642 MR. J. GOULD ON A NEW FRUIT- PIGEON. [Nov. 7, 



equalling more than one half of the length of the whole shell ; aper- 

 ture broadly ovate, interior bluish white ; peristome simple, acute, 

 straight, thin, the anterior and outer margins arched ; columella 

 straight, nearly vertical above, slightly expanded and reflected, with 

 a thin deposit of callus on the columellar side, and joined at the 

 upper part of the peristome. 



Length 2, breadth lg, alt. I ; aperture ]| long, breadth f inch. 



Uab. Snowy River, Gipps Land, Victoria (Mr. TV. Kershaw). 



This fine species I have named in honour of its discoverer, Mr. 

 W. Kershaw of Victoria, to whom I am indebted for a specimen. 

 It approaches in appearance to B. larreyi, Brazier, and B. atomatus, 

 Gray. It differs from those species in not having the dark spots and 

 zigzag lines that are so characteristic in them. 



5. Description of a new Species of Fruit-Pigeon from the Fiji 

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



[Keceived November 7, 1871.] 



The beautiful bird which I have now the pleasure of exhibiting 

 to the Meeting, and which I propose to call Chryscena victor, is 

 the second species of the genus, of which C. luteovirens is the type. 

 For the loan of one of the two specimens exhibited I am indebted to 

 Mr. James Gardner of Oxford Street, and for the use of the other to 

 the Trustees of the Derby Museum at Liverpool, through the kind 

 intercession of their Curator Mr. T. J. Moore. The latter specimen 

 is so similar to the former in colouring and general appearance as to 

 induce the belief that the two birds are of the same age and adult 

 males. How evident it is, from the discovery of this extremely 

 conspicuous and beautiful Pigeon, that the acquisition of new species 

 is not yet at an end, and that such islands as those composing the 

 Fiji group, and hundreds of others dotted over the Polynesian region, 

 will yet afford ornithological and other treasures of natural history 

 which have not as yet met the gaze of civilized and scientific men ! 



I append a description of this new species, and shall take an early 

 opportunity of publishing a copy "of the drawing now shown of the 

 London and Liverpool birds in one of my publications — the 'Birds 

 of Asia,' or the ' Supplement to the Birds of Australia.' 



Chryscena victor, Gould. 



Size. About, or perhaps a trifle larger than, that of C. luteovirens. 



Colour. The entire surface of the body, both above and below, a 

 lovely carmineous-orange, while the head and throat, as if in direct 

 contrast to the brilliant colouring of the body, is of a dull silvery 

 pea-green ; under surface of the wings rich pure yellow, the prima- 

 ries becoming orange on the upper surface of their outer webs, and 

 their shafts dark olive above. 



Total length 7 inches ; bill f, wing 4|, tail 2|, tarsi |. 



