388 Zoological Society :— 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEw SPECIES oF CHRYSOCOCCYx. 
By Joun Gou tp, F.R.S., Etc. 
Curysococcyx ScHomBurRGKI, Gould. 
Crown of the head, neck, back, and scapularies rich shining cop- 
pery bluish green ; wing-coverts bright shining green, margined with 
a coppery hue; first three primaries dark bluish black, with a stripe 
of white down the central part of their inner webs; the remainder 
of the primaries bluish green on their outer webs, with a tinge of 
copper on their margins, the inner webs bluish black with a broad 
stripe of white along their basal margin; tail-feathers deep bluish 
green, with a tinge of copper on their margins, and the outer fea- 
thers on each side crossed by three irregular bands of white, and 
with an oval spot of white at the tip; throat, under surface of the 
body, and under wing-coverts alternately banded with pure white 
and bronzy green; under tail-coverts beautiful grass-green, those 
nearest the body largely tipped with white; bill orange, tipped with 
black ; tarsi and feet olive. 
Total length 64 inches, bill 4, wing 44, tail 33, tarsi 3. 
Hab. Siam. 
Remark. This very beautiful species is nearly allied to the Chry- 
sococcyx Hodgsoni of Moore (C. smaragdineus, Blyth) and C. 
xanthorhynchus of Horsfield. It was sent to me from Siam by Sir 
Robert Schomburgk, Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for 
that country ; and I have named it in honour of one whose devotion 
to natural science is well known, and to whose merits in this respect 
I have had the pleasure of bearing testimony upon several previous 
occasions. 
March 8, 1864.—Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 
Nores ON THE Spectres or SAnpD- Mo tes (GeoryYCHUS). 
By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., etc. 
Dr. Sclater having requested me to determine two Sand-Moles 
(Georychus) brought home by Capt. Speke, I have been induced 
to re-examine all the specimens of the genus in the British Museum. 
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The species may be divided into two groups according to their fur. 
Thus the fur of G. capensis, G. albifrons, and G. unicolor is very 
similar, being soft, long, and fluffy ; while the fur of G. cecutiens, 
