In regionibus Africanis calidioribus generatur Lanius gutturalis, eadem magni­tudine qua Lanius Excubitor seu vulgaris. Sedem præcipue seligere dicitur in excelsis arborum cacuminibus, et in hoc plerisque sui generis esse dissimilis quod baccis vescatur.

This bird is a native of the warmer parts of Africa, and is equal in size to the great grey or common Butcher-Bird. It is said chiefly to frequent the tops of lofty trees, and, contrary to most of the genus, to feed on various kinds of berries.

Aplysiam quam depinximus primus descripsisse videtur celeberrimus Cuvierus utpote speciem genuinam, et a reliquis vere sejunctam. Narrat ille non raro latere eam sub saxis lapidibusque littoris Massiliensis, vel ipso limace vulgari seu hortensi tardius incedere, vescique parvulis testaceis, et reliquis v ejusmodi. Si quis eam turbaverit seu contrectaverit, liquorem purpureum e corporis meatibus emittere solet, aquasque propius circumfusas concolores reddere. Creditur Aplysiam punctatam prolis esse fœcundam, pullosque spatio bimestri plene adolevisse.

The present species of Aplysia appears to have been first distinguished as a separate species by the celebrated Mons. Cuvier, who assures us that it is v very common about the coasts of Marseilles, generally lying concealed beneath rocks or stones, moving in a slower manner than even the common garden slug, and feeding on very small testacea, &c. When disturbed or handled it discharges from its pores a purple juice, discolouring the water to some small distance round. It is supposed to be a prolific animal, and the young are said to arrive at their full size in the space of two months at farthest.

In oris Europæis sæpius reperitur Ostrea Jacobæa, coloribus non raro varians, Ostrea maxima, ut plurimum, paulo minor.

The Jacobæan Scallop is sufficiently common about the European coasts, often varying in colour, and generally rather smaller than the common Scallop.

Africam Australem incolit pulchra hæc phalæna, magni­tudine vera in tabula depicta.

This beautiful Phalæna is a native of the southern parts of Africa, and is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

Eandem sibi patriam vindicat pulcherrima hæc avis quam et pavo vulgaris; Indiam scilicet, ibique præcipue regiones montanas. Moribus modoque vivendi pavoni vulgari similis esse dicitur, a quo etiam verisimile est sæpius non fuisse discretam. Speciem tamen revera esse diversam satis probat v peculiaris cristæ conformatio, nec non macula saturatim flava utrinque sub oculis sita. Si idem sit pavo muticus Linnæi, (spicifere Buffoni) atque hæc nostra avis; vel in illo describendo evidenter erratum est, vel variare solent colores et alia nonnulla; Linnæus enim, et Aldrovandus, (qui primus descriptor avem quam depictam adeptus est, repræsentavit,) calcaribus carentem ostendunt; quæ in icone unde deducta est nostra simili­tudo, admodum conspicua sunt: hanc autem effigiem ipsius avis viventis expressit pictor Indicus, eamque nobiscum perhumaniter communicavit Dominus Fleming, chirurgus Anglicus qui prope Calcuttam in Bengala multos annos versatus est.

The beautiful bird represented on the present plate is, like the common Peacock, a native of India, chiefly inhabiting mountainous regions. It is distinguished as a species by the peculiar structure of its crest, as well as by the bright-yellow patch beneath each eye. In its manners it is said to resemble the common peacock, with which it has probably been often confounded. If it be the bird intended by the Pavo muticus of Linnæus, (the Spicifere of Buffon,) it is evident either that the description of that species is erroneous, or that the bird is subject v to vary in colour and other circumstances; since Linnæus and Aldrovandus, (who first described it from a painting,) represent it as destitute of spurs, which are conspicuous in the drawing from which the present figure was copied, and which was taken from the life in India, and politely communicated by T. Fleming, Esq. several years resident in the neighbourhood of Calcutta in Bengal.

Nomen adeptus est Cancer Mantis ab exilitate et graci­litate corporis; qua in re accedit quodammodo v ad similitudinem insectorum quæ complectitur genus Mantis. In mari innascitur mediterraneo, repertus præcipue apud oras Italicas.

In systemate Fabriciano non satis ad normam redacto datur huic speciei genus distinctum nomine Squillæ.

