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Caspian Emys (Emys Caspica, Schweig.) .. BS cg caer 
Testudo mauritanica, Dum. & Bib. .......... At Z = ia 
Testudo tabulata, Walbaum .............. ce Pa 
Gymnopodus Aigyptiacus, Geoff. ; labiatus, Bell { & % on 
Woreka Argue, Dam.’ Bib... 0. os. es os a ee 
Proteus (Proteus anguinus, Laur.) .......... ie 4 ie 
Common Trout (Salmo fario, Linn.) ........ {s m4 eon 
Grayling (Thymallus vulgaris, Nilss.)........ (sD. ae 
3. ON SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN Birps. 
By Joun Gov tp, F.R.S. etc. 
GRAUCALUS HYPOLEUCUS. 
Lores black; crown of the head and all the upper surface dark 
grey; wings and tail black; chin, under surface of the wings, abdo- 
men and under tail-coverts white ; breast pale greyish white ; irides 
brownish black; bill blackish brown; legs and feet black ; insides of 
the feet and spaces between the scales of the tarsi mealy grey. 
Total length 9 inches; bill 1}; wing 52; tail 43; tarsi 1. 
Hab. Port Essington. 
Remark,—Distinguished from all the other Australian members of 
the genus by the whiteness of the under surface. 
LimosA UROPYGIALIS. 
All the upper surface brownish grey, becoming dark brown in 
the centre and nearly white on the edges of the feathers; primaries 
brown, with white shafts ; rump and upper tail-coverts conspicuously 
barred with brown and white; tail alternately barred with brown 
and white; throat and abdomen white; neck and breast brownish 
grey ; under wing-coverts and flanks barred with brown and white ; 
bill white at the base, becoming brown at the tip; irides dark brown ; 
legs brownish black. 
Total length 15 inches; bill 3}; wing 83; tail 31; tarsi 22. 
Hab. Australia. 
Remark.—Distinguished from Limosa rufa by the rump being 
barred instead of white as in that species. The female is about a 
third larger in all her admeasurements than the male. 
CHARADRIUS VEREDUS. 
Crown of the head and all the upper surface brown, each feather 
narrowly fringed with buff; primaries blackish brown, the shaft of 
the first white; tail brown, narrowly edged with white, the brown 
colour gradually fading as the feathers recede from the centre ; face, 
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