142 Desci'iption of a New Species of Bird^ <&c. 



that tlie si^ecific name of the species should be altered to 

 fastigans, that oi fastigiata having been applied by Hutton to 

 another. 



Helix poecina Say. — I commented on this species in Ann. 

 Lye. Yol. YI. p. 344, suggesting that Say's description applies 

 rather to a young II. iitfeda, than H. hirsuta, but anticipating 

 that " further researches will prove this to be a distinct 

 species." I now learn that H. hisjpida L. inhabits some parts 

 of l!^ova Scotia, and also Canada East ; and Dr. Gould suggests 

 — as indeed seems highly probable — that H. jyoi'GiJia is identi- 

 cal with it. 



XYIII. — Description of a ISTew Species of Bird of the Genus 

 Phaeton, also of a New Species of Ilmnming Bird of the 

 Genus Heliopaedica. 



Bt Geo. N. Lawrejjce. 

 Kead April 23, 1860. 



Phf&etoBB Itavo-atiraiitius. 



The general plumage is of a rich salmon color, rather paler 

 below and on the ends of the primaries ; a line of deep black 

 runs along the side of the head, over the eye, and extends before 

 and below it in the shape of a crescent ; a band of black crosses 

 the wing, beginning near the shoulder, occupying the ends of 

 the middle coverts, and all of the secondaries and tertiaries, 

 except a small portion of their ends, where they are salmon 

 color: the scapularies are marked lengthwise with a curving 

 band of black, which crosses both webs ; the first three prima- 

 ries are black on their outer Avebs, and on the inner, next the 

 shaft, from their bases to within about olie and a half inches 

 of their ends ; the fourth is black for the same distance, but not 



