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The Australian specimens differ from these in being more rufous on 
the upper part of the back. 
Dendrocygna badia. Molucca. 
CoLyMBID2. 
*Popicrers (SYLBEOCYCLUS) TRICOLOR. B.M. 
Like P. minor, but with a very slight appearance of the black on 
the mentum ; the bill is longer ; upper surface of a deep zneous 
black ; cheeks and front of throat deep rufous ; under surface zeneous 
black mottled with rufous white. 
Ternate. 
LARIDZ. 
STERNA VELOX? B.M. 
Batchian ; Amboyna. 
PELECANID. 
*SULA FIBER. 
Pelecanus fiber, Linn. 
Sula fiber, G. R. Gray. 
N. E. Gilolo (Wall. Coll.). 
GRACULUS MELANOLEUCUS. B.M. 
Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill. N. Dict. H. N. viii. p. 88. 
Phalacrocorax flavirostris, Gould. 
Pelecanus dimidiatus, Cuv. 
Batchian. 
GRACULUS SULCIROSTRIS. 
Carbo sulcirostris, Temm. 
Batchian (Wall. Coll.) ; Amboyna. 
8. Description oF New Species or MiTRA FROM THE COL- 
LECTION oF Hucu Cuminec, Ese. By H. Dourn. 
Mirra pia. Testa fusiformis, costis crebris, spiralibus, subregu- 
lariter distantibus, flavis, nitidis, elatis ; interstitia liris mi- 
noribus intercostariis et longitudinalibus angustissimis reticu- 
lata; alba; sutura distincta ; anfr. 7-8 parum convexi, lente 
accrescentes, ultimus magnus, subtus attenuatus, vix recurvus. 
Apertura fusiformis, intus alba ; columella 4-plicata. 
Long. 58, lat. 18; ap. long. 34, lat. 8 mill. 
Hab. Australia. 
Mirra praset. Testa subulato-fusiformis, hyalino-albida, spi- 
raliter obsolete crebricostata, subtilissime longitudinaliter 
striata ; sutura simplex; anfr. 8 planiusculi, ultimus paulo 
ventrosior, subrecurvus ; apertura fusiformis ; columella 5- 
plicata. - 
Long. 37, lat. 11; ap. long. 20, lat. 5 mill. 
Hab. Australia. 
