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Grenada et fl. Napo ; (4) E. pictus (PI. Enl. 330 ; Bucco elegans, 

 Gm., Capito maynanensis, Gray) ; (5) E. erythrocephalus 

 (Tsch. Fauu. Per. p. 260) ex Peruv. Orientali ; (6) E. hartlaubi 

 (Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 180, et 1849, p. 176, pi. 6 ; Capito ca- 

 pistratus, Eyton, Contr. Ora. 1849, p. 131, et Megalamia capis- 

 trata, ibid. 1850, p. 29, pi. 45) ex Bogota, fl. Napo, et Peruv. 

 Orientali ; (7) E. glaucogularis (Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 259, pi. 24. 

 f. 2) ex Peruv. Orient. 



Of the genus Capito, besides the C. cayanensis and C. peruvianus 

 and the intermediate C. amazoninus, there is a very beautiful fourth 

 species, C. aurovirens (Le Vaill. Prom. Suppl. pi. E., Bucco auro- 

 virens, Cuv.) . This bird was met with at Sarayacu on the Ucayali 

 by MM. Castlenau and Deville during their voyage, and there are 

 specimens in the Paris Museum from their collection. Mr. Gould 

 possesses specimens obtained by Hauxwell on the same river. 



The third and only remaining American genus of the family is 

 Tetrayonops, a very peculiar form from the Quitian Andes, de- 

 scribed by Sir William Jardine in the Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. 1855, 

 a. s. ii. p. 404. 



75. Chloronerpes erythrops (Vieill.). 

 Ega. 



76. Crotophaga major, Linn. 

 Rio Javarri. 



77. Eurypyga helias (Pallas). 

 Rio Javarri. 



78. Tigrisoma brasiliense (Linn.). 

 Rio Javarri. 



79. Tigrisoma tigrinum (Gm.). 

 Rio Javarri. 



December 8, 1857. 



Dr. Gray, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On a New Species of Cassowary. 

 By John Gould, F.R.S., V.P., etc. 



(Aves, PI. CXXIX.) 



I think it has been shown, that not only many species, but whole 

 genera, and even great families of birds, formerly existed on the sur- 

 face of the globe, of which no living representatives now remain, but 





