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Total length about 19 inches; bill, 2; wing, 8; tail about 12; 
tarsi, 2}, 
Hab. Amoy. 
Closely allied to the common Magpie, but differs in the wings being 
blue instead of green, in the rather less extent of the white, and in 
having a longer bill and much longer tarsi, 
Mr. Gould also exhibited to the Meeting a small species of Mam- 
mal, which he characterized as 
Dromicra concinna. Drom. macula nigra ante oculos ; corpore 
superne et parte exteriore crurum pallide bruaneis ; crurum parte 
interiore et corpore subtis distincte albis, 
Before the eye a mark of black ; all the upper surface, the outer 
side of the limbs and the tail, pale sandy brown; all the under sur- 
face and the inner side of the limbs white ; the two colours distinctly 
separated, or not blending into each other. 
Tieaeeh of the head and body, 33 inches; of the tail, 31; of the 
ear, 4. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
Very nearly allied to the Dromicia of Van Diemen’s Land, but 
distinguished from that animal by its much smaller size, by the di- 
stinct separation of the colours of the upper and under surface, and 
by the absence of any enlargement at the base of the tail. 
Also a new Grallatorial bird, which he named 
Furica austrauis. ul. capite colloque nigris ; superne griseo- 
nigro, subtis fuliginoso ; iridibus rubris ; vostro cinereo-ceruleo ; 
verlice viridi-albo ; tarsis pedibusque griseis. 
Head and neck black; all the upper.surface greyish black; under 
surface sooty black; irides bright red; bill light bluish grey; crown 
of the head greenish white ; legs and feet French grey. 
Total length 14 inches; bill, 14; wing, 8; tail, 21; tarsi, 24. 
Hab. Western Australia. : 
‘‘ Descriptions of species of Bats collected in the Philippine Islands, 
and presented to the Society by H, Cuming, Esq.’ . By G. R. Water- 
house, Esq. 
The following descriptions and notices, added to those given in 
the ‘ Annals,’ vol. xii. p. 302, include all the species of the order 
Cheiroptera collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands; and 
it is necessary to state, with regard to the descriptions alluded to, 
that they are all drawn up from specimens preserved. in spirit; and 
although every care has been taken to ascertain the true colouring 
of the fur as nearly as possible by repeated examinations of the spe- 
cimens, mounted as they were in clear spirits of wine, the colours 
may not prove to be exactly as I have supposed. 
The following table displays some of the more prominent charac- 
ters of the species of Vespertilio (generally so difficult to determine) 
about to be described :-— 
Ann. § Mag. N, Hist. Vol. xvi. K 
