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dently been set up from cage specimens brought alive to this country — 

 Ptilinorhynchus Cookii and Entomyza cyanotis.* 



The reptiles are Crocodilus palustris and Gavialis gangeticus. 



While describing new or little known birds, I may here bring to notice 

 a Pheasant, of remarkable beauty, four living specimens of which (all 

 males) have recently been obtained by Babu Rajendra Mallika for his 



* The following, if not the Eos rictniata or E. semilarvata, Bonap., de- 

 scriptions of which I have not seen, would appear to be a new species of Lory. 



Eos puscata, nobis, n. s. (?) Structure typical. Length of closed wing 6 in. 

 Prevalent colour brown-black, the rump-feathers marginal with dull-white, those 

 of the nape with ruddy-brown, and of the breast with bluish-grey : a dull orange 

 band across the crown, from eye to eye, perhaps typically crimson, a crimson 

 band crossing the upper and another crossing the lower part of the breast ; the 

 abdominal and tibial feathers also crimson, and the flanks and lower tail- coverts 

 dull purple-black : tertiaries ruddy-brown, perhaps brighter in fine specimens : 

 a large ruddy-yellow spot on the inner web of each primary, as seen from above 

 in the spread wing ; and the unspread tail dull ruddy-brown above, with a shade 

 of blue at tip, all but its middle feathers having the inner web crimson to near 

 the tip : under surface of the wings chiefly yellowish- red. Hab. ? 



Trichoglosstjs ochreocephaltjs, nobis, n. s. Size and structure of Tr. 

 Chlorolepidottjs, (Kuhl). Upper-parts uniformly vivid green ; the lower yel- 

 lowish, passing on the belly and flanks to pure yellow with green tips : crown, 

 ear-coverts, and cheeks, ochreous -yellow, streaked : a broad pure yellow band on 

 the under-surface.of the wing, on the inner webs of the primaries and second- 

 aries. Length of closed wing 5 in. Hab. ? 



The following is perhaps but a cage variety of Tr. HjEMATODUS, (L.) ; unless 

 that the tail is more developed, attaining to 5 in. and upwards. The red of the 

 breast and beneath the wing in HjEMATODTJS is replaced by glowing yellow, 

 faintly tinged with red towards the centres of most of the feathers : a slight ad- 

 mixture of red also on the axillaries and on the under-surface of the wing : pec- 

 toral feathers without dark margins, or with obscure traces of green terminal 

 edges, chiefly towards the flanks : abdominal patch green, with very slight ad- 

 mixture of blue : the blue of the forehead and cheeks dull and little extended ; 

 and the occiput green, above the greenish-yellow nape-band : no yellow at base 

 of inter-scapularies, abruptly defined, as red in r^ematodus. Perhaps a distinct 

 species,— the Tr. Forsteni, Bonap. ? The next is certainly distinct. 



Tr. immarginatus, nobis, n. s. Smaller than h.ematodus, the feet conspi- 

 cuously so. Length of wing 5 in., and of tail 4 in. Crimson of the breast and 

 beneath the wing much brighter than in Tr. H/EMatodus, and little or no trace 

 of dark terminal margins : nape-feathers with fuscous tips, below which a few 

 leathers arc red at base, but shewing less than in ii^ematodus ; great abdominal 



