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beaks appear extremely angulated. The teetli are obtuse, and the 

 lateral short and approximate. 



Note. — The shells described by me in this and the preceding 

 papers will be figured in Mr. Wood's second Supplement to the ' Index 

 Testaceologicus. ' 



^ A new species of Chiton, from the Philippine Islands, was exhi- 

 bited by Mr. Cuming, which was thus characterized by Mr. G. B. 

 Sowerby : — 



Chiton biradiatus. Chi. testd ovali, suhelongatd, siibdepressd, 



obtus7' angulatd ; areis centralibns longittuUnaliter minntf' scabroso- 



svJcatis ; areis lateralibus subelevatis, iitrinque costis duabus bifidis 



valide irregulariter moniliformibiis ; areis tei-minalibus radiatim 



rugoso-costatis, margine minutissime grumtloso ; colore pallide 



fulvo, griseo maculato ; margine griseo fasciuto. Long. -GO- 



lat. -35. 



Hab. Dumaguete, Ins. Negros, Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. 



^ This species differs from Ch. Janierensis in having the lateral ribs 



bifid and the sculpture generally much more minute. 



July 25. — William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Prince exhibited to the Meeting, on the part of Mr. Gould, 

 nine new Birds, collected during the recent voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, 

 which, together with Coryphilus Dryas, exhibited by Mr. Gould at 

 the meeting held on the 2-2nd of November 1842, and Pteroglossus 

 erythropygius and Pterocles personatus, exhibited by him on the 14th 

 of February 1843, comprise the whole of the ornithological novelties 

 brought home by the expedition. 



The species now exhibited were 



Halcyon saurophaga. Hale, capite, collo, dorso superiore et 

 corpore subtus albis, ceteris partibus saturate cceruleis, dorso vi- 

 rescente. 



Head, neck, upper part of the back and all the under surface white, 

 with the exception of the lores, which are black, and a narrow lon- 

 gitudinal mark immediately behind the eye, which is deep blue ; re- 

 mainder of the upper surface, wings and tail deep blue, tinged with 

 green on the back and scapularies ; bill black ; basal half of the 

 under mandible horn-colour ; tarsi and feet blackish brown, tinged 

 with purple. 



Total length, 10| inches ; bill, 2| ; wing, 4| ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, |. 



^ Remark. — A typical Halcyon and one of the largest of the genus, 



differing from every other species known, particularly the Alcedo 



leucocephala of Latham, which specific term would be much more 



appropriate for the present bird. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



Pipra vitellina. Pip. vertice, vittd dorsali, alis, cauddque nigris ; 

 rnento, guld, pectore et torque imchali vitellinis, partibus reliquis 

 olivaceo-viridibus. 



Crown of the head, band across the back, wings and tail black ; 

 chin, throat, ear- coverts, chest and collar round theback of the neck, 



Ann. ^ Mag. N. Hist. Vol xiii. 2 I 