De novis plurimis generibus nuperrime institutis liceat mihi dicere, me judice, obscurari ab iis insectorum historiam magis quam elucidari, quique antea satis clarus erat et facilis investigationis modus, eum incertum sæpius et difficilem reddi.

Major sæpe est Cancer Mantis quam qui in tabula ostenditur.

The Cancer Mantis, so named from its long and slender habit, in which it in some measure resembles the insects of the genus Mantis, is a native of the mediterranean sea, and is principally observed about the Italian coasts.

In the singular and irregular system of Fabricius, this species ranks under a distinct genus entitled Squilla.

I may here be permitted to observe, that of many new genera which the spirit of modern entomologists has endeavoured to establish it may with truth be affirmed that they have rather tended to obscure than elucidate the history of insects, by rendering that investigation trouble­some and uncertain which was before sufficiently easy and clear.

The Cancer Mantis is often found of a much larger size than repre­sented on the present plate.

Pulchram hanc Medusam, marium septentrionalium incolam, juxta magni­tudinem naturalem depinximus. Radit sæpius hæc species summas aquas catervatim congregata. Habitu seu facie generali simillima est Medusæ Porpitæ Linnæi, quam inter et hanc nostram sæpius nullum discrimen fecisse videntur descriptores.

The beautiful Medusa represented in its natural size on the present plate is a native of the northern seas, where it is often observed in considerable numbers, swimming on the surface of the water. In its general habit it bears the greatest resemblance to the Medusa Porpita of Linnæus, with which it appears to have been generally confounded.

Varias Indiæ partes incolit Phalæna Fabia, cujus veram magni­tudinem ostendit tabula.

The Phalæna Fabia is a native of many parts of India, and is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

Avem Sinæ incolam magnitudine deminuta repræ­sentavimus, inter pulcherrimas sui generis species numerandam, ingenio præditam agili alacrique, et apto ad imitationem.

This bird, one of the most beautiful of the genus, is a native of China, and is repre­sented smaller than the natural size: it is remarkable for the liveliness and docility of its disposition.

Americam australem incolit Phalæna Tarquinia cujus veram magni­tudinem ostendit tabula.

This elegant species is a native of South-America, and is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

Mirum hoc Zoophyton, cui cum hydris arctissima videtur esse affinitas, ad genus ab iis separatum, et nomine Lucernariæ distinctum, primus retulit celeber­rimus Müllerus in opere cui titulus Zoologia Danica. Maria incolit septentrionalia, repertum præcipue v circa oras Danicas et Norvegianas; adhæretque fucis, aliisque multis quæ in oceano nascuntur. Nec ab ipsis Britannis omnino ignoratur, cum paucis abhinc annis perpulchrum detexerit specimen prope littus Hibernicum Dominus Templetonus Linnæanæ societatis Londinensis socius. Exhibet tabula naturalem magni­tudinem.

This highly curious Zoophyte, allied in the strongest manner to the Polypes, seems to have been first consi­dered as forming a distinct genus by the celebrated Müller in his Zoologia Danica, under the title of Lucer­naria. It is a native of the northern seas, and has been chiefly observed about the shores of Denmark and Norway, adhering to fuci and other marine substances; nor is it altogether a stranger to the British isles, a very fine specimen having been v discovered some years past on the coast of Ireland by the ingenious Mr. Templeton, Fellow of the Linnæan Society. The plate represents it in its natural size.

Habitat in mari mediterranea.

Habitat in mari Indico.

Native of the Mediterranean sea.

Native of the Indian seas.

In Russiæ et Sibiriæ betuletis atque locis paludosis præcipue conspicitur Motacilla Rossica, a Domino Lepechin in Actis Petropolitanis ita descripta.

