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Show 1 16 MR. LAYARD ON A NEW PACHYCEPHALA. [Feb. 18 and Jelski, and forwarded to Mr. Sclater for examination by M. L. Taczanowski, of Warsaw, C.M.Z.S. Mr. Sclater stated that, after careful examination and consultation with Mr. Gould and Mr. Salvin, he had come to the conclusion that this bird must be referred to a new species, which he proposed to characterize as follows :- THAUMASIUS1 TACZANOWSKII, sp. nov. Supra metallice viridis, in capite cupreo lavatus, plumis cinereis; alis fuscis, tectricibus dorso concoloribus; eequali, supra dorso concolori, versus apicem cupreo tincta, fusca, versus apicem cupreo-virescente ; corpore subtus lateraliter et in crisso preecipue pallido cinereo perfuso toto punctis minutis, cordiformibus, nitenti-viridibus ; rostro forti, paulum incurvo : long, tota 4*0, alee caudee 1*5, rostri a rict. lin. dir. 0*9. Hab, Guajungo, prov. Cajamarca, Peru. Obs. Sp. Th. viridicipiti, Gould, ut videtur, affinis, rostro fortius-culo, cauda sequali, et maculis gutturis minutis insignis. Mr, Sclater exhibited a living Amphisbaenian lately received the Society from Monte Video, which appeared to be referable to Amphisbcena darwini, D. & B. The following papers were read :- 1. Note on the Pachycephala icteroides of Peale, with Description of a supposed new Species. ByE. L. LAYARD, C.M.G., F.Z.S. The acquisition of the part of the ' Proceedings' of the March and April of 1878, has put me in possession of the remarks of Mr. W . A. Forbes on Pachycephala icteroides, Peale, from Samoa (page 351), and has induced me to reconsider my opinion on that species given P.Z. S. 1876, p. 494. Unfortunately I can only do this from memory, as the Part (No. 3, of 1876) containing that page is wanting from my series. In general terms, I believe I said " I doubt the occurrence of P. icteroides, Peale, in Samoa." To this belief I was led by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub including it as a Fijian species in their * Fauna Cen-tralpolynesiens' in the " Einleitung" of which (page xxxiv) P. icteroides is given as from the " Viti-Gruppe," and from Viti Levu in particular. The bird I identified with P. icteroides is found on Ovalau, and as certainly is not found in Samoa. With P. grceffii, Hartlaub, I at first confounded it (P. Z. S. 1875, p. 433), believing that another bird, that I afterwards named P. intermedia, was 1 Hoc nomenex Oavpdcnos, admiratione dignus, derivatum, "Thaumasius," nee " Thaumati-as " melius scribatur. |