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inferiore rufo; caudd ut in D. laterali, at magis gradatd ; rostro 
nigro. 
Long. tot. 63 poll. ; rostri, 3; ale, 24; caude, 25; tarsi, . 
Hab. River Nin, Western Africa. 
This species differs from others of the genus here described in 
having the white of the under parts extending to the nostrils, a ru- 
fous crown to the head, and a black beak. It was shot near the 
mouth of the above-mentioned river in the month of August. 
Drymoica rurA. Drym. supra rufa, subtis sordide flava, rostro 
tarsisque flavis. 
Hab River Quorra, opposite Iddah. 
Drymorca RuFocunaris. Drym. 2 supra fuliginosé fusca, leviter 
viridi tincta ; guld pectoreque rufescentibus ; abdomine, tectricibus 
alarum inferioribus et caudd utringue rectricibus tribus externis 
albis; rostro supra nigro, subtis flavo ; tarsis carneis, iridibus 
pallide rufescenti-fuscis. 
Long. tot. 3? poll. ; rostri, 4; ale, 13; caude, 12; tarsi, 2. 
Hab. Clarence, Fernando Po. x 
Drymoica vropyGiaLis. Drym. supra fusca, singulis plumis pal- 
lidiore marginatis, strigd superciliari et corpore subtis albis, late- 
ribus et femoribus levitér rufo-lavatis, uropygio subrufo; caudd 
saturate fuscd, fascid perpallide rufa, alterd nigra, et apice albo, 
rostro fusco, tarsis flavis. . 
Long. tot. 4 poll. ; rostri, 3; ale, 2; caudz, 13; tarsi, 3. 
Hab. Accra. 
A series of Shells were laid before the Meeting, upon which Mr. 
Hinds observed that they constituted the first portion of a collection 
which it is proposed, from time to time, to bring under the notice of 
the Society. The collection was made by Captain Sir Edward Bel- 
cher, R.N., C.B., during the late voyage of Her Majesty’s Ship 
‘Sulphur,’ aided by the cooperation of Mr, Hinds, the surgeon of 
the vessel ; and it is the intention to publish them in a collected form 
in the forthcoming ‘ Zoology of the Sulphur,’ with copious illustra- 
tions of everything of novelty or interest. The following descrip- 
tions are by Mr. Hinds :— 
_ Tricuorroris, Brod. et Sow. 
_Tricnorroris caNceLLata. Tri. testd oblongd ; anfractibus senis, 
rotundatis, costatis, valde cancellatis; costis setosis; anfractu 
ultimo infrd subplanulato ; suturd profundd ; aperturd rotundatd, 
ad basin truncatd; umbilico parvo lineari, labio inferno feré oc- 
culto. Axis 8 lin. 
Hab. Sitka, North-west America. Dredged in the harbour from 
a sandy bottom, in from five to seven fathoms, together with T. 
inermis. 
Shell oblong, the spire more produced than in TY. bicarinata; the 
whorls separated by a deep suture, profoundly cancellated; many 
