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February 14, 1848. 
William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
A Letter from James Brooke, Esq., Corresponding Member, was 
read, in which that gentleman begs to present to the Society the 
whole of the zoological specimens he has from time to time forwarded 
to England, A portion of this extensive collection, which was formed 
by Mr. Brooke chiefly at Borneo and Sincapore, was laid before the 
Meeting. 
Mr, Gould exhibited and characterized the followmg two new 
species of Birds, from the collection formed by Capt, Sir Edward 
Belcher, R.N., during the voyage of Her Majesty’s Ship ‘ Sulphur.’ 
PreRocLossus ERYTHROPYGIUS. Pt. vertice, facie, mento, et dorso 
superiore nitid? virescenti-nigris ; alis cauddque sordide fusce- 
scenti-viridibus ; dorso inferiore, uropygio, et caude tectricibus 
splendid? sanguineis ; corpore inferiore flavo, pectore superiore 
sanguineo tincto, inferiore vittd coloribus nigro et sanguineo com- 
miatis, fasciato. 
Crown of the head, sides of the face, chin, and upper part of the 
back shining greenish black; wings and tail dull brownish green ; 
lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts shining blood- 
red ; under surface yellow, stained on the chest with blood-red, and 
crossed on the breast by a band of mingled black and blood-red ; bill 
bordered at the base by a narrow line of dull white; the remainder 
of the bill yellowish horn colour, with a broad stripe of black along 
the upper mandible near the cutting edge, and the tip of the under 
mandible black ; feet greenish black. 
Total length, 18 inches; bill, 5; wing, 61; tail, 74; tarsi, 1i. 
Prerocies personatus. Pt. plumis a basi rostri, usque ad oculos, 
intens? nigris ; capitis reliquis partibus, collo, et pectore arenaceo- 
cervinis, non sine tincturd vinosd ad basim colli; dorso vinoso- 
Fusco; caude tectricibus pallide fuscis, notis irregularibus cervinis 
per plumas in lineis obliquis ordinatis, crebre guttatis, 
Femina facie nigra caret. 
Male.—Feathers surrounding the base of the bill, as far as the 
eyes, deep velvety black ; remainder of the head, as well as the neck 
and chest, sandy buff, tinged with vinous at the base of the neck, 
both above and below; back vinous brown; wings sandy buff, the 
coverts tipped with dark brown, which colour forms three semicir- 
cular fascize across the wing; primaries and secondaries dark brown, 
the latter marked irregularly with sandy buff on the basal half of 
their outer margins ; rump and upper tail-coverts light brown, with 
No, CXXI.—Procrepines or THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 