“Rostrum tenue nigrum, mandibula superior paulo longior apice incurva uti in congeneribus: v vertex capitis, genæ, gula atque collum anterius atra, nucha quoque insignitur nigredine a capillitio ad dorsum producta; partes laterales colli albæ; qui color etiam summa hypochondriorum tenet: pectus atque abdomen crocea, sed in abdomine croceus color magis magisque diluitur ita ut ad pedes albidus sit: dorsum nigricans margine pennarum parum rufescente: scapulæ alarum niveæ, rectrices anteriores nigras apicibus ex albido rufes­centibus: remiges majores fuscæ, minores nigricantes, omnes margine vexilli interni ad dimidium albo: uropygium utrinque niveum: rectrices duodecim æquales nigræ exceptis utrinque externis, quarum margo vexilli externi albicat: pedes unguesque nigri. Fæmina supra fusca marginibus pennarum rufes­centibus, macula alarum candida, gutture sordide albo, pectore atque abdomine dilute rufescente: remiges rectricesque prouti in mare.”

The bird represented on the present plate is principally found in the beech-woods and marshy places of Siberia, and is described by Lepechin in the 15th volume of the Petersburg Transactions. The bill is thin and black, with the upper mandible rather longer than the lower, and slightly curved at the tip, as in others of this genus. The top of the head, the cheeks, throat, and fore part of the neck, are v black, which colour also reaches from the nape to the beginning of the back: the sides of the neck, and upper parts of the sides are white: the breast and abdomen orange, the colour gradually growing paler as it approaches the legs, where it becomes whitish: the back is blackish, the feathers being slightly rufous on their edges: the scapulars are white, the smaller coverts black, with rufous-white tips: the great wing-feathers brown, the smaller blackish, the inner edges of both being white for half their length: the rump and vent are white: the twelve tail-feathers are of equal length, and black, except the outside ones, which are whitish on the inner edges: the legs and claws are black. The female is brown above, with the feathers slightly edged with rufous: on each wing is a white patch: the throat is of a dull white: the breast and abdomen slightly rufous: wings and the tail similar to those of the male bird.

Insulas Javam atque Amboinam præcipue incolit formosa hæc papilionis species, magni­tudine vera in tabula depicta.

This beautiful Butterfly is principally found in the islands of Java and Amboina, and is repre­sented in its natural size on the annexed plate.

Adeo inter se generali quadam similitudine commis­centur Spondyli et Chamæ genera, (quæ ambo ad genus Ostreæ proxime accedunt) ut primo visu dubitari fere possit de nonnullis speciebus, sintne ad hoc an ad illud genus referendas. Nota tamen insignis est ad distinc­tionem, quæ a Chamis Spondylos secernit; umbo nempe valvulæ inferioris, qui quasi abscissus seu abrasus super­ficiem habet complanatam. Species præcipua, quam depinximus, spargit se in innumeras varietates quoad colorem et magni­tudinem. v E pulcherrimis speciminibus, quæ in Museo Leveriano asservantur, testam selegimus, cujus ad similitudinem figuram hanc nostram exprimi curavimus.

The two genera of Spondylus and Chama, (both nearly allied to that of Ostrea,) bear so great a general resem­blance to each other, that, in some species, it appears doubtful, at first sight, to which of the two the shell should be most properly referred. One great particularity however always distinguishes the shells of this genus from those of the genus Chama; viz. the aspect of the top of the inferior valve, which appears exactly as if sawn or cut away by an instrument, so as to leave a flat surface on that part. The v principal species, or Spondylus Gœderopus, here repre­sented, is subject to innumerable varieties in point of size and colour. Among the most elegant of these is the specimen figured, which is copied from a shell in the Leverian Museum.

Maria incolit Indica Sparus melanopterus, longi­tudine, ut plurimum, pedali.

The black-finned Sparus is seen chiefly in the Indian seas, and usually measures about twelve inches in length.

Psittacus Melanotus a nemine antea descriptus proculdubio habendus est in iis quos pulcherrimos alit Australasia. Psittaco Pennantii et illo qui eximius dicitur paulo minor colores jactat egregie vividos et elegantes.

The Parrakeet represented on the present plate is unquestionably one of the most beautiful that have yet been discovered in the regions of Australasia, and is a species hitherto undescribed. Its size is somewhat smaller than that of the Pennantian and nonpareil parrakeets, and its colours in the highest degree vivid and elegant.

Maria incolit Americana Scomber Plumieri, longi­tudine, ut plurimum pedali.

The Plumierian Mackrel is an inhabitant of the American seas, and usually measures about twelve inches in length.

