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March 25, 1845. 



■Wil]iam Horton Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



Two specimens of Salamandra ; a Tree Frog, Rana arborea ; and a 

 Bcolopendra cingulata, were presented to the Society by Joseph James 

 Forrester, Esq., of Oporto, CJorr. Memb. 



Mr. Gould exhibited to the Meeting a new species of Trogon, from 

 South America, and seven new Birds from Australia, \vhich he cha- 

 racterized as follows : — 



Trogon ppella. Trog. loris, plumis auricidaribus et gula fusco- 



nigris ; capite, corpore superiore, et pectore aureo-viridibus ; alif 



nigris ; tectricibus alarum maculis minimis albis ornatis ; corpore 



in/eriore vivide coccineo, separato a viridi pectore f ascid semilunari 



albd ; tribus remigibus eiterioribus nigris vittis albis angustis 



freguentibus ornatis ; femoribus nigris. 



Lores, ear-coverts and throat duU black ; head, all the ujiper sur- 



face and chest golden green ; wings black ; the coverts very minutely 



freckled with white, and the primaries with a very narrow line of 



white along the basai portion of their outer webs ; all the under sur- 



face scarlet, separated from the green of the chest by a semilunar 



mark of white ; two middle tail-feathers golden green ; the two next 



on each side golden green on their outer webs and black on their 



inner, the whoIe six tipped with black ; the three outer feathers on 



each side black, crossed by numerous narrow bars of, and narro\vly 



tipped with, white ; thighs black ; bill orange ; irides red ; feet dark 



grey. 



Totai length, 10 inches; bill, 1 ; 'vving, 5\; tail, 5f ; tarsi, \. 



Hab. Escuintla, South America. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Trogon collaris, Vieill. 



CucuLUs OPTATTJS. Ciic. corpore superiore ccsruleo-griseo ; pogo- 

 hUs internis primariarum fasciis latis albis ornatis ; remigibus sa- 

 iurate violaceo-brunneis ; apicibus subalbidis, serie macularum ob- 

 longarum albarum alternatim ordinatd ; corpore subtiis albo, fasciis 

 nigris. 

 The whole of the upper surface slaty grey ; inner w'ebs of the pri- 

 maries broadly barred \vith while ; tail-feathers dark violet-brown, 

 •R'ith a row of oblong spots of white placed alternately on either side 

 of the stem, and slightly tipped with white ; the lateral feathers have 

 also a row of white spots nn the margin of their inner webs ; chin 

 and breast light grey ; all the under surface buflfy vhite, crossed by 

 bands of black ; irides, bill and feet orange. 



Totai length, 13 inches ; bill, lį ; wing, 7| ; tail, 6| ; tarsi, |. 

 Hab. Port Essington, Australia. 



