554 Zoological Society. 



Amadina pectoralis. Am. guld nitide nigrescenti-purpnreo ; pec- 

 tore plumis ad basin nigris, ad apicem albis, fasciato ; corpore 

 supernc cinereo-fusco, alarum tectrkibus crebre guttulis albis 

 adspersis. 

 Crown of the head and all the ujiper surface and wings, delicate 

 grayish hrown ; the tips of the wing-coverts very minutely spotted 

 with white ; tail blackish brown ; throat and ear-coverts glossy black- 

 ish purple ; chest crossed by a band of feathers black at the base, 

 strongly tipped with white ; abdomen and under tail-coverts vinous 

 gray ; the flanks ornamented by a few feathers, similar to those 

 crossing the breast ; bill bluish horn-colour ; feet flesh-colour. 

 Total length, 4^ inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2\ ; tail, 1| ; tarsi, |-. 

 Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



Mr. Gould next exhibited and characterized two new species of 

 Kangaroos from Swan River ; the first of these is rather less than the 

 Macropus BennettU, and is remarkable for the perfect black colour 

 of the fore part of all the feet, which appear as if they had been 

 dipped in ink or some other black liquid, the black not blending, as 

 usual, with the pale colour of the hind part of the feet, but termi- 

 nating in an abrupt line. The general tint of the upper parts of the 

 body is deep gray, a tint produced by the admixture of black and 

 white, the hairs being black at the tip, and annulated with white near 

 the tip ; the sides of the body, as well as the under parts, are of paler 

 gray, and are tinted with buff-yellow ; this yellow tint is almost 

 pure on the abdomen between the hind legs, on the feet and inner 

 side of the ears : the upper surface of the head and muzzle are of a 

 soot-like colour, and the occiput and back of the ears, as well as the 

 apical portion in front, are pure black ; a yellowish white line is ob- 

 servable on each side of the muzzle, commencing at the tip, and 

 running backwards beneath the eye ; the fore half of the hands and 

 feet are pure black, and the greater portion of the tail (which is well 

 clothed with harsh hairs) is of the same colour ; at the base, however, 

 it is coloured as the body, and on the upper surface, for a consider- 

 able distance from the base, the black hairs are more or less annu- 

 lated with whitish, producing a grizzled appearance. On the chin 

 is a small black patch. 



Mr. Gould gave to this species the specific name manicatus : its 

 principal characters may be thus expressed : — 



Macropus (Halmaturus) manicatus. Macr. obscure griseus ; vel- 

 lere apud partes inferiores pallidiore et flavescente ; capite supra 

 fuliginoso, occipite necnon auribus externe nigris ; utrdque genu 

 lined flavescente notatd ; tarsis antipedibusque flavescentibus, an- 

 tice nigris ; caudd nigra ad basin grised. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitude ab apice rostri ad caudee basin. ... 30 



Cauda 26 



tarsi digit orumque (sine unguibus) . . 8 10 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 5 



auris 2 6 



