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the neck, and the marks in front of it, bright chesnut-rufous. The gener- 

 al colouring also is less nigrescent ; and one female has a strongly defined 

 dark line from eye to nose, and another along middle of nose, separated 

 by a contrasting pale space. A male and two females are before me. 



5. Til. fuscatus, nobis, n. s. : Meminna malaccensis {?), Gray, Brit. 

 Mus. Catal. Larger than Tr. javanicus ; an adult female measuring, 

 from hock to point of succentorial hoof, 4| in. General hue whitish, with 

 prevailing dusky tips to the fur : beneath wholly white : neck of the 

 same hue as the body, but with a dark nape-streak commencing from the 

 forehead, and the usual white markings in front, alternating with the two 

 dark ones, which are broad and nigrescent. Perhaps a third variety of the 

 javanicus ; but. if so, a very distinct one. Hab. ? 



The second species, however, which I have doubtfully assigned to Tr. 

 pelandoc, is most assuredly no variety of the Kanchil ; and I do not 

 in the least hesitate to regard it as a well characterized species. 



The birds comprise numerous Lories, Cockatoos, and other Parrots ; 

 of which the following are uew to the Society's museum. Eolophus 

 philippinaram, (6m.), Lorius cyanauchen, Muller,* and Chalcop- 

 sitta NOY2E Guinea : also 2 Eoieus, 3 Swans, 3 Sards Cranes, a couple 

 of white Crows, a white (or rather lutino) ' Hurrial' or fruit-Pigeon 

 (Osmotreron bicincta), sundry Gallinacece, and others which need not 

 be particularized : the only novelty being two specimens (old and young, 

 in very bad condition,) of the Phaps histrionica, (Gould). The fol- 

 lowing Australian species are, however, worthy of notice, as having evi- 



* Syn. L. superbus, Fraser ; but the L. lory, (L., v. tricolor, Stephens,) 

 is subject to so much variation, that I have great doubt if the present bird is 

 more than an occasional variety of it. The principal difference is, that this is 

 blue under the wing (brighter than in L. domicellus), whereas L. lory is usu- 

 ally red under the wing : there is also an unusual amount of red up the back, 

 and the blue of the hind-part of the neck is particularly brilliant ; but the latter 

 varies much in brightness in different specimens of L. lory, as do also the 

 relative proportions of the blue and red both above and below, — some .having 

 nearly the whole under-parts blackish-blue, passing to vivid prussian-blue pos- 

 teriorly, and others being crimson as far back as the thighs, with various inter- 

 mediate phases. This particular specimen of CYANAUCHen has lost many of its 

 upper nape-feathers, so that it cannot be ascertained whether the usual red occi- 

 pital band had been present ; but I observe that some of the black feathers of 

 the hindmost part of the cap are partly red at base. I repeat my doubt that it 

 is more than an occasional variety of L. lory. 



