'LRERONIR-E. 



Subfamily II. PTILOPODINiE. 



Key to (lie Genera. 



a. Primaries normal, not divided at the tip. 

 a'. Under wing-coverts not yellow, if 



yellow the tail short. 

 a". Plumage generally green, in no 

 case almost entirely deep blue. 

 a'". Inner webs or quills neither 



yellow nor orange-yellow .... 8. Ptilopus, p. 70. 

 V". Inner webs of quills yellow or 



orange-yellow 9. Chrys(enas, p. 1-55. 



b''. Plumage mostly deep blue ; 

 feathers of the neck very deeply 



bifurcated .- 11. Alectbxenas, p. 1G0. 



b'. Under wing-coverts yellow; tail 

 rather long and rounded ; first pri- 

 mary not attenuated at the tip .... 12. Megaloprepia, p. 106. 



b. Primaries divided at the tip ; tarsi 



entirely feathered 10. Drepaxoptila, p. 158. 



8. PTILOPUS. 

 Of. D. G. Elliot, " On the Fruit-Pigeons of the Genus Ptilopug " 

 (P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 500-570); Wiglesworth, " On the Polynesian 

 Members of the Genus Ptilopus " (Ibis, 1891, pp. 560-584). 



Range. From the Malay Peninsula, through the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, to Australia and Polynesia. 



Key to the Subgenera. 



a. First primary abruptly attenuated on the 



apical portion ; if not attenuated, head, 



neck, and breast uniform rose-carmine. 



a'. Tail rather long ; no defined cap on 



the upper part of the head a. Leucotreron, p. 71. 



b'. Tail moderate; pectoral leathers 

 bifurcated ; a defined cap on the 

 upper part of the head. 

 b". Wing rather long ; no broad blue- 

 black band on the lower parts . . /3. Ptilopus, p. 83. 

 c". Wing rather short ; a very broad 

 blue-black band separates the 



breast from the abdomen y. Lamprotreron, p. 112. 



c'. Tail rather short. 

 (/". Bill weak. 



a"'. Cap red or violet-purple. 



«'. Feathers of the breast normal, 



not bifurcated 8. Eutreron, p. 116. 



bK Feathers of the breast bifur- 

 cated f. Pni.oponiscus, p. 118. 



b'". Cap blue '.'. (■ Cyaxotreron, p. 121. 



