198 MR. GOULD ON TWO NEW HUMMING-BIRDS. [May 14, 



Another example of the same bird has since been received from 

 Capt. Commerell, R.N., V.C, of H. M.S. ' Magicienne.' 



A ship recently arrived from Sydney had brought examples of 

 several very beautiful specimens of Australian FringiUidce, which 

 had been secured for the Menagerie. They belonged to the follow- 

 ing species, and were said to have been captured in the vicinity of 

 Port Curtis in the new colony of Queensland. 



1. Estrelda bichenovii, Gould, Birds of Australia, vol. iii. pi. 80. 



2. Estrelda phaef 071, ih\d. p]. 83. 



3. Estrelda ruficauda, ibid. pi. 84. 



4. Poephila cincta, ibid. pi. 93. 



5. Donacola castaneothorax, ibid. pi. 94. 



Of these, Estrelda ruficauda and Donacola castaneothorax had 

 been received in the previous year ; but the other three species were 

 new to the Society's collection. 



Mr. Leadbeater exhibited examples of both sexes of the Perdix 

 hodgsonice which had been shot by iVIajor J. C. Hay, of Hopes, 

 Haddington, N. B., — one near the Budhist Monastery at Hanlee in 

 Thibet, and the other near the foot of the Lanak Pass on the Hanlee 

 side, 1856. In two former tours in the same district Major Hay 

 had not met with this bird, and on the occasion alluded to had only 

 seen five. 



Dr. Gray made some observations on the species of Mammals of 

 which specimens had been obtained by M. Du Chaillu in Western 

 Equatorial Africa. 



The Secretary called the attention of the meeting to a stuffed 

 example of a young male Gorilla (Troglodytes gorilla) on the table. 

 This animal had been shipped alive for the Society by John Bu- 

 chanan, Esq., from the Gaboon in June 1859, but had died on the 

 passage, and reached England in a cask of spirits. 



The following papers were read : — 

 1. Descriptions of Two New Species of Humming-Bird, 



BELONGING TO THE GeNUS HyPUROPTILA. By JoHN GoULD, 



Esq., F.R.S., etc. 



Hypuroptila urochrysa. 



Head and upper surface dark green, becoming of a bronzy hue on 

 the wing- and tail-coverts ; wings purplish brown ; tail rich golden- 

 bronze both above and beneath ; throat and breast grass-green ; 

 thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts pure white ; upper mandible 

 black ; under mandible fleshy-red, with a black tip ; tarsi yellow or 

 flesh-colour. 



Total length 4| inches ; bill li ; wing 2| ; tail 1^ ; tarsus \. 



Hab. Panama. 



Remark. — This species closely resembles the H. huffoni in size 



