442 Zoological Society. PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. February 26, 1839.— The Rev. F. W. Hope, in the Chair. Mr. Fraser exhibited a new species of Corythaix, which he pro-ceeded to characterize as follows : Corythaix macrorhynchus. Cor, rostro prcegrandi aurantiacOj ad baain sanguineo ; capite, crista, collo pectoreque viridibus ; crista ad apicem alba, et purpurea notatd ; lined alba infra oculos excurrenle ; dorso alisque metallice purpureis ; primariis san-guineis nigro marginatis ; caudd superne metallice viridi ; femo-ribus cauddque subtus nigris ; tarsis nigris. Long. tot. 14 poll. ; rost?^, l^ ; alee, 6 ; caudce, 6 ; tarsi, 1 J. Hah. ? This species of Corythaix lived for some time in the Society's Menagerie, having been purchased from a dealer who was unac-quainted with its locality. Compared with the known species of the genus, it approaches most nearly to the Corythaix Persa of authors, but from this it may readily be distinguished by its smaller size ; and the form, compara-tively large size, and colouring of the beak. The colouring of the plumage also differs in some respects : like C. Persa, the head, neck, and breast are green, but the feathers on these parts are of a deeper hue than in that species ; the feathers of the crest, instead of being simply tipped with white, having a white transverse line near the apex, but at the apex they are purple -black. Minute black feathers encircle the eye, and a white stripe extends from beneath the eye on to the ear. The beak is much arched above, and somewhat in-flated at the base ; the nostrils are very large, and not hidden, as in C. Persa, by the decumbent feathers, these extending only to the posterior angle of the nostril. The upper mandible is of a bright yellow colour, excepting all that portion which lies below and be-hind the nostrils, which is of a brilliant red colour ; the lower man-dible is of the same red tint, but tipped with yellow. Both mandi-bles present simple sharp-cutting edges, in this respect exhibiting a different structure from that observable in the allied species, C Persa and C. Buffonii, in which the mandibles have their cutting edges serrated. The back and upper surface of the wings are of a deep purple-blue tint, exhibiting in certain parts greenish reflections. The primaries (with the exception of the first quill) and the second-aries (with the exception of the three or four innermost quills) are red, margined with black ; the shafts of these feathers are also black. The outer primary is black, and the two or three following feathers are broadly margined externally with the same colour. All the wing feathers are black at the base ; on the outermost feathers the
BioStor