Cancro Manti, quem in opere hoc nostro non ita pridem repræsentavimus, licet longe minor sit Cancer Scyllarus, in aliis tamen conjungi videtur cum eo propinqua cognatione. In maribus enutritur Indicis.

This species, though of much smaller size, is very nearly allied in point of general resemblance to the Cancer Mantis lately figured in the present work, and is a native of the Indian seas.

Insectum depinximus amplum et venustum, cum Phalæna Augusta, de qua antea in hoc opere disseruimus, remota quadam cognatione conjunctum. In America Australi generatum sedem sibi præcipuam seligere dicitur in Surinamia. Ostenditur in tabula naturalis magni­tudo.

The large and elegant insect here exhibited, and which is in some degree allied to the Phalæna Augusta, before repre­sented in the present work, is a native of South-America, and is said to be principally found in Surinam. The plate expresses it in its natural size.

De hac specie satis sit notare novam omnino esse nec antea descriptam. In Australasia generatur, magni­tudine quasi Psittaci Tabuani.

Of this species it may be sufficient to observe that it is new and hitherto undescribed. Its size is that of the Tabuan Parrot.

Rupibus maris Americani adhærescit elegans hæc Corallinæ species; interdum major quam in tabula depicta.

This elegant species of Coralline is found on the rocks of the American seas, and sometimes arrives at a larger size than repre­sented on the plate.

Phalænam quam depinximus generant multæ Indicæ regiones; ibique larva ejus prægrandis et quasi bombycina nomine Tusseh distinguitur. Rhamni Jujubæ Linnæi (quam Byer nuncupant Hindostaniam incolentes) folia præcipue depascitur; et a Bengalensi populo copiose colligitur, ut v inde deducatur sericum subfuscum, crassum, firmum et durabile, quo vestiri solent Brachmanes, et alii nonnulli religiosi. Involvitur chrysalis tela seu theca ovata, unde comparatur sericum, quam ab extremo ramulis affigit chorda valida e filamentis agglutinatis contorta. Postquam novem menses transegerit chrysalis, nascitur phalæna, mense præcipue Julio; cujus color variat, interdum flavus, interdum fusco seu gilvo leviter suffusus. In tabula nostra exprimitur phalæna, nec non larva, magni­tudine naturali.

Larvæ imaginem et notitiam debemus ingenioso Domino Roxburgh, qui de illa disseruit in septimo volumine actorum Societatis Linnæanæ.

The beautiful Phalæna here represented is a native of many parts of India, where its caterpillar, which grows to a large size, is known by the name of the Tusseh Silk-worm. It feeds principally on the leaves of the Rhamnus Jujuba of Linnæus, (called Byer among the Hindoos,) and is so plentiful in v many parts of Bengal as to afford natives, who collect it for that purpose, a strong, dark-coloured, coarse silk, extremely durable, and serviceable for many articles of dress, being much worn by the Bramins and some other sects. The webs in which the animal changes into its chrysalis state, and which afford the silk above-mentioned, are of an oval shape, and fastened at one end to the twigs on which they are placed by a very strong cord of agglutinated filaments. The moth makes its appearance chiefly in the month of July, having lain nine months in its chrysalis state. In colour it varies, being sometimes more or less tinged with pale brown or buff, instead of clear pale yellow, and, as well as the caterpillar, is exhibited on the plate in its natural size. For the above history of the insect, with the figure of the larva or caterpillar, we are obliged to the ingenious Dr. William Roxburgh, whose description of the animal is inserted in the seventh volume of the Transactions of the Linnæan Society.

Partes Europæ boreales incolit pulchra hæc avicula, magni­tudine vera in tabula depicta.

This elegant species is a native of the northern parts of Europe, and is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

De eleganti hoc marino animali primus vere et accurate scripsisse videtur Dominus Peronus, in opere cui titulus “Annales du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle.” Illas incolit maris Atlantici partes quas circulo æquinoctiali dirimuntur, gregatim radens interdum summas aquas, interdum natans altius submersum. Otiosum et quiescens, ut plurimum sordido-virescit, seu flavescit; simul atque autem sese moverit, fit phosphoro-splendidissimum, singulo contracti corporis actu laminæ simillimum v ferreæ cum ab igni plene incanduerit; singulis autem laxati et extensi vicibus per varios gradus rubri, aurantii, flavi, leviter cærulei transiens, donec tandem ad colorem naturalem, hyalino nempe virescentem redierit. Super­ficies externa plurimis papillis seu processibus conicis obsita est: interna constat e membrana molli et reticulata, sine ullo visibili intestinorum vestigio. De modo vivendi et sobolem propagandi nihil pro certo compertum est; probabile tamen est alimentum ei subministrari eodem modo quo hydræ; absorpto nempe succo prædæ prius inclusæ et dein ab ore ejectæ. Magnitudinem iconis in tabula expressæ sæpius exsuperat Pyrosoma phosphor­escens.

