386 CANON TRISTRAM ON A NEW WOODPECKER. [May 6, 



Prof. Flower exhibited a coloured drawing of Belphinus tursio, 

 Fabr., taken from a nearly full-grown male animal which had been 

 caught at Holyhead on the 5th of October, 1868. Its length was 9 

 feet 6 inches. The drawing, with a description of the animal, will 

 appear in the ' Transactions ' of the Society. 



A communication was read from Mr. Gerard KrefTt, C.M.Z.S., 

 containing a description and figure of a Bat, of which a specimen had 

 lately been obtained in Queensland, and which Mr. Krefft was in- 

 clined to refer to a new genus and species of the family Phyllosto- 

 matidse. It was pointed out by Mr. Alston that the Bat in question 

 was probably more correctly referable to the genus Megaderma, but 

 was of great interest, as no species of that genus had yet been recorded 

 as found in Australia. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Description of a new Species of Woodpecker from the 

 Island of Tzns Sima, near Japan. By Rev. H. B. 

 T-ristr*m, F.R.S. 



[Received March 20, 1879.] 



(Plate XXXI.) 



I have lately had placed in my hands for examination, through the 

 kindness of "Vice- Admiral Sir Geo. Henry Richards, K.C.B., F.R.S. , 

 a small but very interesting collection of birds, made by his son, 

 Lieut. Richards, R.N., in the Japanese seas, among which are some 

 half-dozen species from the island of Tzus Sima, very seldom visited, 

 and situated midway between Japan and the Corea. All belong to 

 well-known Japanese forms, excepting one, which appears to me to 

 be undescribed, and which I venture to name in honour of its dis- 

 coverer 



Dryocopus richardsi, sp. liov. (Plate XXXI.) 



Dr. niger, pene resplendens ; imo pectore, abdominis lateribus 

 tergoque albis, crisso nigro, gula cinereo-nigra ; remigibus sex 

 prioribus ad apices albis; subalaribus et pogonio interno rec- 

 tricum et tectricum svperiorum ad basin albis per duos digitos 

 longitudinis, tcctricibus caudce supeiioribus et inferioribus albo 

 marginatis : long. tot. 19, alee 9'6, caud.S, rostr. a rictu 2'5, 

 lat. ad basin '75, tarsi T25, digit, med. cum ungue 1'8. 

 This species is very nearly allied to Thriponacc hodgsoni (Jerd.) 

 and T. crawfurdi, G. R. Gr., the former from Malabar, the latter 

 from Pegu. But no species of this genus has yet been observed in 

 the vast intermediate region, although Mr. Swinhoe procured Dryo- 

 copus martins at Pekin. I cannot find any record of any large 

 Woodpecker being found in Japan, though we may feel certain that 



