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7. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ODONTOPHORUS. 
By Joun Goutp, F.R.S., etc. 
OpONTOPHORUS MELANONOTUS, Gould. 
Throat, fore part of the neck, and chest rich chestnut-brown ; ab- 
domen deep blackish-brown, very finely but obscurely freckled with 
chestnut ; lower part of the abdomen, thighs, under tail-coverts, tail, 
back of the neck, wings, and rump uniform velvety brownish-black ; 
legs apparently horn-colour in front, with a wash of orange between 
the scales; bill black. 
Total length, 10 inches; bill, 2; wing, 6; tail, 21; tarsi, 21. 
Hab. Ecuador. 
There do not appear to be any markings about the face, as is usual 
with the other members of this genus ; but as my specimen is some- 
what injured in that part, Iam unable to speak positively on this 
point : the orange colouring, too, between the scales of the legs may 
or may not be natural; it is probably due to some extraneous cause. 
This new species, which I have received direct from Ecuador, is 
in every respect a typical Odontophorus, and is very nearly allied to 
O. nigrogularis, O. erythrops, and O. hyperythrus ; but when the 
four species are seen together, their specific distinctness is very 
readily apparent. 
When shall we acquire a knowledge of the whole of this group of 
birds ? 
8. CaTALOGUE OF THE BirDs OF THE FALKLAND IsLANpDs. By 
Painie Lurtey Scuater, M.A., SecRETARY TO THE So- 
CIETY. 
(Aves, Pl. CLXXIII.) 
Mr. Leadbeater having kindly invited me to examine a very fine 
series of skins collected in the Falkland Islands by Capt. Pack— 
a gentleman who has been for several years resident there—I have 
embraced the opportunity of drawing up a more complete list of the 
birds of the Falklands than any that has hitherto appeared, chiefly 
with the hope of inducing Capt. Abbott, Capt. Pack, and other gen- 
tlemen who have turned their attention to the ornithology of these 
islands, to continue their researches, by showing them that we en- 
deavour at home to make some use of the “raw material” with 
which they provide us. : 
The Falkland Islands were visited by many of the earlier navi- 
gators ; and several species of birds belonging to its fauna, discovered 
by them, either on the islands, themselves, or on the neighbouring 
coast of South America, are included in the Systems of Linneus, 
Gmelin, and Latham. The French Exploring Expedition of the 
‘ Uranie,’ which was wrecked on these islands in 1819, collected many 
specimens of birds there, and MM. Quoy and Gaimard, who wrote 
the ‘Zoology’ of the voyage, described several new species which were 
the results of their investigations. But it is to Mr. Darwin, who 
