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July 25, 1843. 
William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
A letter from E. L. Moore, Esq., Corresponding Member, dated 
Newfoundland, June 16, 1843, was read. It announced that that 
gentleman had forwarded, as a present to the Scciety, a young Harp- 
Seal and two heads of the Hooded Seal, preserved in brine. 
Mr. Prince exhibited to the Meeting, on the part of Mr. Gould, 
nine new Birds, collected during the recent voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, 
which, together with Coryphilus Dryas, exhibited by Mr. Gould at 
the meeting held on the 22nd of November 1842, and Péeroglossus 
erythropygius and Pterocles personatus, exhibited by him on the 14th 
of February 1843, comprise the whole of the ornithological novelties 
brought home by the expedition. 
The species now exhibited were 
Haucyon savropnaca. Hale. capite, collo, dorso superiore et 
corpore subtis albis, ceteris partibus saturate ceruleis, dorso vi- 
rescente. 
Head, neck, upper part of the back and all the under surface white, 
with the exception of the lores, which are black, and a narrow lon- 
gitudinal mark immediately behind the eye, which is deep blue; re- 
‘mainder of the upper surface, wings and tail deep blue, tinged with 
green on the back and scapularies; bill black; basal half of the 
under mandible horn-colour ; tarsi and feet blackish brown, tinged 
with purple. 
Total length, 103 inches; bill, 22; wing, 42; tail, 33; tarsi, 2. 
Remark.—A typical Halcyon and one of the largest of the genus, 
differing from every other species known, particularly the Alcedo 
leucocephala of Latham, which specific term would be much more 
appropriate for the present bird. 
Hab. New Guinea. 
Pirra viretuina. Pip. vertice, vittd dorsali, alis, cauddque nigris ; 
mento, guld, pectore et torque nuchali vitellinis, partibus reliquis 
olivaceo-viridibus. 
Crown of the head, band across the back, wings and tail black ; 
chin, throat, ear-coverts, chest and collar round the back of the neck, 
beautiful yolk-of-egg yellow; rump and upper tail-coverts olive- 
green ; abdomen and under tail-coverts paler olive-green, into which 
the yellow of the chest gradually passes; bill black; legs yellowish 
brown. 
Total length, 32 inches; bill, 3; wing, 2; tail, 13; tarsi, 2. 
Hab. Panama. 
The only specimen procured is now in the British Museum. 
