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Show 322 DR. O. FINSCH ON A NEW PENGUIN. [May 12, 4. Description of a new Species of Penguin. By Dr. O. FINSCH, C.M.Z.S. (Plate XXV.) In a collection of birds received for inspection from the Counts Turati, of Milan, I was pleased to find a specimen of a Penguin, belonging to the genus Dasyrhampkus, which I take without hesitation to be a very fine and well-marked species. I propose to call this very interesting bird after the Count Ercole Turati, the proprietor of one of the richest and most extensive private collections in Europe. DASYRHAMPHUS HERCULIS, sp. nov. All the upper surface, from the angle of the mouth along the sides of neck to the edge of the humerus, and along the sides of the body to the tibia dark slate-coloured; the shafts of the feathers glossy black ; all the under surface, from the chin, silky white ; upper surface of wing slate-coloured, somewhat paler than the back ; the primaries and secondaries white, forming a narrow white edging; under surface of wing pure white, with an angulated dark streak at the base of the humerus; the lower mandible at base bordered with a narrow band of brownish slate; bill horn-black, with a pale reddish gony and edge of the basal portion of the upper mandible; feet dirty orange ; claws horny black. Long, tota 24", alse tot. 7", caudse 3" 3'", rostri a fronte 13|'", a rictu 1" 10'", tarsi 15'", dig. med. 1" 9'", ej. unguis 9'", dig. int. 15'", ej. unguis 8|'", dig. ext. 1" 7'", ej. ung. 7|'". The exact locality of this Penguin is unknown; but there can be no doubt that it is from the Antarctic Seas. This second species of a very interesting subgroup of the family Ptilopteri much resembles D. adelice, Hombr. & Jacq. (Voy. Pole Sud, pl. 30 ; Gray, Ereb. & Terr. pl. 28), but is at once distinguishable by having the sides of the head, chin, and throat pure white ; these parts being in D. adelice slaty blue, like the back. The British Museum also possesses a specimen of this white-throated species, as Mr. G. R. Gray kindly informs me, labelled D. adelice, jun.; but there can be scarcely any doubt of its being specifically distinct, the present bird showing no signs of being immature. 5. Characters of new Species of Birds collected by Dr. Habel in the Galapagos Islands. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and O S B E R T SALVIN, M.A. Dr. Habel, of New York, having placed in our hands for examination a collection of birds formed during a recent visit to the Galapagos, we lose no time in submitting to the Society the characters |