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Platycercus h^matogaster. Plat, fronte facieque ccEi-uleis ; 

 summo capite, nucha, plumisque auricularibus Jiavescenti-cine- 

 reis ; pectore cinereo tincto brunneo ; pliimis atiricularibus ad 

 partem superiorem stramineis ; uropygio, tectricibusque supe- 

 rioribus caudcB cerinis ; articulo humerali pallide ccerideo ; 

 primariis intense fuscis etad apicem acutis ; secondariis tectri- 

 cibusque majoribus violaceo-cceruleis ; tectricibus minoribus 

 alisque ad partem superiorem intense, coccineis ; lateribus tec- 

 tricibusque iriferioribus pallide Jlavis ; abdomine medio nitide 

 coccineo; plumis duabus intermediis caudce ad bases pallide 

 olivaceo-viridibus ad apices in cceruleum transeunte. Reli- 

 quis plumis ad bases intense cceruleis ad apices i?i album trans- 

 eunte ; rostra corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 1 2 unc. ; alee § ; cauda 7 ; tarsi |. 



Hab. Nova Cambria Australi. 



Mr. Gould also exhibited, on the part of Mr. Burton, a new spe- 

 cies of Kingfisher, from the collection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, be- 

 longing to the genus Ceyx, of Lacepede. Mr. Burton had proposed 

 to characterize it under the specific name of microsoma. 



Ceyx microsoma. Ceyx subcristata, capite cauddque supra, 

 nucha et humeris rufis ; strigd ab oculis ad nucham {pone ocu- 

 los leviter, apud nucham iiitense) dorso et uropygio hyalino 

 splendentibus ; alis brunneis, pogoniis remigum internis rufo 

 marginatis, tectricibus punctis hyalinis ornatis : infra pallide 

 rufa hoc colore apud ventrem dilutiore ; mento, guld et strigd 

 auriculari albidis : rostra prcegrandi, aurantiaco. Pedibus 

 rubris. 



Long. Corp. 4^ unc. ; capitis 2 ; rostri ab apice ad rectum 1 ^ ; 

 caudee 1. 



Hab. in India Maderaspatana. 



Mr. Gould afterwards exhibited, on the part of the same gentle- 

 man, a specimen of the genus Caprimulgus, supposed to be the fe- 

 male of C. monticolus, and of which Mr. Burton had furnished the 

 following description : 



Caprimulgus MONTICOLUS, Franklin*. Fcemina? Capr. pal- 

 lidior mari : remigibus macula notatis rufd, ubi mas gavdet 

 alba ; jugulo rufo tincto ; caudd rufd nigro fasciatd et inspersd, 

 rufo rectrices apud exteriores dominante, caiuJdque externa maris 

 albo omnino carente. 

 Forma et staturd mari simillimd. 



Hab. in India septentrionali. In Musseo Medico -militari, Chat- 

 ham. 



Ohs. The general form, character and colouring of this specimen 

 harmonize so perfectly with those of Caprimulgus monticolus, that 

 I have thought it safe to consider it as the female, until local obser- 



* Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence (Zool. Soc.'). 

 1830-1. ■' 



