Zoological Society, 4161 



Long. 6 unc. 



Hab. Valparaiso. 



Color flavus; chelarum cceruleus, 



Prsecedenti valde affinis, picEsertim sculptura armat uiaquese- 

 mentorum ultimorum ; sed diffeit pollice ad basin non ventricoso, 

 ad marginem internum non crenato ; spina rostri media non pro- 

 ducta ; necnon magnitudine. 



Mr. Cuming states that this is taken m the same manner as the 

 Squilla spinifrons. . „• , r -o 



Specimens were exhibited of several Humming Birds trom l^o- 

 pavan, forming part of the collection of Mr. John Gould; and the 

 following characters, by Mr. George Loddiges, of four new species 



were read. ^ 



Trochilus tyrianthinus. Troch. cnpite supra dorsoque aureo- 

 viridibus ; guld spleiideuti saturate viridi ; alls brunneo-fuscis ; 

 caudd siibrotundatu, latissimd, aur eo -purpurea : rostro gracili, 

 brevissimo, recto. 

 Long, corporis, 4 unc. ; rostri, 4 lin. , . • 



Trochilus euryptekus. Troch. supra fusco-viridis, subtus ci- 

 nereo viridique variegntus ; caudd rotundata, atro-aureo-viridi, 

 rectricibus laieralibus apice cinereis ; alis latissimis fusco-atris : 

 rostro brevi, recurvato, mandibuLa inferiore alba. 

 Longitudo, \\ unc. 



Trochilus FLAVESCENS. Troch. aureo-vtridis ; capite guldque 

 splendenti aureo-smnragdinis ; caudd subfurcatd, albo-Jtave- 

 scenti, rectricibus later alibus ad margines, rncdiisque totis aureo- 

 olivaceis ; alis airo-fuscis, subtiis pallide rnjescentibus : rostro 

 mediocri, recto. 

 Trochilus Gouldii. Troch. viridis ; jugulo pallide smaragdino ; 

 caudd longissimd, forfcatd, rectricibus rotiuidatis, exterioribus 

 4i uncialibus nigris, ad apices aureo-viridibus, viediis brevibus, 

 ceteris gradatis aurco-vindi splendentibus ; alis mediocribus ro- 

 tundatis : rostro parvo, recto. 

 Long, corporis, 2 unc. ; rostri, S^- lin. 



Preparations were exhibited of the stomach, and of the tongue, 

 lari/nx and trachea of a Jayiiar, Felis 0«f«, Linn. They were ob- 

 tained from an individual which lately died at the Society's Gar- 

 dens, respecting the dissection of which Mr. Martin read his Notes, 

 at the request of the Chairman*. 



A preparation of the tongue, larynx and trachea of an Ocelot, 

 Felis Pardalis, Linn., iiaving been placed on the table for compa- 

 rison with the preparation of the same parts in the Jaguar, Mr. 

 Martin pointed out the ditfeience between them. He showed that 

 while in the Jaguar there intervenes between the base of the tongue 

 and the rivia glollidis a distance of \i inches, in the Ocelot the 

 rivia and base of the tongue are in close proximity. In the Ocelot 

 tiie epiglottis is larger in proi)ortion than in the Jaguar, is not so 

 acute, and has a slight indentation at the point : the rings of the 

 trachea are also firmer and more perfect than in the Jaguar; and 



• These notes are given in ihc rrocccclings of liic Conmiittcc. 



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