302 Zoological Society. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



June 28, 1831 . Rev. W. Kirby in the Chair. 

 Mr. Vigors exhibited, on the part of Captain Cook, specimens of 

 several Birds recently presented by that gentleman to the Society, 

 and also of some other Birds shot by him in the South of Europe, 

 some of which were interesting on account of their rarity, and others 

 with reference to the localities in which they were obtained. Among 

 them was a specimen of the Pica cyanea {Corvus ci/aneus, Pall.), a 

 species not included by M. Temminck in the ' Oiseaux d'Europe', 

 which had been killed by Captain Cook in Spain. There were also 

 specimens of the Falco tinnunculoides ; of the Sturniis unicolor, 

 Marm., killed in Spain ; of the Lanius meridionalis, Temm., a species 

 referable to the genus CoUurio as recently distinguished by Mr. 

 Vigors ; of the Sylvia conspiciUata, Marm., killed in Spain ; of the 

 Saxicola cacliinnans and stapazina, Temm., also killed in Spain ; and 

 of the Fringilla domestica, Linn., which is met with in great num- 

 bers in Spain, and consequently extends far beyond the southern 

 limits assigned to the species by M. Temminck. 



A collection of Birds presented to the Society by H, H. Lindsay, 

 Esq. of Canton, were laid upon the table. They were accompanied 

 by a letter from that gentleman to the Secretary, of the date of 

 Jan. 25, 1831, stating that the collection had been formed during 

 the summer of the previous year in the neighbourhood of Manilla, 

 and adding some notes respecting the various species, as well as the 

 names in the Tagallo or native language of the country. The col- 

 lection consisted of about fifty-six species, fifty of which at least had 

 not previously been in the Society's Museum, or in any other public 

 collection in England. — Mr. Vigors pointed out the different species ; 

 and announced that a catalogue of them was in preparation, which 

 would shortly be submitteil to the Committee. In the mean time 

 he characterized the following species. 



HiERAx ERYTHKOGENYs. HicT. capitc ct corpore supra, Cauda 

 femorihusqiie intense atris ; gula, colto infronte, corporeque subtus 

 albis ; strig/i a rictu ad aures extendente rufd ; roslro alba, pe- 

 dibus nigris. 

 Statura Hier. ccerulescentis. 



BuTEo HOLOSPiLUS. But. siipcme brunneus, subtus brunncscenti- 

 ritfus ; capite, fosciisque duabiis remigum rectricitmque Jusco- 

 atris ; nucJid ef dorso, collo in Jj-onte, pectore abdomineque toto, 

 tectricibusque alarum maculis albis ocellatis, harum maculis dimi- 

 rmtioribus. 

 Statura tertia parte minor quam Buteo Bacha ; ei speciei simil- 

 lima, differt tamen capite laevi, corporeque toto maculate. 

 Cai'RIMULGus macrotis. Cap. intense brunneus, rufo undulatus, 

 corpore subtus caudaque riifo Jasciatis ; capite anrito scapulari- 

 busque rujo-brunneis, Jiisco undulatim punctulatis nigroque no- 

 tatis ; torque jugidari albo ad nnchnm extendente rufo. 

 Longitudo corporis, 15 ; rostri ad frontem |, ad rictum, 14 ; aLe 



a carpo ad apicem remigis 2dae, 10^; caudce, 7; tarsi, \. 

 Dacelo LiND.sAYr. Dae. corpore supra brnnneo, olivoceo etviridi 



nilenle, 



