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into the olive of the upper surface on the flanks ; the feathers of the 
breast and upper part of the abdomen tipped with olive; bill and 
eyelash orange-red ; legs and feet orange-yellow. 
Total length 7 inches; billZ; wing 33; tail 22; tarsi 1}; 
toe and nail 1,4,; hind-toe and nail 3. 
Hab. Guatemala. 
Remark.—In size this bird is rather smaller than the European 
Redwing, Turdus Ilacus. 
middle 
December 12, 1854. 
R. C. Griffith, Esq. in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :-— 
1. DescripTions oF Firry-SEVEN NEw Species oF Her icra, 
rrom Mr. Cumine’s CoLuLecTION. 
By Dr. L. Preirrer. 
1, Henrx amazonica, Pfr. H. testa umbilicata, depressa, so- 
lida, superne confertim undulato-plicata et subgranulata, fulva, 
ad suturam et carinam rufo-maculata ; spira vix elevata, ob- 
tusa; anfract. 53 parum convexis, regulariter accrescentibus, 
ultimo non descendente, peripheria subacute carinato, basi in- 
fiato, confertim radjato-striato, flavescenti-albido, rufo-multi- 
fasciato ; umbilico angusto, pervio; apertura parum obliqua, 
angulato-lunari, intus margaritacea; perist. breviter reflexo, 
margine supero fere horizontaliter patente, basali arcuato, 
columellari in laminam triangularem, fornicatam expanso. 
Diam. maj. 51, min. 43, alt. 21 mill. 
Hab. Banks of the Amazon. 
2. Hewrx auris, Pfr. H. testa sinistrorsa, umbilicata, depressa, 
ambitu subauriformi, tenui, oblique confertim striatula, su- 
perne vie nitidula, isabellina; spira vie elevata, obtusa; su- 
tura lineari, minutissime crenulata ; anfract. 45 vix convexis, 
rapide acerescentibus, ultimo non descendente, peripheria sub- 
angulato, basi tumido, nitidiore ; apertura diagonali, subtetra- 
gono-rotundata ; perist. simplice, marginibus subconniventibus, 
externo recto, basali subincrassato, albo, juxta umbilicum an- 
gustum, pervium triangulatim reflexo. 
Diam. maj. 47, min. 37, alt. 22 mill. 
Hab. Koondah Mountains near Calicut (Pirrie). 
3. Heirx wnaquatis, Pfr. H. testa late umbilicata, depressa, 
solida, oblique rugoso-plicatula, lineis spiralibus impresso-punc- 
tatis, distantibus sculpta, nitidula, fusco-lutea, castaneo irre- 
gulariter strigata, interdum fascia | latiuscula nigra infra 
