PROCEEDINGS 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



January 13, 1846. 



William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, iu the Chair. 



Mr. Gould described a new species of Nyctibius, \vhich he pio- 

 posed to name 



Nyctibius bracteatus. Nyct. castaneo-fuscus ; scapularurn api- 

 cibus, et abdomine, macuUs albis, guasi bracteis, ornatis. 



The general plumage rich chestnut-brown ; the feathers of the 

 head, back and breast freckled with black, and with an irregulnr- 

 shaped blotch of black at the extiemity of each feather ; near the tip 

 of each of the scapularies a spot of white encircled with black ; on 

 the lower part of the abdomen are two lunar-shaped marks of white, 

 formed by a square spot of silverj' -vvhite, bounded abo^e and below 

 \vith a narrow line of black, occupying the extremities of the feathers ; 

 wings daik brown, -viith the exception of the outer margins of the 

 primaries, which are cinnamon-bro\vn ; tail chestnut, crossed with 

 numerous bars, composed of two irregular narrow lines of black, and 

 with a small spot of \vhite at the tip ; under tail-coverts buiF, with a 

 sąuare spot of white at the tip. 



Totai length, 9į inches ; bill, 1^ ; \ving, 6; tail, 5^; tarsi, i. 



Hab. Santa Fe de Bogota. 



Remark. — This species is the least of the genus that has come under 

 my notice ; the description is taken from a fine specimen in the col- 

 lection of the Royal Institution of Liverpool. ' 



Nos. CLV. C'LVI. & CLMI. — rKocE£DixGs or the Zool. Soc. 



