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mains for me to request that you will express to the Governor the 
obligations I shall feel under, if His Excellency will give such 
instructions, in reference to the forwarding of the supplies, as he 
may consider necessary. 
* * * * * 
I have the honor to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Charles Sturt. 
To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary . 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 
LONDON. 
March 26, 1844. 
Mr. Gould exhibited a series of Birds from Australia, collected 
partly by himself and partly by Mr. Gilbert, viz. :— 
Fam. ColumbidjE. 
Geopelia placida. Geop . facie et gutture cinereis; occipitc , 
dor so alisque e cinereo-fuscis; singulis plumis ad apicem 
nigerrimo fasciatis , alulis spuriis primariisque saturate 
fusciSy humcris subths castaneis , pectore, lateribus, et nuchd 
cinereis lineis angustis nigris crebre fasciatis , et lateribus 
vinaceis . 
Face and throat grey ; occiput, back and wings ashy brown ; 
each feather with a band of deep velvety black at the extremity ; 
spurious wings and primaries dark brown ; under surface of the 
shoulders chestnut; chest, sides, and back of the neck grey, crossed 
by numerous narrow bands of black ; abdomen and flanks vinous; 
four centre tail-feathers ashy brown, the remainder black, largely 
tipped with white; irides light ash-grey ; bill and orbits bright 
greyish blue, becoming much paler before and behind the eye; 
frontal scales of tarsi and feet dark greenish grey ; remainder of 
the legs and feet reddish flesh-colour. 
Total length, 7jf inches; bill jj ; wing, 3$ ; tail, 3§ ; tarsi, 
