148 Zoological Society : — 



At first sight, the specimen from which the above description was 

 taken, and which is tlie only one I have seen, would appear to be 

 immature ; but when the tail-feathers are closely examined, they 

 will be found to comprise botli old and new feathers of precisely the 

 same character, proving that such cannot be the case. In the size 

 of its body this new Hornbill does not exceed the common Black- 

 bird (Merula vulf/aris) ; it must therefore be regarded as one of 

 the smallest members of its group. 



I have named this bird Hartlauhi, in honour of my friend Dr. 

 Hartlaub of Bremen, a gentleman who has paid great attention to 

 general ornithology, but especially to that of Western Africa, where 

 this bird is believed to have been procured, but from what precise 

 locality is unknown. 



Description of a New Species of the Genus Moho, of 

 Lesson. By John Gould, F.R.S,, etc. 



Mono APiCALis, Gould. 



Opposite page 357 of Dixon's ' Voyage round the World,' pub- 

 lished as long back as 1798, will be found the figure of a bird under 

 the name of the "Yellow Tufted Bee-eater," which appears never 

 to have received a specific appellation : this has probably arisen from 

 the circumstance of no examples having yet found their way into 

 our museums. The descrij)tion given by Captain Dixon, copied 

 from Latham's ' Synopsis,' doubtless has reference to the bird which 

 my late friend M. Temminck called Moho fasciculatus. 



Two examples of this curious bird, male and female, which will 

 hereafter be deposited in the National Collection, having lately come 

 into my possession, I avail myself of the opportunity of characterizing 

 the species, and have assigned to it the name of apicaUs, from the 

 circumstance of all but the two middle tail-feathers being tipped 

 with white ; in which respect Capt. Dixon remarked that the bird 

 he had figured differed from Latham's description of the Yellow- 

 tufted Bee-eater. 



Dixon's bird was obtained at Owhyhee ; and I believe that my two 

 specimens were brought from the same island. 



This bird may be described as having the general plumage sooty- 

 black ; tail brown, all but the two middle feathers largely tipped 

 with white ; the two central feathers somewhat narrower than the 

 others, and gradually diminishing in the apical third of their length 

 into fine hair-like or filamentous upturned points ; axillae or under 

 surface of the shoulder white ; flanks and under tail-coverts bright 

 yellow ; bill and legs black. 



Total length, 12 inches; bill, H; wing, A\ ; tail, Gf ; tarsi, l-i. 



The plumage of the female is in every respect similar to that of 

 the male ; but, as in the lloneyeaters of Australia generally, particu- 

 larly amongst the members of the genus Ptilotis, tiae body is fully a 

 fourth less in size. 



