1864.) MR. P. L. SCLATER ON NEW AMERICAN BIRDS. 605 
oblique ascendens ; lunella et plica subcolumellaris inconspicue ; 
plica palatalis 1, profunda ; perist. continuum, tenue, undique 
breviter expansum. 
Long. 15, diam. 32 mill. 
Hab. in Mirabello et Selino insulze Cretze, necnon in insula Gardos 
prope Cretam (Spratt). 
6. Cuausix1a RupIs, Pfr. (108 a). T. arcuato-rimata, ventroso- 
Susiformis, solida, costulis subconfertis lamellaribus munita, 
opaca, sordide albida; spira infra medium turgida, sursum 
valde attenuata, apice acutiuscula; anfr. 11, convewi, ultimus 
viz solutus, costis validis, distantibus, irregularibus sculptus ; 
apertura vin obliqua, piriformi-ovalis ; lamelle subequales, 
convergentes ; lunella et plica subcolumellaris inconspicue ; 
plica palatalis 1, supera, mediocris ; perist. continuum, album, 
sublate expansum. 
Long. 17, diam. max. fere 5 mill. 
Hab. Zakro in parte orientali insulee Crete (Spratt). 
7. Cuausit1a pisTans, Pfr. (113 a). T. rimata, elongato- 
Susiformis, solidula, costis lamellaribus subdistantibus sculpta, 
in interstitiis sub lente confertissime striata, cretacea ; spira 
perelongata, gracilis, apice acuta, cornea ; anfr. 13-15, vie 
convexiusculi, ultimus breviter solutus, costis validioribus basi 
in cristam indistinctam confluentibus munitus; apertura vix 
obliqua, oblonga, intus alba; lamelle approximate ; lunella et 
plica subcolumellaris inconspicue; plice palatales 2, supera 
longa, infera brevis, profunda ; perist. album, latiuscule ex- 
pansum. 
Long. 20-24, diam. 32-4 mill. 
Hab. Sudsuro in parte meridionali insule Crete (Spratt). 
5. Descriptions or Seven New Species or Birps pisco- 
VERED BY THE LATE Dr. JoHn NatTerReER IN BRaziu. By 
P. L. Scuarer, M.A., Pa.D., F.R.S., SecreTARY TO THE 
Society. 
(Plates XXXVII., XXXVIII., XXXIX.) 
During a recent visit to Vienna I had the pleasure of spending a 
few days in examining the collections of birds and other animals 
belonging to the Imperial Zoological Cabinet in that city, wherein 
I may state that I received the utmost facilities from Dr. Redten- 
bacher (the Director), Herr August von Pelzeln (who has charge of 
the collection of birds), and the other authorities of that establish- 
ment. 
The Director of the Imperial Cabinet, moreover, was so obliging 
as to allow me to acquire in exchange a certain number of duplicate 
bird-skins from the Imperial Collection, belonging principally to spe- 
