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August 8th, 1837. 



Richard Owen, Esq., in the Chair. 



A letter was read from J. B. Harvey, Esq., of Teignmouth, Devon- 

 shire, Corresponding Member, addressed to W. Yarrell, Esq., accom- 

 panying a donation to the Society of some very beautifully preserved 

 specimens of Radiata and Fish. 



Mr. Gould then called the attention of the Meeting to the con- 

 eluding part of his work on the Birds of Europe, which he laid on 

 the table as a donation to the Library ; and he expressed the grati- 

 fication which he felt at having brought to a successful termination 

 a publication upon which he had been engaged with almost unre- 

 mitting attention for more than five years. 



The Chairman, in returning the thanks of the Meeting to Mr. 

 Gould for his donation, spoke of the advantages accruing to the 

 Society from being connected with a naturalist whose works on Or- 

 nithology were justly held in the highest estimation both here and 

 on the Continent. 



Mr. Gould then characterised the following birds from the So- 

 ciety's collection as new species : 



CoRvus NOBiLis. Corv. corpore toto nitide nigro, non sineful- 

 gore purpureo ac viridi prcBcijme ad alas ac scapulas, necnon 

 ad gulam pectusque ubi plumcB sunt elotigatce et lanceolatcB ; 

 Cauda lata et gradatd ; rostro pedibusqice nigris. 



Long. tot. 25 unc.,- rostri, ^ ; alee, 18 ; caudce, 11 / tarsi, 3. 



Hai. Mexico. 



Obs. This beautiful species is a true raven, and may be distin- 

 guished from the European, and from that inhabiting the United 

 States of America, by the more metallic lustre of its plumage, by its 

 more lengthened and slender bill, the greater length of its primaries, 

 and the more cuneate form of its tail. 



Ortyx guttata. Ort. capite crislato ; summo capite tiigres-. 

 centi-brimneo ; fronte et lined siipra-oculari usque ad occiput ten- 

 dentepallide brunneis, singulis plumis ad apicem pallidioribus ; 

 gutture nigro in longum li7ieis albis exiguis striata. Plumis 

 atiricularibus, lined utriitsqiie colli lateris ad nucham coales- 

 cente, castaneo-brutmeis ; dorso rufo-brunneo, pluinis sitigulis 

 liyieis obscuris siibfuscis delicate fasciatis, strigd centrali albes- 

 centi-cervind interpositd. Scajmlaribus alaque tectricibus ma- 

 joribus magts brunneis, notis vonspicnis nigerrimis, transversim 

 et irregulariter striatis, interspaliis guttulis undulatis repletis: 

 plumis scaptdaribus, teclricibusque mujoribus ct minoribus notam 



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