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the iris has been invariably black. Under these circumstances | 
propose to adopt for the Madagascar bird the name Bonaparte has 
suggested for it (Consp. ii. p. 151). I may remark that M. Gran- 
didier (Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1868, p. 1) speaks of the Madagascar 
bird as a variety, abd mentions its white iris and some other minor 
ap oe 
Two Guineafowls, received on tne same day from the Socicte 
Fiodlopiaie d’ Acclimatation, belonging to the section allied to Numida 
cristata, forming the genus Gutter a of Wagler. These are the 
typical specimens on which Mr. Elliot (Ibis, 1870, p. 300) has esta- 
blished his Numida verreauxt, and will form the subjects of his 
figures of this species in his forthcoming work on the Phasianide, 
The locality from which these specimens were obtained is said to 
have been Natal. 
5. A Black-headed Conure (Conurus nandaya), probably from 
Paraguay or the upper La Plata, being the first example of this 
scarce Parrot that I have ever seen alive. 
6. A young male of the Black Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus, 
Gould, Mamm. of Austr. ii. pl. 11), being, as I believe, the first in- 
dividual of this fine large Kangaroo that has reached the Society’s 
Gardens alive. ‘This animal was obtained by purchase from Mr. 
Hagenbeck, of Hamburg, on the 16th of May. 
rag male of the very singular Huia-Bird of New Zealand (Hete- 
ralocha gouldi *), obtained by purchase on the 18th of May. Much 
interest attaches to this form on account of the extraordinary varia- 
tion of the bill in the two sexes. We may hope that an anatomical 
examination of this bird, when it dies, may enable us to decide as to 
its place in the Natural System, which has hitherto been undeter- 
mined. Judging from external appearance, [ should be inclined to 
place it either with the Corvide or with the Meliphagide. 
The present specimen is said to have been obtained in the interior 
of the North Island, sixty miles north of Wellington. 
8. A Tuatera Lizard (Sphenodon punctatum), purchased May 
£0th. A specimen of this extraordinary Lizard has been once before 
living in the Society’s Gardens, having been deposited there by Dr. 
Giinther in 1868+. The present specimen is said to have been ob- 
tained from one of the islands on the northern coast of the island, 
probably one of those mentioned in Dr. Bennett’s note (P. Z. 8. 
1869, p. 227). 
9. Three Buff Laughing Kingfishers (Dacelo cervina, Sharpe, 
Monogr. dlced. pt. 8), from North Australia, being the first exam- 
ples of this species ever brought alive to Europe. 
10. An example of a rare Macaque (Macacus ocreatus), purchased 
May 3lst. This Monkey seems never yet to have been obtained by 
any collector ; and its exact locality is unknown, though I suspect it 
to be from Celebes or from one of the Philippines. It is figured in 
these ‘ Proceedings’ (1860, p. 420, pl. Lxxit.), and in Wolf and 
Sclater’s ‘ Zoological Sketches’ (ii. pl. 1). 
* Neomorpha gouldi, Gould, B. of Austr. iy.. pl. xix. 
t See P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 530. 
