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July 22, 1845. 



Harpiir Gamble, Esq., M. D., in the Chair. 



Mr. Gould exhilnted to the Meeting three new species of Birds 

 from Australia : — 



Strix tenebricosus. Str. disco faciali fuliginoso-griseo, circum 



oculos muilo saturatiore ; corpore superiore fusco-nigro purpureo 



splendente, singulis autem plumis maculd albd ad apicem ornatis ; 



alis cauddcue ejusdem coloris sed pallidioribus ; corpore inferiore 



fusco-nigro, stramineo lavato. 



Facial disk sooty grey, becoming much deeper round the eyes ; 



upper surface brownish black, with purplish reflections and ■with a 



spot of vvhite near the tip of each feather ; ■wings and tail of the šame 



hue, but paler ; the feathers of a uniform tint, without bars ; tail- 



feathers faintly freckled with naiTOW bars of white ; under surface 



brownish black, \vashed ^ith buff, and \vith the white marks much 



less decided ; legs mottled brown and \vhite ; irides dark brown ; bill 



horn-colour ; feet yellowish. 



Totai length, 16 inches ; bill, 1| ; \ving, 12; tail, 5į ; tarsi. 3. 

 Hab. The brushes of the river Clarence, in New South Wales. 



CoLLURiciNCLA RUFOGASTER. Col. OMTii corporc supcriorc, alis, 



cauddgue oUvaceo-brunneis ; guld pallide stramineo- albd fusco- 



striatd; corpore inferiore f errugineo-ruf o. 



AU the upper surface, wings and tail olive-brown, with the excep- 



tion of the inner webs of the primaries, which are dark bro\vn ; throat 



pale buffy white, streaked with brown ; all the under surface rūsty 



red ; irides black ; bill and feet fleshy-brown. 



Totai length, 1\ inches; bill, 1^ ; wing, 3| ; tail, Z\\ tarsi, lį. 

 Hab. The brushes of the Clarence River, in New South Wales. 



DoNACOLA FLAViPRYMNA. Doti. cūpitc cervitio ; dorso alisgue cas- 



taneo-brunneis ; corpore inferiore stramineo; tectricibus cauda 



superioribus cerinis ; tectricibus caudce inferioribus nigris. 



Head pale fawn colour ; back and vvings light chestnut-brown ; 



under surface bufF ; upper tail-coverts •wax-yellow ; under tail-coverts 



black ; tail brovvn. 



Totai length, 4į inches ; bill, į ; wing, 2į ; tail, 1|- ; tarsi, į. 

 Hab. The aorth coast of Australia. 



Prof. Owen communicated his observations on the living Echidna 

 exhibited at the Menagerie of the Society in May 1845. The animal 

 when received at the Gardens ■was active and apparently in sound 

 health. It was placed in a large but shallow box, with a deep layer 



