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Show 150 DR. A. GUNTHER ON MEGALIXALUS INFRARUFUS. [Mar. 10, which may have existed in MS., but was not published for some years after v. Muller's. MELIERAX MONOGRAMMICUS. Melierax monogrammicus (Temm.). Micronisus monogrammicus, Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. 1. p. 331, et ii. p. 47. Female. April 19th, 1869. Eye red ; feet yellow. TURTUR ERYTHROPHRYS. Turtur erythrophrys, Sw. ; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 94 ; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. i. p. 337, ii. p. 46. Male. June 17th, 1869. Eye red; beak black ; feet red. fPERISTERA AFRA. Peristera afra (Linn.) ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 197. Male. April 19th, 1869. Eye black ; beak black ; feet red. PARRA AFRICANA. Parra africana, Gm. ; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 90 ; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. i. p. 148. Male and female. June 23rd, 1869. Eye black ; feet blue ; beak black. ARDETTA STURMI. Ardetta sturmii, Wagl. ; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. vol. ii. p. 46. Male. May 20th, 1869. 5. Note 011 the Locality of Meg alix alus infrarufus. By Dr. A. G U N T H E R , F.R.S., F.Z.S. The Tree-frog which I described under the name of Megalixalus infrarufus, in the Proceedings of this Society for 1868 (p. 485), proves to be a species from Mahe, one of the Seychelle Islands. We are indebted for its discovery to Prof. E. Perceval Wright, who, on his return placed the examples in my hands, unfortunately without a label indicating their origin, which, after the lapse of a few months, had been forgotten. 6. Notes on Prototroctes, a Fish from Fresh Waters of the Australian Region. By Dr. A. G U N T H E R , F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. In the year 1864, I described a new genus of freshwater fishes from southern Australia, from the indifferently preserved skin of a |
