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Show 1871.J DR. J. COX ON NEW LAND-SHELLS. 643 The female and young will probably be green, as in the case of C. luteovirens; at least I find a stray feather or two of that colour on each side of the body of the London specimen. Mr. Moore, to w h o m I a m indebted for many kind attentions, has favoured m e with the following note respecting this lovely species :- " The bird I now send was obtained by M r . Thomas Binns Robson of N e w Brighton, Cheshire, during his visit to the Fiji Islands in September 1867, and was presented by him to the Derby Museum on his return to England. Mr. Robson was so good as to give me the following information respecting it:-The native name is Buli ndamu. It appears to be not infrequent in the locality where he shot it, Mbua, a native town and missionary settlement on the south-west of the Island of Vanua Levu, and the principal place of resort in that district. He described it in glowing terms as appearing, from its gorgeous colouring, 'like a flash of light,' even at the distance of a quarter of a mile! Its note resembles somewhat the cracking of the thumb and finger; and the natives by resorting to this expedient induce the birds to answer, and thus to betray their whereabouts when out of sight. Mr. Robson could not give m e any information respecting its nest and eggs, nor of its food, except the general fact that it feeds on berries. " The singular and remarkable plumage of the bird at once attracts attention, the entire body being of a rich orange-colour, as bright as that of the Rock-Manakins (Rupicolee) ; while the head is of a green hue, and the under surface of the wings fine yellow." PS. Since the above remarks were in type, Mr. Sclater has forwarded to m e the following note :-" Dr. Eduard Graffe has already spoken of the existence of this bird, in his article on the Ornithology of Polynesia, in Cabanis's 'Journ. f. Orn.' 1870, p. 418. Dr. Graffe saw a specimen of it living in a cage at Levuka, Ovalau, belonging to an English lady." Thus it is evident that this Pigeon is capable of domestication; and we may therefore hope that ere long living examples may be sent to this country. 6. Description of a n e w Volute and Twelve new Species of Land-Shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. B y J. Cox, M.D., C.M.Z.S. [Received November 6, 1871.] fPlate LII.) VOLUTA (AMORIA) AUSTRALIA, sp. nov. (Plate LII. figs. 1,1 a.) Shell fusiform, rather thin: spire short, acuminated, apex erect, finely papillary ; whorls smooth, 5*§, the last angled round the upper part; columella strongly four-plaited, prominent and thin; sutures vitrified; aperture rather long and narrow, lip simple, interior of |