8. TTILOPUS. 7.'> 



[onotreron occipitalis, Bchnb. Tauben, p. 101, t. 230. f. L831 i L862). 

 Ptilonopue batilda, WaU. Ibis, L865, p. 382; id. J.f. O. 1866, p, 279. 

 Ptilopus (Rhamphiculua) occipitalis, Mart. J. f. 0. 1866, p. 23, n. l-'4. 

 Ptilopua (Omeotreron) batilda, o. Mart. J.f. O. 1866, p. 23, a. 125. 

 Ptilopus occipitalis, Schleg. Mux. P.-B. Columbia, p. 35 (1873); 



G¥e*. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 306 (1877) ; jEZb'ol, P. 2. 8. 1878, p. 569; 



7V-/.s//-. (W. C,,//. 7>'. p. 44 (1889) ; Steere, List Ph&ipp. Birds, 



p. 24(1890) (Leyte). 

 Ptilopus? incognita, Tioeedd. Ann. fy Mag. X. II (4) x. p. 538 



(1877); id. Om. Works, p. 565 (1881); Wardl. Rams., Ttoeedd. 



Orn. Works, pp. 654, 659, 669 (1881). 

 Leucotreron P incognita, Tweedd. P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 816. 

 Xenotreron incognita, Ttoeedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 832. 



Adult male. Pileura and anterior part- of face grey; sides of 

 head below the eyes and entire back of head purple-red ; back of 

 neck and upper parts bronzy green ; throat white tinged with 

 yellowish ; sides of neck and of breast grey ; crop ochraceous ; a 

 broad purple band on the lower part of breast ; middle of abdomen 

 grey ; sides and Hanks greyish green ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 whitish, the latter with a broad green stripe on the inner webs ; 

 thighs greenish grey anteriorly, white posteriorly ; wings green, the 

 primaries black on the inner web, quills with narrow yellowish 

 edges outwardly; first primary abruptly attenuated ; wing under- 

 neath lead-grey, under wing-coverts greenish grey ; tail green above 

 with a greyish band at the tip, grey below with a lighter band 

 at the tip : " iris pale reddish brown ; basal half of bill vermilion, 

 apical half yellow ; feet carmine, nails grey tinged with yellow 

 {Everett), total length 1 1'7-3 inches, wing 6'25, tail 4*25, bill 0-6, 

 tarsus 0-75. 



/•' male adult. Like the male : " iris light yellow or hazel-brown " 

 | Everett). 



Young (type of 0. batilda). "Top of head, back of neck, and 

 entire upper parts bronzy greeu ; throat yellowish white ; sides of 

 head yellowish white, interspersed with green ; underparts greyish 

 green, bronze upon the breast; crissum and under tail- coverts 

 whitish, the latter striped with green; wings like the back, the 

 secondaries and primaries edged on outer web with yellowish white; 

 tail bright green, with a greyish-white apical band, which is ob- 

 served only on the inner webs. Total length 11 inches, wing 6, 

 tail 4, culmen •&" (Elliot). "Iris dark brown; bill light brown, 

 the basal half dull red; feet coral-red" (Everett). 



Tmmaturt female (type of Ptilopus incognita). " Above, tertiarics, 

 and wing-coverts light emerald-green: forehead, hires, ophthalmic 

 region, cheeks, and ear-coverts grey mixed with dingy green ; chin 

 and throat almost pure white : neck and sides of neck greenish 

 grey; an ill-defined pectoral band formed of green feather- tipped 

 with reddy orange; breast ashy green tinged with the same colour; 

 Hanks green ; abdomen mixed green and ashy ; Under t;iil-coverrs 



(which are lengthened) pale creamy white, with a brown central 

 Bl reak ; thigh- and tarsal-covcrta ashy brown ; exposed upper surface 

 of red rices tinged with golden; lower surface pale ashy brown. 

 with ill-defined paler tips; quills dark brown, margined outwardly 



