134 Zoological Society : — 



Total length 7 inches ; wing 4|^ inches ; bill, from gape, \^ inch. 



Hab. Banda Island (Moluccas). 



Remark. — The habitat "Australia" is probably a mistake, as the 

 birds of this genus are very local, and no well-authenticated speci- 

 men has ever been received from that country. 



Pitta crassirostris. 



Similar in colour to P. Vigorsi ; but the superciliary stripes are 

 altogether pale rufous, the colour beneath is lighter (agreeing with 

 P. concinna), and the chin is black, which colour extends in a tri- 

 angle on to the throat, without being produced into a stripe, as in 

 P. concinna. Bill black, with the base of the lower mandible horny ; 

 feet very pale flesh-colour ; iris black. 



Total length 7\ inches ; wing 4f inches ; bill, from gape, 1^ inch. 



Hab. Sula Island (Xulla of the English maps), E. of Celebes. 



Remark. — This species differs from its nearest allies by its very 

 strong bill, as well as by the peculiarities of colouring above de- 

 scribed. It is very like Temminck's figure of P. irena from Timor ; 

 but that species appears to have much more blue on the back, and 

 the bill entirely black, and not so strong. It is also highly impro- 

 bable that the same bird should be found in such distant localities, 

 when so many of the neighbouring islands have each their peculiar 

 species. 



Descriptions of New Species of Reptiles and Fishes 

 IN THE Collection of the British Museum. By 

 Albert Gtjnther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.Z.S. 



Chloroscartes. 



(Fam. Agamid^.) 



Head short, body and base of tail compressed, tail exceedingly 

 long. Head covered with numerous smooth, small shields ; all the 

 scales keeled, small, those of the belly and tail being the larger ; 

 scales on the throat conical. Femoral pores very prominent, in a 

 longish series ; prteanal pores none. A low crest of triangular scales 

 on the neck ; a series of enlarged, sharp scales along the median line 

 of the back and tail. Fingers five, and toes five, all elongate, and 

 armed with sharp claws ; the middle toe fringed along the basal 

 joints. Throat with a small pouch and cross fold. No prominent 

 scales at the ear. 



Chloroscartes fasciatus. 



Grass-green, with three very broad dark-green cross bands. 



Feejee Islands. 



Description. — Head rather elevated and obtuse ; pouch below the 

 throat and transverse fold in front of the shoulder well developed ; 

 body and basal portion of the tail compressed, the latter rounded in 

 the middle and posteriorly, tapering, three or four times as long as 

 the body. The fore limbs extend backwards to the loin ; the third 

 and fourth fingers are equal in length. The hind limbs are as long 



