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16. Ptilopus johannis, Scl. (PI. X.). 



Ptilopus johannisj Sol., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 556. 



Clare psittaceo-viridis, maculis scapularium paucis obscure cseruleis ; fascia pectoris 

 sernilunari lata, ventre imo et crisso lsetissirue flavis ; pileo et ventre medio pulcherriine 

 lilacinis ; remigibus et rec'tricibus subtus dilute plumbeis, liarum vitta apicali dilutiore, 

 fere albicante ; rostro nigro, pedibus obscure rubris ; long, tota 7"4, alee 4 - 7, caudse 

 2'5. Femina viridis, fere unicolor, ventre medio et crisso flavis. 



Habitat. — Ins. Admiralitatis. 



Ohs. — Species affinis Ptilopo hello et PtiJopo specioso, sed colore pilei et ventris 

 lilacino distincta. 



Of this splendid little Fruit-Pigeon, which I have great pleasure in naming 

 after Mr John Murray, three males (459, 460, 461) and one female (462) were " shot 

 on Wild and D'Entrecasteaux Islands." The figures are taken from specimens 461 

 and 462. 



[Eyes of males light yellow, of females white ; feet light red or pink colour ; tip of 

 bill light green. These birds were not numerous. They were always noticed about the 

 sago-palms, on which they seemed to be feeding.] 



17. Megapodius eremita, Haiti. (PI. XL). 



Megapodius eremita, Hartl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 18G7, p. 830; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, pp. 



290, 673. 

 Megapodius hueskcri, Cab. et Reiclien, J. fur 0., 1876, p. 329 ; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, 



p. 113. 

 Megapodius rubrifrons, Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 556. 



Supra olivaceo-brunneus, dorso superiore et corpore subtus nigricanti-plumbeis ; 

 ventre imo obscuriore ; capitis plumis brevibus, rigidiusculis, fusco-nigris, in genis et 

 gutture parce sparsis et cutem rubram ostendentibus ; pilei parte anteriore fere omnino 

 denudata, rubra ; rostro flavo, ad basin nigricante ; pedibus (in pelle) fere nigris ; long, 

 tota ll'O, alas 8'5, caudse 3"0, tarsi 2 - 4, rostri arictu 1"4. 



There is a single skin of this species. [No. 472, male ; eyes brown, bill yellowish, feet 

 and legs dark horn-colour : stomach contained straw material.] 



There is a second specimen in spirits. Both were shot on Pigeon Island. 



In my preliminary report I described this bird as a new species, as I believed it to 

 be. But Professor Salvadori having examined the specimen, pronounces it to be indis- 

 tinguishable from Megapodius hueskeri of New Hanover, and Megapodius eremita of 

 the Echiquier Islands, described by Dr Hartlaub in 1867 from specimens in the 

 Museum Godefroy. 



