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Pale reddish brown above, with black white- edged spots, united 

 by black lines; on the tail two black bands with white margins; — 

 the abdominal surface whitish yellow, alternately blue-l)lack, in- 

 closed on both sides by a black serrated line. 



Elaps fukcatus*, Schneider, Var. El. supernc pall'ide hrunneo- 

 rubescens, lined Jorsall sub/lava nigro serratim niarginald, caudd 

 Jasciis tr'ibus nigris cinctd, abdomine Jlavo albescenti, lined nigra 

 utrinque incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 238. 

 Svutella subiaudaUa 24. 

 Habitat. Sincapore. 



Pale reddish brown, above with a light yellow dorsal line, with 

 black serrated margins ; on the tail three black bands ; the abdo- 

 minal surface whitish yellow, inclosed on each side by a black line. 



Mr. Fraser exhibited a new species of Corythaix, which he pro- 

 ceeded to characterize as follows : 



CoKYTHAix MACRORHYNCHUS. Cor. Tostro prcpgraudi aurantiaco, 

 ad basin sanguineo ; capite, cristd, collo pectoreque viridibus ; 

 cristd ad apicem albd, et 2iurpureo notatd ; lined alba infra oculos 

 excurrente ; dorso alisque metallice purpureis ; pri7nariis san- 

 guineis nigro marginatis ; catidd supernc metallice viridi ; femo- 

 ribus cauddque subtics nigris ; tarsis nigris. 



Long. tot. 14 poll. ; rostri, 1^ ; ala, 6 ; caudte, 6 ; tarsi, \\. 



Hah. ? 



This species of Corythaix lived for some time in the Society's 

 Menagerie, having been purchased from a dealer who was unac- 

 quainted, with its locality. • 



Compared with the known species of the genus, it approaches 

 most nearly to the Corythaix Persa of authors, but from this it may 

 readily be distinguished by its smaller size ; and the form, compara- 

 tively large size, and colouring of the beak. The colouring of the 

 plumage also differs in some respects : like C. Persa, the head, neck, 

 and breast are green, but the feathers on these parts are of a deeper 

 hue than in that species ; the feathers of the crest, instead of being 

 simply tipped with white, having a white transverse line near the 

 apex, but at the apex they are purple-black. Minute black feathers 

 encircle the eye, and a white stripe extends from beneath the eye 

 on to the ear. The beak is much arched above, and somewhat in- 

 flated at the base ; the nostrils are very leirge, and not hidden, as in 

 C. Persa, by the decumbent feathers, these extending only to the 

 posterior angle of the nostril. The upper mandible is of a bright 

 yellow colour, excepting all that portion which lies below and be- 

 hind the nostrils, which is of a brilliant red colour ; the lower man- 

 dible is of the same red tint, but tipped with yellow. Both mandi- 

 bles present simple sharp-cutting edges, in this respect exhibiting a 

 different structure from that observable in the allied species, C. Persa 

 and C. Buffonii, in which the mandibles have their cutting edges 



* Russell, II., No. xix. 



