388 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [JniieU, 



34. Parra gallinacea. 



35. ErYTHRA aUADRISTRIGATA J . 



An egg taken from the oviduct of this specimen is of a dirty 

 greenish white, the ground-colour ahnost obscured by dots, spots, 

 and a few blotches of brownish red and yellowish brown, many of the 

 larger markings appearing beneath the surface; length 1-08 by "86. 



36. Chlamydochen jubata. 

 Very scarce at Rockingham Bay. 



37. Nettapus pulchellus. 



38. Dendrocygna vagans. 



39. Angus stolidus. 



Caught on the yard-arm of the ship, while off Port Curtiss, 



40. Casuaritjs australis. 



I regret extremely that, although Cassowaries were seen on several 

 occasions, none were obtained. The black troopers accompanied 

 Spalding on many occasions in search of them ; but although the 

 birds were seen they could not be got at otherwise than by lying in 

 wait for them at dusk, which, on account of the hostility of the 

 native blacks, could not be attempted without great risk of life. 



3. Descriptions of Four New Species of Birds from Veragua. 

 By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and Osbert 

 Salvin, M.A., F.L.S. &c. 



1. Pyranga testacea, sp. nov. 

 Pyranija hej^atica, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 139. 

 Testaceo-ruhra unicolor, suhtus clarior : loris obscure cinereis, 

 alis intiis fusco-nigris, extus dorsi colore Limbatis : rost'ro ni- 

 gricanti-corneo, dente muxillari medio distincto ; mandibula 

 ad basin fiavicante : pedibus obscure corylinis : long, tola 7'0, 

 al(B 3'6, caiuke 3'1, rostri a virtu 0"9, taisi O'Sa. 

 2. Flavicanti-olivacea, subtus aureo-Jlava ; pectore et lateribus 



olivareo j)erfusis ; subalaribus Jiavis. 

 Hab. Veragua ; Chitra et Calovcvora {Arcc). 

 Obs. Proxima P. hejiaticce, sed crassitie multo minore, et colore 

 saturatiore distinguenda. 



In Arcc's earlier collections from Veragua was a single skin of a 

 male Tanager of this genus in transition plumage, which Salvin, 

 misled by the prominent maxillary tooth, referred to P. hepatica. 

 Several skins of both sexes of the same bird are in Arce's recent 

 collections, and show that the species is essentially distinct from the 

 northern bird. It differs in its much smaller size, in its very dis- 

 tinct maxillary tooth (which is as prominent as in P. bidentata), and 



