474 Zoological Society. 



beautiful yolk-of-egg yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts olive- 

 green; abdomen and under tail-coverts paler olive-green, into which 

 the yeUow of the chest gradually passes ; bill black ; legs yellowish 

 brown. 



Total length, 3| inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2 ; tail, 1^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hah. Panama. 



The only specimen procured is now in the British Museum, 



Letjcosticte griseogenys. Leuc.fronte nigrd, genis et occipite 

 cinereis, reliquis partibus fuscis ; tectricibus alarum, tectricibus 

 caudcB superioribus et inferioribus, abdominisque plumis ad apicem 

 roseo-marginatis . 



Forehead and throat shining black ; cheeks and back of the head 

 grey ; general plumage umber-brown ; wing-coverts, upper and under 

 tail-coverts, flanks and abdomen, tipped with beautiful rosy red ; 

 primaries and tail-feathers brown, faintly margined with rosy red ; 

 bill yellow ; feet black. 



Total length, 1\ inches ; bUl, ^ ; wing, 41 ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, 1. 



This is the largest of the Fringillince Mr. Gould has yet seen ; it is 

 nearly allied to, but differs from, the Leucosticte tephrocotis, Swains., 

 in the greater depth of its colouring, in the cheeks as well as the 

 hinder part of the head being grey, and in the greater abundance of 

 the rosy hue upon the abdomen and under tail- coverts. 



Nectarinia flavigastra. Nect. corpore superne flavescente- 

 olivaceo ; lined stiperciliari et corpore subtus nitide flavis . 



Crown of the head, ear- coverts and all the upper surface yellowish 

 olive ; stripe over the eye and all the under surface bright yellow ; 

 bill and feet black. 



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



Hob. New Ireland. 



The single specimen procured is in the collection of J. O. Good- 

 ridge, Esq., Assistant- Surgeon of H.M.S. Starling. 



Cactornis inornatus. Cact. corpore superiore nigrescente-fusco, 

 singulis plumis olivaceo-fusco nan sine tincturd rufescente margi- 

 natis ; guld et corpore inferiore fulvis, plumis notd centrali obscu- 

 riore. 



Crown of the head and all the upper surface blackish brown, each 

 feather margined with reddish olive-brown, the secondaries, wing- 

 coverts and tail being more broadly margined and inclined to buff; 

 throat and under surface buff, each feather having a darker centre ; 

 biU horn-colour ; feet blackish brown. 



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



Hab. Bow Island. 



The only specimen procured is said to be a female. This species 

 is I believe the only insessorial form inhabiting the island. Its prin- 

 cipal interest consists in its forming an additional species of a small 

 group of birds hitherto believed to be peculiar to the Galapagos 

 Islands. 



In the possession of the Zoological Society, to whom it was pre- 

 sented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 



