Zoological Society. 6915 



Pernambuco, and one specimen of Entometa in England, in July, 

 1855. 



T. J. R. OXLEY. 



Bajswater, near London, 

 October 28, 1857. 



Proceedings of Societies. 

 Zoological Society. 

 Tuesday^ November 10, 1857. — Dr. Gray, V.P., in the chair. 



Mr. Gould exhibited and described several new species of birds from various parts 

 of the world. He commenced by calling attention to three species of Australian birds, 

 collected by Mr. Elsey during the recent expedition under A. C. Gregory, Esq., from 

 the Victoria River, on the north-west coast, to Moreton Bay. Two of these birds 

 were of especial beauty and interest, viz., a Psephotus and a Malurus. The former 

 is allied both to P. pulcherrimus and P. multicolor, but differs from either, among 

 other characters, by the rich yellow mark on the shoulder; and the Malurus is dis- 

 tinguished from all other members of its genus by its larger size, and by the beautiful 

 lilac circlet which adorns its crown. The third bird alluded to is a species of Petroica 

 allied to P. superciliosa, a bird discovered by the late Mr. Gilbert in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Beiderkin Lakes, and which, with the present, would admit of separation 

 from the other species of the genus. For these birds Mr. Gould proposed the follow- 

 ing names : — 



Psephotus chrysopterygius 

 Malurus coronatus 

 Petroica cerviniventer 



The next species to which he directed attention was a new hawk belonging to the 

 genus Spilornis, and which differs remarkably from S. undulatus, or Bacha, of the 

 Continent of India, and S. holospilus of Manilla. For this bird Mr. Gould proposed 

 the appellation of Spilornis rufipectus. It was obtained in Macassar by Mr. Wallace. 



A new bullfinch of typical form was described under the name of Pyrrhula auran- 

 tia. For his knowledge of this pretty species Mr. Gould was indebted to the researches 

 of Dr. A. L. Adams, of the 22ud Eegiment, who killed it in the Western Himalayas. 



For a new motmot Mr. Gould proposed the name of Momotus aequatorialis. This 

 is a large and robust species, and differs from all others in the broad spatulate feathers 

 of the breast tuft. It was obtained at Ardudona, near the equatorial line, in the Andes. 



A very fine Odontophorus, remarkable for the rich chestnut-red colouring of its 

 under surface, received the appellation of Odontophorus hyperytlirus. For this bird 

 Mr. Gould is indebted to the Messrs. Verreaux, of Paris, who obtained it in a collec- 

 tion from Santa Fe de Bogota. 



Mr. Sclater read a note on an unnamed parrot now living in the Society*s Gar- 

 dens, and on some other species of the same family. M. Auguste Salle having called 

 his attention to the fact that the whitefronted parrot of San Domingo, commonly 

 regarded as the immature state of Chrysotis Icucocephala, is in truth quite a different 



