36 MR. J. Y.JOHNSON ON NEW FISHES FROM MADEIRA. [Jan. 13, 



Rallina PHILIPPENSIS. 



Rallus philippensis, L. 



Hab. Bouru and the islands eastward. 



Dendrocygna guttulata. 



Anas guttulata, Temm. 



Hab. Bouru, Ceram, and Celebes. 



Tadorna radjah. 



Anas radjah. Less. & Gam. Voy. Coq. Zool. pi. 49. 



Eyelids yellow ; iris milk-white ; bill and feet white ; claws dusky 

 white ; nostrils blackish. 



Total length 21 inches. 



Hab. Bouru, the Moluccas, and New Guinea. 



Remarks. — Lesson describes the bill and feet of this bird as red. 

 In dried specimens they become of a dull reddish white ; but in the 

 Hving bird are entirely white. Lesson's specimen was obtained in 

 Bouru. 



Podiceps tricolor. 



Podiceps tricolor, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 366. 

 Bill black ; base of the lower mandible lemon-yellow, which ex- 

 tends up towards the eye. 



Rab. Bouru and the Moluccas. 



5, Descriptions of Five New Species of Fishes obtained 

 at Madeira. By James Yate Johnson, Corr. Mem. Z. S. 



(Plate VII.) 



Fam. ScoMBRiD^. 



Brama puinceps, sp. n. 

 D. 5.27-33. P. 20. V. 1.5. A. 3.26. C. iv. 15. iv. M. B. 7. 



Body oval, compressed, and elevated, the height compared with 

 the length being as 1 to 2^ or 2|. It is of a blackish-grey colour, 

 beautifully reflecting white and iridescent hues. A. coppery lustre 

 is reflected in certain hghts from the sides of the body and the head. 

 The hinder portion (black) of the body is covered with large striated 

 scales ; those on the head have finely pectinated edges, those on the 

 body have simple borders. Between and in front of the eyes the 

 head is scaleless. 



The head is short and abrupt; its length to that of the whole fish 

 is as 1 to 2f . The e%je is vertically oval ; the pupil a pale grey, the 

 iris a dark brown. It is contained about A\ times on the head, and 

 is removed from the muzzle by a space equal to about \\ times its 

 longer axis. Above it there is a space equal to 1^ times its longer 

 axis, and below it a space equal to twice that axis. There is only 



