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Show 1873.] DR. O. FINSCH ON A NEW PARROT. 569 ture narrow; teeth white, rather numerous and coarse, forming prominent ridges extending to the middle of the base ; sides and base white; back profusely ornamented with irregular, rather large, generally elongated, dark chestnut markings. Length 0*92 ; breadth 0*48 of an inch. Hab. Solomon Islands. This species was recently obtained from the above locality by M r. Hargraves of this city. In general aspect it resembles some of the varieties of Cypraea cribraria, but differs from that species in having the teeth prominently produced a little more than halfway across the base, and in the dorsal ornamentation being in irregular elongated dark brown blotches. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XLVIII. Fig. 1, 1 a. Helix (Camcena) arthuriana, p. 564. 2. ( ) rawnesleyi, p. 564. 3. ( ) challisi, p. 565. 4. (Corasia) balcombei, p.565. 5, 5 a. leei, p. 565. 6, 6 a. (Geotrochus) redempta, p. 566. 7. ( ) xanthochila, var., p. 567. 8. Voluta (Callipara) brazieri, p. 568. 9. macgillivrayi, p. 568. 10. Cyprcea coxeni, p. 568. 3. On a new American Parrot, of the Genus Chrysotis. By O. FINSCH, Ph.D., C.M.Z.S. [Received May 21, 1873.] (Plate XLIX.) CHRYSOTIS BODINI, sp. nov. (Plate XLIX.) Diagn. Viridis; limbis plumarum nuchalium et cervicalium angustis nigrescentibus ; fronte et sincipite rubris ; loris nigris ; plumis genarum mentique lilacino-limbatis; tergo uropygioque puniceis ; rostro corneo-nigro. Description. Dark grass-green; underparts brighter, with a yellowish- green hue, especially on the vent and under tail-coverts. The feathers on the occiput, nape, and hind neck are tipped very narrowly with blackish, most visible on the latter, and more inconspicuous on the sides and fore part of neck. Front and sinciput bordered with yellowish at the base of the feathers. The feathers of the vertex tipped narrowly with obscure red, those on the cheeks and chin faintly with lilac-blue, giving those parts a bluish tint, more conspicuous in certain lights. From the nostrils to the eye a narrow black loral stripe. Hind back and rump vivid scarlet-red, with yellow base to the feathers. Primaries black, tipped with greenish blue; secondaries, tectrices of the primaries, and spurious wing green, like the back. Under wing-coverts and shoulders also green. Tail-feathers green from above and below, the two outer- |