stramineo-albus, supra freąuenter, 

 subtus parce nigro fasciatus, dorso abdominegue imis ntfescenti- 

 bus ; capite cristato fusco ; caudū fasciis latis nigris, ad basin 

 interne rujis, ornatu. 



Longitudo corporis ab apice rostri ad apicem caudjB, 3 pedes 

 4į- uncias. 



Otis nigriceps. Ot. corpore supra pallide badio, rufo-brunneo 

 (rraciliter undulato ; colio, maculis pareis alarum, abdominegue al- 

 bis ; capite cristato, tectricibus ala7~um exterioribus, remigibus, no- 

 tdgue grandi pectorali nigris. 



Longitudo corporis ah apice rostri ad apicem caudae, pedes4 ; 

 latitudo, H. 



