great distance that separated these Chilian birtls from those of 

 Guiana and Cayenne in some measure authorized tlie specific sepa- 

 ration here siiggested. There were two specimens in Mr. Cuming's 

 collection according \vith the above description ; and Mr. Vigors 

 stated that he liad seen others of the šame locality eąually answer- 

 ing to it; while he had observed no specinien from the eastern coast 

 which did not correspond vvith the Paradise Tanager, as figured by 

 Edvvardo, BufFon, and Desmarest. 



Picus AUROCAPILLUS. Pic. suprci ūter, albo Jasciatus niacula- 

 tusque ; strigū lutu super oculos adhumeros estendente, alterdque 

 siibocidari inferrupta, gulaque albis ; pectore abdomineque sor- 

 dide albescentibus, sfrigis pareis fuscis notatis ; capite atro, 

 Jronte aureo strigatini notalo, vertice aureo. 



Longitudo, 64- unc. 



The tvvo following apparently new species \vere also in Mr. 

 Cuming's collection, but they had been obtained by him from 

 Mexico. 



CoccoTH RAUSTĖS CHRYSOPEPLUS. Mas. Cocc. corpore aureo, 

 dorso medio nigro notato ; alis rectricibusqiie nigris, iltis albo 

 vuriegatis fid carpumqite aureo notatis, horum, quatuor mediis 

 exceptis, pogoniis internis ad apices albis. 



FcEm. aut Mas jun, capite, colio, corporeque infrh pallide aureis, 

 illisjtisco striatis ; dorso olivascenti-flavo,fusco notato ; alis cau- 

 ddque olivaceo-brunneis, illis albo parce maculatis. 



Longitudo, 9į- unc. 



The \vhite markings on the wings of the malė consist of five 

 large spots extending in a line over the coverts and tertiary quill 

 feathers ; a narro\v margin on the edge of the second to the tifth 

 primary quill feather inclusive ; and a spot on the outnard webs of 

 the tertiaries at the apex. The marks on the bird supposed to be 

 the female or young malė are small and few in number at the apices 

 of the wing coverts. 



Ortyk spilogaster. Ort. capite guttureque atris, illo strigis, Iioc 

 macidis, albis notatis; colio, pectore, nuchd, dorso, alis, cauddque 

 pallide plumheo-cinereis ; capitis cristd elongatd recumbente, 

 strigis colli superioris, scapidaribus, abdominisque lateribus for- 

 rugineis, his albo strigatis ; pectore abdomineque medio albo ocu- 

 latim gidtctis ; abdomine iino crissoątie albescentibus, illo obscure 

 J'uscojdsciato, hoc intensius brunneo notato. 

 Longitudo, 12 unc. 



As the most interesling of the Fishes exhibited, Mr. Bennett 

 pointed out a ne\v species of Scombresox, LaCėp., which differs by 

 its less ample mouth, the number and direction of its teeth, and the 

 smaller extent of the bony plate behind those of the upper ja\v from 

 the Cyclopterus Dentes, Pall. This he distinguished as the 



ScoMnRESOX LEMURiDENS. Scomb. orc capitis dimidium latitu- 

 ditie cequante ; labiis crassis, iiiferiore utrinque late lobato ; den- 