This elegant marine animal seems to have been first distinctly described by Mons. Peron, in the work entitled “Annales du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle.” It is a native of the equatorial parts of the Atlantic ocean, where it is sometimes seen in vast numbers, both floating on the surface, and swimming at considerable distances beneath. When in a state of perfect inaction or repose, it is usually v of a dull greenish or yellow cast, and semitransparent; but when in action, is distinguished by a very high degree of phosphoric splendor, exhibiting, during each contraction of its body, the appearance of a bar of iron in the highest degree of incandescence, and, during each relaxation, passing thro’ all the gradations of red, orange, yellow, pale-blue, &c. till at length it returns to its first greenish-hyaline aspect. It is externally beset with numerous conical elongations or papillæ, and within appears to be lined merely by a smooth vascular or reticular membrane, without any appearance of intestines, &c. Nothing particular is known relative to its manner of feeding, production of young, &c. It is however probable that it is nourished in the manner of the Polype, viz. by the absorption of the juices of its inclosed prey, which is afterwards ejected by the mouth or opening. In size it often greatly exceeds the figure repre­sented in the annexed plate.

Quam juxta naturalem magnitudinem expressimus lacertam in Australasia generatur, ab aliis omnibus adhuc cognitis diversa, teste Cepedio, qui illam in opere descripsit quod characteri specifico subjungitur. Pedes habet posticos non divisos in digitos, sed omnino e processibus expansis, orbiculatis, squamosis constantes. Habitu generali accedit ad similitudinem lacertæ quæ Apus dicitur, anguinæ, bipedis, &c.; colore olivaceo seu virescente, punctulis parvulis nigris consperso.

The Lizard here represented in its natural size is a native of Australasia, and, according to the Count de Cepede, by whom it is described in the work quoted beneath the specific character, differs from every other species yet known in having the hind-feet perfectly destitute of divisions or toes, and consisting merely of a roundish scaly expansion or process. In general habit it resembles the Lacerta apus, anguina, bipes, &c. and is of a greenish or olivaceous colour, variegated by minute blackish specks.

A testa pellucida nomen adeptum est genus Hyale; accurate descriptum et depictum a Domino Cuviero in opere cui titulus “Annales,” &c. Testam primus detexit Dominus Forskalius, et ad genus Anomiæ retulit, cujus habita est species anomala. In mari Mediterraneo enutritum summas v radit aquas quo modo solet genus Clio, e Molluscorum familia; cui affine admodum est, animal quod in testa includitur. Longa est testa, ut plurimum, quasi tertiam unciæ partem, interdum pertingens ultra unciam dimidiatam. Color levissime fusco-flavescit.

The genus Hyale, so named from the transparency of the shell, is accurately described and figured by Mons. Cuvier in the “Annales du M. N. d’Hist. Nat.” By Forskal, its first describer, it was referred to the genus Anomia, of which it was allowed v to constitute an anomalous species. It is a native of the Mediterranean sea, and is observed to swim on the surface in the manner of the genus Clio among the Mollusca, to which its inhabiting animal is much allied. The usual length of the shell is from one to two-thirds of an inch, and its colour a very pale yellowish brown.

Juxta veram magnitudinem in tabula depingitur Hirundo Capensis, in Africa australi, ut plurimum, reperta.

This species of Swallow, which the plate represents in its natural size, is chiefly found in the Southern parts of Africa.

In maribus Indicis præcipue conspicitur formosum hoc corallium, magni­tudine vera in tabula expressum.

This beautiful Coral is chiefly seen in the Indian seas, and is repre­sented in its natural size on the annexed plate.

