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is now No. 74425 in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Nos. 14953 and 

 14961 are no longer in Washington, but are without question Nos. 13098 

 and 13099 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



No. 14951 was sent to the Chicago Academy of Sciences on January 28, 

 1881, and returned to the National Museum in 1903. 



Because No. 14934 is the only specimen definitely known to have come 

 from Carlshoff Island, a locality that received particular mention in Peale's 

 account of the species, this example was long ago selected as probably the 

 type of Ptilinopus coralensis, and is the bird examined by Salvadori and 

 made by him the type of Ptilopus smithsonianus. 



The National Institute exhibition label it then bore carried as locality 

 simply "Paumotu Islands," and Salvadori gave as type locality of his new 

 name "Some Island of the Paumotu Group" ; the museum register, however, 

 gives Carlshoff Island as the exact provenience of the specimen. 



On the reverse side of the label appears in Salvadori's hand: "This bird 

 is very different from Ptilopus coralensis, and, according to me, this is not 

 the real type of Ptilopus coralensis; it is fully adult as shown by the attenu- 

 ation of the first primary. — I believe that it belongs to an undescribed 

 species. Ptilopus smithsonianus, Salvad." 

 Ptilinopus fasciaius Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. andOrn.) : 193, "pi. Liii," 1848. 



=Ptilinopus porphyraceus jasciatus Peale. See Peters, Checklist of birds 

 of the world 3: 30, 1937. 



14829. Adult (sex not indicated). Samoan Islands, Oceania. 1839. 

 Original number 550. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1M2). 



14830. Adult (sex not indicated). Samoan Islands, Oceania. 1839. 

 Original number 550. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



14927. Adult (sex not indicated). Upolu Island (lat. 13°46' S., long. 

 171 ° 20' W.), Samoan Islands, Oceania. 1839. Original number 550. 

 U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



14931. Adult male. Same data as No. 14927. 



Cassin's MS. list indicates that he saw but seven specimens, but nine entries 

 of this name are found in the museum register. In addition to the four 

 listed above, there were the following cotypes: No. 14930 from Tutuila (lost 

 without trace) ; No. 14933, without data (lost without trace) ; No. 14944 

 from Upolu (sent to the Chicago Academy of Sciences in 1870 and there 

 destroyed by the Great Fire) ; No. 14959, a male from the Samoan Islands 

 (lost without trace) . 



No. 21853 was entered into the register on November 21, 1861; it cannot 

 now be found, but is almost certainly a reentry of No. 14930, No. 14933, or 

 No. 14959. 



No. 13080 of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is also a 

 cotype and must represent one of the lost specimens of the National Museum. 



No. 14927 was sent to the Chicago Academy of Sciences on January 28, 

 1881, and returned to Washington in 1903. 



