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Show 752 MR. G. B. SOWERBY ON N E W SHELLS. [Nov. 21, A letter was read from Count T. Salvadori, C.M.Z.S., containing the following remarks on some of the birds mentioned by Signor D'Albertis as seen by him during his first excursion up the Fly River (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 414 ; Ibis, 1876, pp. 359-362). " Signor D'Albertis has not sent any specimens from the Fly River of the following species :-Paradisea raygiana, Tadorna sp., Manucodia viridis, Epimachus magnificus, Microglossus aterrimus, and Ceyx solitaria; so that these species are not included in my Catalogue of D'Albertis's second collection"*. As regards the Paradisea raggiana, although Signor D'Albertis must be the one who best knows this bird, the most splendid of his discoveries, still as he does not state that he has killed any specimen of it along the Fly River, 1 should like to compare specimens of this locality with those of Hall Bay. I must say that I was rather inclined to think that the Bird of* Paradise from the Fly River might be of a different species, as is the case with the Goura which I have lately described as G. sclateri, and which is certainly different from G. edbertisi. The G. sclateri has been mentioned by Signor D'Albertis as Goura, sp. inc. (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 414), and again with only the generic name of Crowned Pigeon (Goura) in 'The Ibis.' I cannot help thinking that Manucodia viridis has been mistaken for the widely spread species M. atra, which is also found at Hall Bay and on the Aru Islands ; while M. viridis, so far as I know, has a very limited range, and has only been found on the north-west peninsula. It would also be interesting to examine specimens of the Epimachus called magnificus, as it may happen that the bird from the Fly River belongs to the Cape-York form (E. alberti). Signor D' Albertis has sent specimens of the birds named by him Tanysiptera dea and Halcyon nigrocyanea; and these are respectively Tanysiptera galatea, var. minor, and Cyanalcyon stictolama of my catalogue. C. stictolama is a beautiful species, allied to C. nigrocyanea, but certainly different. The following papers were read : - 1. Descriptions of six new Species of Shells from the Collections of the Marchioness Paulucci and Dr. Prevost. By G. B. SOWERBY, jun. [Received October 27, 1876.] (Plate LXXV.) CONUS PAULucciiE, sp. nov. (Plate LXXV. fig. 3.) C. testa elongata, solidula, obsolete striata, obtusissime angulata, antice attenuata, albida aurantiaco late interruptim fasciata, * "Catalogo di una seconda collezione di uccelli raccolti dal Sig. L. M . D'Al-bertis nell' isola Yule e sulla vicina costa della Nuova Guinea e di una piccola collezione clelia regione bagnata dal fiume Fly," Ann. Mus. Civ. di Storia Nat. ch Genova, ix. pp. 7-49, Ottobre 1876. |