Insectum depinximus elegantissimum, in America australi generatum, a Domina Meriana primo, ut videtur, descriptum et expressum in splendido opere quod inscri­bitur “Metamorphoses insectorum v Surinamensium.” Larva, cui præ alio cibo gratæ sunt variæ vitium species, teste Meriana, Augusto mense in chrysalidem convertitur, e qua Septembri insequente erumpere solet ipsa Sphinx.

The highly elegant insect here represented is a native of South-America, and seems to have been first described and figured by the celebrated Madam Merian, in her splendid work on the insects of Surinam. Its caterpillar feeds principally on the different species of Vine. According to Madam Merian it changes to a chrysalis in the month of August, from which in that of September emerges the Sphinx.

A Domino Gueldenststædt in Actis Petropolitanis ita describitur Tanagra melanictera.

“Magnitudine Tanagra melanictera Emberizæ miliariæ æqualis est. Caput supra a fronte usque ad nucham et ad latera atrum; collum supra et dorsum brunneo-ferru­gineum; uropygium lutescenti-ferru­gineum; avis tota subtus uniformiter flavissima. Alæ complicatæ cauda medium attingentes, fuscæ, albido longi­tudinaliter striatæ; remiges fusca, marginibus albidis; tectrices superiores remigibus concolores, inferiores v autem albido-flavæ. Cauda subforcipata, tres pollices longa; rectrices duodecim, fuscæ, marginibus albido-flavicantibus.

“Femina differt coloribus capitis et trunci; illa nimirum supra tota a fronte ad caudam usque sordide olivaceo-ferruginea fusco maculata, subtus tota ex albido flava.

“Habitat in submontanis promontorii utriusque, et septentrionalis et meridionalis Caucasi, circa thermas ad fluvium Terek obvias et in Georgia circa Teflisium.”

This species is described by Guldenstadt in the Peters­burgh Transactions. Its size is that of the common Bunting: the crown and cheeks are black, the neck and back brown-ferruginous, the rump yellowish-ferruginous, and the whole bird beneath deep yellow; the wings which, when closed, reach to the middle of the tail, are streaked longi­tudinally with white; the tail is slightly forked, measuring about three inches in length. The female differs in being entirely of a dull olive-ferruginous above, spotted with black, and beneath yellowish white.

It is an inhabitant of the Caucasian mountains and of the country of Georgia.

Insulam Javam incolet Sphinx Panopus, magni­tudine vera in tabula depictus.

This insect is a native of the island of Java, and is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

Circa oras Americanas præcipue conspicitur formosum hoc Corallium, altitudine, ut plurimum, pedali vel sesqui­pedali.

This beautiful coral is principally seen about the American coasts: its general height is about a foot or eighteen inches.

Speciem quam depinximus, marium Arcticorum incolam, primum descripsisse arbitramur Ellisium in Actis Anglicis. Adhæret, ut solet ferme reliquum genus, plurimis marinis substantiis. Quas ostendit tabula Lepadas repræsentavimus grandiori cuidam speciei affixas, cui nomen inditum est corporis figuræ conveniens; Lepas nempe Diadema.

This species is a native of the northern ocean, and seems to have been described by Mr. Ellis in the Philo­sophical Transactions. Like others of this genus, it adheres to various marine substances; and the individuals on the present plate are repre­sented adhering to a larger species, called from its figure Lepas Diadema.

Ostendit tabula perpulchram speciem psittacinam, Australasiæ incolam, quamque censeo non antea fuisse descriptam. Superiora avis a rostro nempe ad uropygium flavo-viridi-pallent, undulis plurimis fuscis et linearibus transverse decorata, gradatim majoribus prope humeros et imum dorsum. Fuscæ sunt alarum pennæ, marginibus olivaceo-subflavescentibus. Inferiora cum uropygio virent eleganter pallida. Gula flavo-pallet, maculis paucis cæruleis, lunulisque nigris, huc illuc utrinque conspersa. Cauda cuneata cyanea est, fascia flavissima per omnes pennas in obliquum ducta, exceptis duabus mediis, quæ cæteras longi­tudine exsuperant. Rostrum pedesque fusca. Exprimitur in tabula vera avis magni­tudo.

