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April 8, 1834. 



Dr. Marshall Hall in the Chair. 



A Letter was read, addressed to the Secretary by John Hearne, 

 Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S., dated Port au Prince, Feb. 1.5, 1834. It 

 accompanied a present to the Society of a pair of the common Goats 

 of Hayti ; referred to various Birds which it is the intention of the 

 writer to forward when the season is more advanced ; and gave some 

 particulars of a bird known in the island by the name of the Musicien, 

 respecting which Mr. Hearne hopes to obtain, in the course of a jour- 

 ney which he projects into the higher lands of the interior, more full 

 information than he at present possesses. 



Some extracts were read from a Letter, addressed to Mr. Yarrell 

 by Dr. A. Smith, Corr. Memb. Z. S., dated Cape Town, Jan. 12, 

 1834. It refers to the projected expedition from the Cape of Good 

 Hope into the interior of Africa, which it is the intention of the writer 

 to accompany. It is designed to proceed directly nortliward from 

 Latakoo ; and Dr. Smith anticipates in this new field numerous ad- 

 ditions to his Zoological stores : along the eastern and western coasts 

 lie has already penetrated to a considerable distance. Speaking of 

 the Rodentia, so numerous in Southern Africa, he mentions as col- 

 lected by him, in his late visit to Port Natal and the Zoola country, 

 a second species of his genus Dendromijs. He also notices a new 

 species of Chrysochloris obtained by him in the same country. 



At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould exhibited an exten- 

 sive series of Birds of the genus Trogon, Linn., comprising twenty- 

 five species. The greater number of them form part of the Society's 

 Museum, and the others were derived from his own collection. 



He pointed out the distinguishing marks of the two sections of 

 the genus, one of which is confined to America, while the other 

 inhabits the Old Continent. He also pointed out among the species 

 exhibited there which he regarded as hitherto undescribed ; these he 

 named and characterized as follows : 



Trogon erythrocephalus. Trog. capite guttureque sordid^ 

 sanguineis, hoc postice striga alba obsoletd cincto ; pectore ven- 

 treque coccineis ; dorso tectricibusque caudce superioribus arenaceo- 

 castaneis ; scapularibiis alceque tectricibus major ibus nigro alboque 

 Jlexuosim strigatis. 



Foem. Capite guttureque arenaceo-brunneis ; torque alba magis qur.m 

 in mare conspicuo ; scapularibiis nigro brunneoque strigatis. 



Rostrum brunneum ; maudibularum basis regioque ophihalmica 

 nuda coccineae. 



Long. tot. 12 vel 13 unc; alee, 5. 



Hab. apud Rangoon. 

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