264 Mr. ViGORs's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



bus i^retiosissimis ditovit, hanc specieiti 7iominavimus, méritas 

 gratias solventes. 

 Satin Grakle. Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 171. no. 30. 



Mr. Caley says that "the male of this species is reckoned a very 

 scarce bird, and is liighly valued. The natives call it Coury, 

 the colonists Satin Bird. I have now and then met with a 

 solitary bird of this species : but I once saw large tlocks of 

 them on some newly-sown wheat, from whence they tied, on 

 being scared, into a neighbouring brush : when all was again 

 (juiet, they soon returned to the wheat. 'J'hey did not leave the 

 biush above a few yards. There were no black ones among 

 them ; nor can I affirm that they were feeding on the wheat." 



It is sino'ular that this beautiful and well-known bird should 

 never have as yet received a specific name. Although it has 

 been made the type of a genus by IM. Kuhl, and published as 

 such by M. Temminck in his "^Manuel," we no where have met 

 with a scientific name for the species. We are happy to have 

 the opportunity of uniting with Dr. Latham in designating so 

 distinguished a bird by the name of the late respected Secretary 

 of this Society. 



2. SMixnii. Lath. MSS. Ptil. vividê viridis, suhlus paulo pal- 

 lidior albo-strigatus ; remigum internarum pteroinatiimque 

 apicibus aWo-maculatis ; rcctricibus lateraJibus apice albis, ex- 

 t im is fuscis viresccn t i-n i t id is. 



Gutturis genaruinque pluma? in medio albo-maculata? ; niichce, 

 pectoris, abdominisqixe in medio albo-strigatte. Re/niges 

 fusca;, pogonio externo viridi-marginato ; subtus palli- 

 diores. Tectrices inferiores albida% fusco-fasciatae. Rec- 

 triccs dirce media: totœ virides ; caetera? prope apicem fus- 

 cescentes apice ipso nigro ; exteriores fuscee, viridi-nitentes. 



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