On soiiie ntw species of Fungi. 443 



sion of this beautiful and interesting species into the fauna of 

 Europe. 



The specimen of the Smyrna kingfisher depicted by Albiu 

 must be regarded as an immature individual, and we must 

 suppose that the uppermost series of wing-covers in his plate 

 were either coloured green instead of rufous through an over- 

 sight of the artist, or that they indicate a still earlier stage of 

 development than the Indian specimens which I have had 

 opportunities of examining. 



The description of the specimen from Maori is as follows : 

 — Rich rufous brown on the head, cheeks, sides and back of 

 neck, lesser wing-covers, under wing-covers, sides of breast, 

 abdomen, and lower tail-covers; deep black on middle wing- 

 covers, forming a large patch ; greenish blue, changing in 

 certain lights to verdigris-green, on upper back, scapulars, 

 spurious wing, greater and primary wing-covers, secondaries, 

 tertials and rectrices. On the rump and upper tail-covers 

 this blue assumes a purer tint. Terminal half of primaries 

 black, basal half greenish blue externally and white within, 

 gradually increasing till the ninth primary is almost wholly 

 white. Inner margins of secondaries and of rectrices blackish 

 brown ; chin, throat and middle of breast white ; beak and 

 legs vermilion-red. Total length Hi inches; beak to front 

 ^T' ^o g^ps 2f , breadth 8 lines, height 8 hues : Aving to end 

 of primaries 4^ inches, to end of tertials the same ; middle 

 rectrices 3 inches 7 lines, outer ditto 2 inches 1 1 lines ; tarsus 

 7 lines; middle toe and claw 1^ inch, hind ditto 7 lines. 



XLVII. — Notice of some Funyi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., 

 in South America and the Islands of the Pacific. V>y the 

 Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



[With Three Plates ] 



The following enumeration requires no especial prefatory ob- 

 servations. A portion of the fungi collected by Mr. Darwin 

 has already been noticed in this Journal without any know- 

 ledge that there were more in the Museum at Cambridge. 

 The present additional species were placed in my hands some 

 time since by the kindness of Professor Henslow, but the pub- 

 lication has been delayed in consequence of the accidental loss 

 of the notes and sketches which were prepared soon after their 

 arrival. The delay has not however been without benefit, as 

 I have since had the advantage of studying several very rich 

 collections of exotic fungi, and have therefore been more con- 

 fident in the determination of the species. 1 am under pecu- 



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