Mr. J. Gould on new species of Birds. 381 



black and the white portion, which alone is seen ; tail deep ultrama- 

 rine blue ; chin, breast, and abdomen white ; bill and feet coral-red. 



Total length, 1 2^ inches ; bill, 2^ ; wing, 5^: ; tail, 5 ; tarsus, ^. 



Hal). The Island of Lombock. 



Remark. — This is an exceedingly fine species, of which I have not 

 been able to find a description. I am therefore induced to believe 

 that it is new : still it may be contained in the Leyden Collection ; 

 but on this point I have consulted Mr. Frank, who is well acquainted 

 with its rich stores, and he tells me that he has no recollection of it. 



Pitta concinna. 



Head, back of the neck, cheeks, chin and stripe down the centre 

 of the throat velvety black ; from the nostrils over each eye a 

 broad mark of deep buff, posterior to which is a narrower one of 

 pale glaucous blue ; back, tail and wings dark grass-green ; lesser 

 wing-coverts and a band across the rump glossy verditer blue ; pri- 

 maries and secondaries black, the fourth, fifth and sixth of the 

 former crossed by a band of white near their base, and all the 

 primaries tipped on the external web with olive-grey ; upper tail- 

 coverts black ; under surface delicate fawn-colour, becoming much 

 paler where it meets the black of the cheeks and throat ; centre of 

 the abdomen black ; vent and under tail-coverts fine scarlet ; bill 

 black ; feet fl.eshy. 



Total length, 6 inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 4 ; tail, l-i; tarsus. If. 



Hab. The Island of Lombock. 



Remark. — This bird ranks as one of the smaller species of this 

 particular section of the group, it being even less than the Pitta 

 brachxjura of authors, to which it bears a general resemblance, but 

 from which the black colouring of its throat will at all times distin- 

 guish it. 



For this and the preceding species we are indebted to the researches 

 of A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



May 12, 1857.— Dr. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



On ParUS MERIDIONALIS AND SOME OTHER SPECIES MEN- 

 TIONED IN THE Catalogue of Birds collected by M. 

 Salle in Southern Mexico. By Philip L. Sclater, 

 M.A., F.L.S., ETC. 



In the Catalogue of Salle's Mexican Collection, read before the 

 Society in July last, I described a new species of Titmouse under 

 the name of Parus meridionalis. Not having at that time within 

 my reach specimens of Pariis atricapilhis of the United States, it 

 was not without hesitation that I separated the Mexican species from 

 that bird. I am now, however, able to exhibit to the Society speci- 

 mens of Parus atricapiUus which I obtained in North America last 

 . autumn, and I think that a comparison of them with the type of my 

 Parus meridionalis (which M. Salle has again kindly placed in my 

 hands) leaves no doubt that these two Pai-i are, as I had anticipated, 



