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To the preceding communication by Mr. Gray, the following de- 

 tails were added by Mr. Lovell Reeve : — 



BuLiMUS Denickei. Bui. testd pyramidali-conicd, subamplitei- 

 umbilicatd, a'pice papillari, anfractibus siiperne convexo-dedi- 

 vibus, medio acutangulis, carinatis, undique peculiariter cor- 

 rugatis et malleatis, opaco-albis, immactdatis, aperturd sub- 

 oblongo-ovatd, labro tenui, simplici, effvso, aperturcB fauce in- 

 tense purpureo-rosed. 

 Hab. Found imbedded in sand at the top of a lofty hill near the 

 Port of Chala, Peru, by Mr. Erneste Denicke. 



This interesting species of Btdimus is of about the same size and 

 form, and belongs to the same type, as £. lemniscatus, inhabiting 

 Ilo, Peru. Specifically it is very distinct, the entire surface of the 

 shell being peculiarly indented and shrivelled, and of an opake un- 

 spotted white. The interior of the aperture is of a deep purple-rose 

 colour. 



4. On a new species op Musophaga. 

 By John Gould, F.R.S. 



Mr. Gould exhibited to the meeting a drawing by Lieut. J. R. Stack, 

 of a new and beautiful species of Musophaga, of which a living ex- 

 ample had been for the last ten years in the possession of Lady Ross, 

 at St. Helena. Mr. Gould also exhibited some feathers shed from 

 the wings and tail of the bird, an examination of which, and of the 

 drawing, satisfied him that the bird was quite distinct from all pre- 

 viously described members of the genus. 



Lady Ross, who is at present in England, had informed Mr. Gould 

 that the bird was about the size of a hen-pheasant, and that it had 

 been brought to St. Helena from the western coast of Africa, but the 

 precise locality in which it had been procured was unknown to her. 



For this interesting addition to the Musophagce Mr. Gould pro- 

 posed the specific appellation of Rossce, in honour of its amiable 

 owner, who has promised that in the event of her not returning to 

 St. Helena, she will have the bird brought to England, where its 

 arrival will be hailed vnth pleasure by every lover of ornithological 

 science. 



Musophaga Ross.e. 



Body, wings and tail rich deep blue ; primaries and secondaries 

 arterial blood-red, narrowly margined and more broadly tipped vnth 

 purphsh brown, as in the other species of the genus ; crown sur- 

 niounted with a high rounded crest of hair-like blood-red feathers ; 

 bill and denuded orbits yellow ; irides brown. 



