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Hab. Mediterranean Sea. 



Cab. Gaskoin, Saul, &c. 



This species differs from Cyprcsa Cribraria of Linn, in the general 

 conformation of the shell, being more cylindrical, in its short, obtuse 

 extremities, its wide aperture, particularly anteriorly, the large dot- 

 tings on the margin, the character of the teeth, the internal colour of 

 the shell, &c. 



Cypr^.e pulicis varietas. Cyp. testd longiore, dentibus nu- 

 merosioribus minutiorihisque, supra labrum circa viginti-novem, 

 supra columellam circa viginti-tribiis ; canali postico denticu- 

 lato. 

 Shell longer in form, of a light reddish-brown colour, aperture 

 narrower and straighter, teeth finer and much more numerous than 

 the ordinary form, being about twenty-nine on the lip, while the pro- 

 totype has about nineteen, and on the columella side, about twenty- 

 three, against from fourteen to seventeen ; posterior chaimel more or 

 less denticulated, 



Hab. ? 



Cab. Cuming, Gaskoin. 



2. Description of a new species of Nutcracker. 

 By John Gould, F.R.S. etc. 



Nucifraga multipunctata, Gould. 



Crown of the head and nape of the neck brownish black ; feathers 

 of the face, sides of the neck, back, chest and abdomen brownish 

 black, with a broad and conspicuous mark of dull white down the 

 centre ; wings glossy greenish black, the coverts and secondaries with 

 a lengthened triangular mark of white at the tip, a faint trace of a 

 similar mark appearing on the tips of the primaries ; tail glossy green- 

 ish black, the two centre feathers slightly, the next on each side more 

 largely, and the remaining three extensively tipped with white, the 

 extent of the white increasing as the feathers recede from the centre ; 

 under taU-coverts white ; upper tail-coverts and thighs striated with 

 white. 



Total length, 14^ inches ; bill, 1| ; wing, 8| ; tail, 7 ; tarsi. If. 



This species exceeds in size both the N. caryocatactes and N. he- 

 mispila, but at the same time has a smaller and more slender bill than 

 either of those birds ; it also differs from both of them in its length- 

 ened and cuneiform tail ; it has a greater quantity of white on the 

 apical portion of the tail-feathers than the European species, but less 

 than is found in the N. hemispila ; the white markings of the back 

 and the entire under surface are also much larger and more numerous 

 than in either of the other species, and are most remarkably developed 

 on the scapularies. 



The only specimen I have seen of this fine species is in the Museum 

 of the Philosophical Society at York ; its precise habitat is unknown, 

 but as other species which were certainly from Simla in India accom- 

 panied it, we may reasonably conclude it was from that country. 



