1862.] MR. GOULD ON SOME NEW BIRDS. 125 
curved bill. I received the examples I possess from Quito, but I 
believe they were collected near the waters of the Upper Napo. 
FREGILUS HIMALAYANUsS, Gould. 
Plumage of the head and the whole of the body, both above and 
beneath, deep glossy black ; wings and tail black, glossed with purple 
and green; bill and feet coral-red ; nails black. 
Hab. The Himalayas. 
Remark.—This fine Chough differs so greatly in point of size from 
the species killed in this country that I have no hesitation in de- 
scribing it as distinct; and that ornithologists may more clearly 
perceive the great difference alluded to, I annex an accurate admea- 
* surement of male examples from India and Europe. 
Fregilus himalayanus. | Fregilus graculus. 
Inches. Inches. 
Total length ...... 153 Total length ...... 14 
OT Saas subse Sinks rata We Ee nsenriaee tb ne >, Dede 
Wing 123 MET RE ret 102 
ESS Re Snes 62 Tail 53 
Tarsi 21 dict ar oe een: Piped 13 
I may add that specimens from Italy and from Wales are precisely 
alike in all their admeasurements. 
PRION MAGNIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Head, all the upper surface and sides of the chest blue-grey ; 
lesser wing-coverts and the edge of the shoulder brown ; the remainder 
of the wing blue-grey, deepening into slate-grey at the tips of the 
inner primaries ; the outer primaries slaty black, fading into white 
on the inner edge; scapularies deepening into slate-grey near the 
end, and tipped with pale grey ; tail very light grey, the centre fea- 
thers tipped with blackish-brown ; chin, throat, centre of the breast, 
abdomen, and under surface of the wing creamy white; a faint wash 
of blue on the lower part of the flanks and the under tail-coverts ; 
bill blue, deepening into black on the sides of the nostrils, at the tip 
and along the side of the lower mandible; irides brown, legs beau- 
tiful light blue. 
Total length 11 inches; bill, base to tip 2, breadth at base 44; 
wing 8; tail 43; tarsi 14. 
Hab, Unknown. 
Remark.—As the name I have assigned to it implies, this species 
differs from every other member of the genus in the extraordinary 
size of its bill. In form and colouring it is precisely similar to the 
other Priones, all of which are remarkably alike in these respects— 
not so, however, in their bills, which consequently present the best 
specific characters. 
The following papers were read :— 
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