388 Zoological Society : — 



Description op a New Species of Chrysococcyx. 

 By John Gould, F.R.S., etc. 



Chrysococcyx Schomburgki, Gould. 



Crown of the head, neck, back, and scapularies rich shining cop- 

 pery bluish green ; wing- coverts bright shining green, margined with 

 a coppery hue ; first three primaries dark bluish black, with a stripe 

 of white down the central part of their inner webs ; the remainder 

 of the primaries bluish green on tlieir outer webs, with a tinge of 

 copper on their marghis, the inner webs bluish black with a broad 

 stripe of white along their basal margin ; tail-feathers deep bluish 

 green, with a tinge of copper on their margins, and the outer fea- 

 thers on each side crossed by three irregular bands of white, and 

 with an oval spot of white at the tip ; throat, under surface of the 

 body, Epd under wing-coverts alternately banded with pure white 

 and bronzy green ; under tail-coverts beautiful grass-green, those 

 nearest the body largely tipped with white ; bill orange, tipped with 

 black ; tarsi and feet olive. 



Total length fJ^ inches, bill -J, wing 4^^, tail 3|, tarsi ^. 



FFab. Siam. 



Remark. This very beautiful species is nearly allied to the Chry- 

 sococcyx Hodysoni of Moore (C smaraydineus, Blyth) and C. 

 X author hynchus of Ilorsfield. It was sent to rne from Siam by Sir 

 Robert Schomburgk, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-Gcneral for 

 that country ; and I have named it in honour of one whose devotion 

 to natural science is well known, and to whose merits in this respect 

 I have had the pleasure of bearing testimony upon several previous 

 occasions. 



March 8, 1864.— Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.. in the Chair. 



Notes on the Species of Sand-Moles (Georychus). 

 By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., etc. 



Dr. Sclater having requested me to determine two Sand-Moles 

 {Georychus) brought home by Capt. Speke, I have been induced 

 to re-examine all the specimens of the geuus in the British Museum. 



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The species may be divided into two groups according to their fur. 

 Thus the fur of G. capensis, G. albifrons, and G. unicolor is very 

 similar, being soft, long, and fluffy ; while the fur of G, ccecutiens, 