The highly elegant species of Parrakeet repre­sented on the present plate in its natural size, is an inhabitant of New Holland, and seems to have been hitherto unde­scribed. The upper parts of the bird, from the bill to the rump, are of a pale yellowish green, beautifully crossed by numerous linear brown undulations, which become gradually larger as they approach the back and shoulders; the wing-feathers are brown, with pale olive-yellow edges; the under parts of the bird, together with the rump, are of an elegant pale green; the throat pale yellow, mottled on each side with a few small deep blue scattered spots, accompanied by v small black crescents: the tail is of a cuneated form, and of a deep-blue colour, with a bright yellow bar running obliquely across all the feathers except the two middle ones, which considerably exceed the rest in length: the bill and legs are brown.

Super rupes maris Indici et Americani conspicitur Gorgonia crassa, cujus veram magni­tudinem exprimit tabula.

This species of Gorgonia is principally seen on the rocks of the Indian and American seas, and is repre­sented in its natural size.

Circa promontorium bonæ spei, scopulis affixa, conspi­citur Ostrea denticulata, interdum major quam in tabula ostenditur.

The denticulated Oyster is found adhering to rocks about the Cape of Good Hope, and is sometimes larger than the specimen repre­sented on the annexed plate.

Disseruere interdum physici de eleganti hoc insecto, quasi mera esset varietas Myrmeleontis libelluloidis. Rectius fortasse statuatur speciem esse revera diversam. In Africa generatur Myrmeleon grande, et veram ejus magni­tudinem cernere est in tabula.

This elegant insect, which is sometimes regarded as a variety only of the Myrmeleon libelluloides, may, perhaps, with greater propriety be considered as consti­tuting a distinct species. It is a native of Africa, and is repre­sented in its natural size.

Americæ septentrionalis varias regiones incolit Loxia Ludoviciana, cujus veram magni­tudinem ostendit tabula.

The Ludovician Grossbeak is a native of several parts of North America, and is exhibited on the plate in its natural size.

Si generis Neritæ formam generalem spectes, quæ bella admodum et concinna est, videbitur propius accedere v ad similitudinem generis Helicis. Sed quoniam major pars Neritarum maria incolat, datæ sunt iis testæ densiores multo et validiores quam helicibus vel terrestribus vel fluviatilibus. In mari Indico generantur ambas species in tabula depictæ.

The genus Nerita is possessed of a singular neatness of appearance. In point of form, it bears a near resemblance to that of Helix, or Snail; but as by far the greater number of species are natives of the sea, they are of a much thicker and stronger fabric than either the land or fresh-water snails. Both the species here repre­sented are produced in the Indian seas.

In Surinamia innascitur Sphinx Jatrophæ, nec non in aliis Americæ Australis regionibus. Memoravit et depinxit hanc speciem celeberrima Domina Merian. Larva Jatrophæ gossypifoliæ ramulos præcipue depascitur.

This insect is an inhabitant of Surinam, as well as of some other parts of South America, and is figured by the celebrated Madam Merian, in her work on the Insects of Surinam. The caterpillar feeds chiefly on the shoots of the Jatropha gossypifolia.

Australasiam incolit Alcedo Tribrachys. Ostendit tabula veram avis magni­tudinem, a nemine, ut opinor, antea descriptæ aut depictæ.

The present species, which is a native of Australasia, does not appear to have been hitherto either figured or described. It is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

In mari Atlantico præcipue repertus, sedem sibi jure vindicat hic piscis inter pulcherrimos sui generis. Colore interdum variat, et in longi­tudinem quasi quindecim vel octodecim unciarum crescit.

This fish is principally seen in the American seas, and may justly be considered as one of the most beautiful of its genus. In colour it sometimes varies, and grows to the length of fifteen or eighteen inches.

Varias Asia atque Americæ regiones incolit Cochlea hac elegantissima, magni­tudine vera in tabula depicta.

This highly elegant shell is a native of many parts of Asia and America, and is repre­sented on the plate in its natural size.

Circa oras Americanas præcipue conspicitur Gorgonia Briareus, altitudine decem vel quindecim uncias æquans. Colore interdum variat.

This species of Gorgonia is chiefly found about the American coasts, and grows to the height of ten or fifteen inches. In colour it sometimes varies.