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great distance that separated these Chilian birds from those of 

 Guiana and Cayenne in some measure authorized the specific sepa- 

 ration here suggested. There were two specimens in Mr. Cuming's 

 collection according with the above description ; and Mr. Vigors 

 stated that he had :>een others of the same locality equally answer, 

 ing to it ; while he had observed no specimen from the eastern coast 

 which did not correspond with the Paradise Tanager, as figured by 

 Edwards, BufFon, and Desmarest. 



Pxcus AUROCAPILLUS. Pic. supra ater, albo Jasciatus macula- 



tusqiic ; striga lata super oculos ud humeros extetidente, alferdque 



subocidari interruptd, gulaque ulbis ; pectore ahdomineque sor- 



dide albescent'ibus, strigis pnrcis fuscis notatis ; capite atro, 



Jronie nureo strigatim ?iotalo, vertice aureo. 



Longitude, 64- unc. 



The two following apparently new species were also in Mr. 

 Cuming's collection, but they had been obtained by him from 

 Mexico. 



i CoccoTHRAUSTES CHRYsoPEPLus. Mas. Cocc. corpore aureo, 

 dorso medio nigro notato ; alls rectricibusque nigris, illis albo 

 xuiriegatis ad carpumque aureo notalis, horum, quatuor mediis 

 exceptis, pogoniis inteniis ad apices albis. 



Fcem, aut Mas jun. capita, collo, corporeque infra, pallide aureis, 

 illis Jusco striatis ; dorso olivascenti-jiavo,fusco notato ; alis caU' 

 ddque olivaceo-brunneis, illis albo parce maculatis, 



Longitudo, 94 unc. 



The white markings on the wings of the male consist of five 

 large spots extending in a line over the coverts and tertiary quill 

 feathers ; a narrow margin on the edge of the second to the fifth 

 primary quill feather inclusive; and a spot on the outward webs of 

 the tertiaries at the apex. The marks on the bird supposed to be 

 the female or young male are small and few in number at the apices 

 of the wing coverts. 



_^_jOrtyx spilogaster. Ort. capite gidtureque atris, illo strigis, hoc 



. macidis, albis notatis ; collo, pectore, nucha, dorso, alis, cauddque 



pallide plumheo-cinereis ; capitis crista elongatd recumbente, 



strigis colli superioris, scapularibus , abdominisque lateribus Jer- 



rugineis, his albo strigatis ; pectore abdomineque medio albo ocu- 



latim guttatis ; abdomine inio crissoque albescerdibics, illo obscure 



fusco J'asciato, hoc intensius brujineo notato. 



Longitudo, 12 unc. 



As the most interesting of the Fishes exhibited, Mr. Bennett 

 pointed out a new species of Scombresox, LaCep., which differs by 

 its less ample mouth, the number and direction of its teeth, and the 

 smaller extent of the bony plate behind those of the upper jaw from 

 the Cyclopterus Dentex, Pall. This he distinguished as the 



Scombresox lemuridens. Scomb. ore capitis dimidium latilu- 

 dine cequante ; labiis crassis, inferiorc utrinque late lobato ; den- 



