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Totanus ochropus, Temm. 

 Anas Tutila, Pall. 



At the request of the Chairman Capt. Stoddart exhibited, with 

 the permission of the Committee of the Naval and Military Museum, 

 three Birds forming part of that collection. These were the Columba 

 spiloptera, Vig. ; the Tetraognllus Nigellii, Gray; and a new species 

 of Numida, Linn., remarkable for the nakedness of the head and of 

 the greater part of the neck ; for the possession of long hackled fea- 

 thers round the base of the neck and on the breast ; and for the ab- 

 sence of caruncle on the head. The latter bird was accompanied by 

 a detailed description by Major-General Hardwicke, which was read. 

 In it the author pointed out the distinctive characters between this 

 new species and the several previously described birds of the genus 

 Numida. It may be characterized as follows : 



Numida vultukina. Nuju. capite hand cristato coUique parte an- 

 teriore nudis, occipile tanttlm hrunnen-plumoso ; colli inferioris 

 pectorisque plumis elongatis, lanceolatis, coeruleo yiigroque variis, 

 vittd albd mediand notatis ; brunneo-nigra, albo guttata, Jas- 

 ciata, et lineata. 

 Long, a rostri ad caudas apicem, 18 unc; ad digiti medii apicem, 

 24 ; rostri, 2 unc. 



Rostrum brunneo-rubrum. 



The specimen was brought by Capt. Probyn from the Western 

 Coast of Africa. From the injured condition of the tail- and wing- 

 feathers it is evident that it had been kept in confinement, and it has 

 the appearance of having been under the influence of mouUing when 

 it died. 



Mr. Sabine called the attention of the Meeting to a specimen of a 

 hybrid Bird between the common Pheasant, Phasianus Colchicus, 

 Linn., and the grey hen, Tetrao Tetrix, Linn., which was exhibited. 

 Its legs were partially feathered ; it bore, on the shoulder, a white 

 spot ; and its middle tail-feathers were lengthened. Mr. Sabine 

 stated his intention of entering at some length into the history of 

 hybrid and cross animals in connexion with his description of this 

 bird. It was bred in Cornwall. 



A specimen was exhibited of a Bat captured in New Holland by 

 George Bennett, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S. It was brought under 

 the notice of the Meeting by Mr. Gray, who regarded it as previously 

 undescribed. He characterized it as 



Rhinolophus mkgaphyllus. Rhin. prosthemate posteriore ovato- 

 lanceolato, faciem latitudine subcequante ; pallid'^ murinus ; pa- 

 tagiis subnudis pills parcis albis subtils prope corpus instructis. 

 "Long, humeri, l'2^1in.; ulnee, 224- ,• pollivis cum ungue, 4 ; tibia, 

 9 ; pedis, 5 j calcaris, t> ; cauda, 12. 



Hab. in Nova Hollandia, in cavernis prope fluvium Moorumbidjee 

 dictum. 



