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Show 388 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [June 1 1, 34. PARRA GALLINACEA. 35. ERYTHRA QUADRISTRIGATA $ . An egg taken from the oviduct of this specimen is of a dirty greenish white, the ground-colour almost obscured by dots, spots, and a few blotches of brownish red and yellowish brown, many of the larger markings appearing beneath the surface; length 1*08 by 'oo. 36. CHLAMYDOCHEN JUBATA. Very scarce at Rockingham Bay. 37. NETTAPUS PULCHELLUS. 38. DENDROCYGNA VAGANS. 39. ANOUS STOLIDUS. Caught on the yard-arm of the ship, while off Port Curtiss. 40. CASUARIUS AUSTRALIS. I regret extremely that, although Cassowaries were seen on several occasions, none were obtained. The black troopers accompanied Spalding on many occasions in search of them ; but although the birds were seen they could not be got at otherwise than by lying in wait for them at dusk, which, on account of the hostility of the native blacks, could not be attempted without great risk of life. 3. Descriptions of Four N e w Species of Birds from Veragua. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and OSBERT SALVIN, M.A., F.L.S. &c. 1. PYRANGA TESTACEA, sp. nov. Pyranga hepatica, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 139. Testaceo-rubra unicolor, subtus clarior: loris obscure cinereis, alis intus fusco-nigris, extus dorsi colore limbatis : rostro ni-gricanti- corneo, dente maxillari medio distincto; mandibula ad basin flavicante : pedibus obscure corylinis : long, tota 7*0, alee 3*6, caudce 3*1, rostri a rictu 0'9, tarsi 0*85. §. Flavicanti-olivacea, subtus aureo-flava; pectore et lateribus olivaceo qjerfusis ; subalaribus flavis. Hab. Veragua ; Chitra et Calovevora (Arce). Obs. Proxima P. hepaticce, sed crassitie multo minore, et colore saturatiore distinguenda. In Arce's earlier collections from Veragua was a single skin of a male Tanager of this genus in transition plumage, which Salvin, misled by the prominent maxillary tooth, referred to P. hepatica. Several skins of both sexes of the same bird are in Arce's recent collections, and show that the species is essentially distinct from the northern bird. It differs in its much smaller size, in its very distinct maxillary tooth (which is as prominent as in P. bidentata), and |