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ad rostrum, ad nucham albd; dorso, alis, cauddque lete griseis ; 
secondariis ad apices albis. 
Head, neck and all the under surface silvery greyish white ; round 
the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the anterior half of which is deep 
black and the posterior half white; back, wings and tail light grey ; 
secondaries tipped with white ; bill black; tarsi and toes brownish 
black ; interdigital membrane yellowish. 
Total length, 11 inches; bill, 13; wing, 8; tail, 5; tarsi, 13; 
middle toe and nail, 12. 
Hab. The north-eastern coasts of Australia, 
Syn. Pelecanopus pelecanoides, Brit. Mus. Coll, Part iii, p. 180. 
6. Anovus parvutus. A. toto corp orecinereo-griseo ; parvo plu- 
marum annulo oculum cingente, parte anteriore nigrd, posteriore albd. 
_ The whole of the plumage ashy grey, being somewhat lighter on 
the head and neck than on the other parts of the plumage; round 
the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the anterior half of which is black 
and the posterior half white; bill black; tarsi and toes brown. 
Total length, 94 inches; bill, 11; wing, 63; tail, 44; tarsi, 2; 
middle toe and nail, 14. 
_ A single specimen forms part of the collection of the Zoological 
Society, to whom it was presented by F. Debell Bennett, Esq., who 
procured it at Christmas Island, in the South Seas. It may be di- 
stinguished from all the other species by its small size and delicately- 
formed bill. 
Mr. Gould then exhibited two new birds from New South Wales: 
Poparcus pLumirerus. Pod. plumis nares tegentibus, que sunt in 
criste formam erecte, nigro-fusco et albo alternatim fasciatis ; 
medid guld et pectore brunneo-albis, fusco minute maculatis, nec 
aliter colli pectorisque lateribus, nec corpore subtis, nisi singulis 
plumis lined saturate fuscd in medio, et duabus maeulis quadratis 
ad apicem, ornatis. 
Feathers covering the nostrils, which are erected into a tuft, alter- 
nately banded with blackish brown and white; all the upper surface 
mottled brown, black and brownish white, the latter predominating 
over each eye, where it forms a conspicuous patch ; the markings are 
of a similar but of a larger kind on the wings, and on the primaries 
and secondaries assume the form of bars; tail similar but paler, and 
with the barred form of the markings still more distinct; centre of 
the throat and chest brownish white, minutely freckled with brown ; 
sides of the neck and breast and all the under surface similar, but 
with a dark line of brown down the centre and two large nearly 
square-shaped spots of brownish white near the tip of each feather ; 
bill and feet horn-colour, 
Total length, 20 inches; bill, 22; wing, 93; tail, 10; tarsi, 1. 
In another specimen the markings are altogether of a much darker 
hue, particularly on the under surface, where the light markings are 
less distinct and more chestnut. 
Hab. The brushes of the Clarence and MacLeay rivers of New 
South Wales. 
