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two Parrots in the Society's Collection, one of which, now alive in 

 the Menagerie, distinguished by a brilliant purple plumage over the 

 head, nape, and breast, and which came from South America, he 

 characterized under the name of Psittacus aiigustus ; the second, of 

 which two specimens had been procured from the late Rev. Lans- 

 down Guilding's collection, received from the Island of St. Vincent, 

 but the precise locality of which was not known, he described by 

 the name of Psittacus Guildingii. 



Psittacus Augustus. Psitt. viridis, capile, colld corporeque suhtiis 



splendide purpureis, sincipite viridi tincto, torque nuchali satura- 



tiore ; humeris rectricibusque coccineo notatis, his ad apices pur- 



purascenti-fiisco tinctis. 



Plumulse nucha corporisqne infra nigro ad apices marginatae ; i?i- 



terscapulii tectricumqae femoris azureo leviter ad apices tinctae. Mag- 



nitudo Platycerci Vases. 



Psittacus Guildingii. Psitt, capitis fronte albescente, sincipite 



yenisque flavis, occipite mentoqtie azureis, nuchd viridi ; alis viri- 



dibus in medio fascid aiirantiaco-flavd notatis, ad apices nigris ; 



caudd ad basin anrantiacd, deinde fascid viridi in medio lazulind 



notatd, ad apicem fiavu. 



Plumulse occipitis ad basin flavescentes, deinde azurese, fascia gra- 



cili nigro-brunneEi ; nucha virides fascia latiore notatse. Remigis 



primaria ad basin flavae, secundaria aurantiacse ; ad apices nigrse ; in- 



terionim plumis externis lazulino tinctis, rhachibus nigi-is. Rectricis 



suprk ad basin flavae, deinde aurantiaco viride marginato notatae, 



posted, extern^ lazulinse, extern^ nigrae, ad apices aurantiaco-flavae, 



rhachibus nigris ; subtus ad basin aurantiacae, in medio virides, ad 



apices flavae. Rostrum album. Long. corp. 17|^ unc. ; alee a carpo 



ad apicem remigis 4tae, 12; tarsi, |-; caudae, 8; mandibulee supe- 



rioris, 1^; inferioris, 1^. 



Mr. Gould, at the request of the Chairman, exhibited to the 

 Meeting two tribes of Birds, viz. the Tamatias, from the warmer 

 parts of America, and the Coursers, from the arid regions of Africa 

 and India. Mr. Gould observed, that of the first group, only five 

 species appear to have been known to Linnaeus; eleven others had 

 since been added, making sixteen: the Society's collection contained 

 thirteen species. Mr. Gould exhibited a series of drawings in illus- 

 tration of the group, and characterized one new species under the 

 name of Tamatia bicincta, as follows : 



Tamatia bicincta. Tarn, guld et corpore inferni subtils ochraceo- 

 fulvis ; pectore duahus fasciis nigris transversim striato ; lateribus 

 fiavido-albis nigro maculatis ; plumis auricularibus griseis, mar- 

 ginalibus subtiis brunned fused tinctis ; fascid nuchali grised ; cor- 

 pore summo cauddque superne brunneis ; tectricibus alarum secun- 

 dariis ad apicem ochraceo-albis hoc colore dorso guttata; rectrici- 

 busque externis tnarginalibus . 



Long. tot. 8 unc. ; rostri, \^ ; alee, 3^; caudee, 3 ; tarsi, \. 



Hab. Cayenne ? 



