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spuria, secundo multo longiore, 3°-6 m subcequalibus longissimis, 

 septimo parum breviore. Cauda debilis, mediocris, subrotun- 

 data ; rectrices angustce, molles. Pedes pro mole satis ro- 

 bust i ; tarsis antice scutellatis ; ungues parvi, valde curvati. 

 Ptilosis mollis. 



■ m 



Eroessa tenclla, Hartlaub. 



Eroessa tenella, Haiti., sp. nov. 



Supra olivaceo-viridis, remigibus nigris, dorsi colore marginatis ; 

 nucha et regione parotica distincte cinereis, virescente lavatis ; 

 gutture, plumulis supranasalibus, periophthalmiis et Jlexura 

 alee pure fl avis ; pecfore et abdomine, subcaudalibus et subala- 

 ribus, albidis, flavo variegatis ; rostro brunnescente, mandibula 

 pallidiore ; pedibus pallidis. ( $ •) 

 Long. 3" 3'", rostr. a fr. 8'", al. 1" 8'", caud. 1" 3"', tars. 6V". 

 Hab. Madagascar {Gerrard) . 



This specimen was sent to me for examination by Mr. Alfred 

 Newton, having been received by him through his brother from Mr. 

 W. T. Gerrard. The species belongs to the family Sylviidce, and 

 comes generically nearest to Camaroptera, the curious structure of 

 the wings being almost the same in these two genera. The propor- 

 tionately large feet are also peculiar to both. The bill, however, is 

 very different, and reminds one most of the genus Zosterops ; but this 

 last differs totally in its wings, having no spurious first primary, &c. 

 &c. The generic place of Eroessa is decidedly near Camaroptera. 



5. Notes on some Mammalia from Port Albany (Cape York 

 Peninsula), North Australia, with the Descriptions of 

 some New Species. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., 

 V.P.Z.S., F.L.S., &c. 



(Plate XXV.) 



The British Museum has received from Mr. Charles Coxen a series 

 of Mammalia from Port Albany (Cape York Peniusula), North Au- 



