70 Zoological Society. 



figare will be found in the ' Abbildungen' &c. of the Prince de Neu- 

 wied. 



The new species of Manis referred to in the letter is from Western 

 Africa, and is at once distinguished, Mr. Gray observes, from the 

 Manis tetradactyla (which it most nearly approaches) by its having 

 the tail rather shorter — that is, about half as long again as the body 

 — and double the number of series of scales on the body, and also 

 by the scales being more acute, and furnished each with three sharp 

 points. Two specimens of this species, of different sizes, are con- 

 tained in the British Museum collection. It is named by Mr. Gray 



Manis multiscutata. Manis cmidd corpore mullum longiore ; 

 squamarum dorsalium elongatarum, tricuspidum, ad basin striata- 

 rum, seriehus 23. 



Hab. Western Africa. 



Mr. Gould exhibited a new species of Australian Heron i — 



Ardka rhctirostris. Ardea siiperne fvscescenti-cinerea, capite et 

 cristd nigris ; rostro magis recto atque robusto quain in Ardea 

 cinerea. 



Crown of the head and crest dull black ; back of the neck and all 

 the upper surface brownish grey, passing into greyish white on the 

 tips of the wing-coverts ; secondaries, scapularies and tail-feathers 

 dark grey ; spurious wing and primaries greyish black ; sides of the 

 face and chin white ; dovi^n the front of the neck an interrupted line 

 of black, formed by each feather having an oblong stripe of black on 

 the inner side of the stem near the tip, the marks becoming larger 

 and paler in colour as they aj)proach the chest, the same kind of 

 marking continuing over the under surface, but the stripes very pale 

 brown ; under tail-coverts white ; bill dark horn-colour, becoming 

 nearly black on the culmen ; feet greenish black. 



Total length, 37 inches; bill, 7 ; wing, 16^; tail, 7 ; tarsi, 6^, 



Hab. New South Wales. 



The above description is taken from a bird which appears to be 

 immature ; it has much the appearance of, and is nearly allied to, the 

 Common Heron of Europe. 



A communication from Mr. Hinds, containing descriptions of two 

 new species of Shells, fi-om the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., 

 was then read. 

 Genus Triphoris, Deshayes, Hinds, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xi. p. 16. 



Triphoris pagodus. Tri, {Ino) testa cylindraced, elongatd, aaimi- 

 natd, anfractibus 18— 20, tricarinatis ; carinis in^qualibus,inferiore 

 mutto maximd, diiobus superioribus pat'vis cequalibus ; aperturd 

 quadratd. Axis 8^ lin. 

 Tlie only specimen of this shell is dead and imperfect. It is, how- 

 ever, slightly mottled with brown, being most probably the remains 

 of an uniform colour. It is rendered very distinct from any species 

 hitlierto described by the manner of its keeling. A faint elevated 

 iiae would also appear to traverse the course of the suture. 



