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August 23, 1842. 
William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Prince exhibited, on the part of Mr. Gould, two new species 
of Australian Birds. These Mr. Gould characterizes as follows :— 
Asrur cruentus. Ast. capite et occipite plumbeis ; torque nuchalt 
castaneo dorso, alis, cauddque eplumbeo-fuscis ; fusco colore apud 
dorsum magis prevalente, plumbeo apud ceteras partes ; remigum 
primorum pogoniis internis ad basim albescentibus et plumbeo- 
fasciatis ; corpore inferiore ferrugineo, fasciis crebris, angustis et 
semicircularibus ornato. 
Male.—Crown of the head and occiput dark slate-colour ; sides of 
the face grey ; at the back of the neck a collar of chestnut-red ; back, 
wings and tail slaty brown, the brown hue predominating on the 
back and the slate-colour upon the other parts; inner webs of the 
primaries fading into white at the base, and crossed by bars of slate- 
colour; the interspaces freckled with buff; inner webs of the tail- 
feathers marked in a precisely similar manner ; chin buffy white ; all 
the under surface rust-red, crossed by numerous narrow semicircular 
bands of white; irides bright yellow; cere dull yellow ; bill black at 
the tip, blue at the base ; legs and feet pale yellow; claws black. 
Total length, 144 inches; bill, 3; wing, 7 ; tail, 6; tarsi, 24. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
This species is intermediate in size between Astur approximans 
and Accipiter torquatus, but is of a more grey or blue colour on the 
back, and has the transverse lines on the breast narrower and more 
rufous. 
LosrvaneLtus personatus. Lob. verlice et occipiie nigerrimis ; 
Ffaciei lateribus nuchd, uropygio, et corpore inferiore albis ; dorso 
et plumis scapularibus pallidé fuscescenti-cinereis ; paleis penden- 
tibus flavis ; rostro ad basim flavis ad apicem nigris ; pedibus e 
carneo-rubris. 
Crown of the head and occiput jet-black ; sides of the face, back 
of the neck, rump, and all the under surface pure white ; back and 
scapularies light brownish grey ; wing-coverts grey; primaries deep 
black ; secondaries white at the base on their inner webs, cinnamon- 
grey on their outer webs, and largely tipped with black ; the extreme 
ends of the feathers being cinnamon-grey, particularly the two cen- 
tral ones ; irides primrose-yellow ; wattles lemon-yellow ; bill lemon- 
yellow at the base, black at the tip; legs and feet carmine-red; the 
scales in front blackish green. 
Total length, 12 inches; bill, 12; wing, 82; tail, 4; tarsi, 23. 
Hab. North coast of Australia. 
