8. ptilopus. 87 



of 1 lie upper pari of the breast crossed with concealed violet hands ; 

 lower brea>t and middle of the abdomen orange : lower abdomen 

 and vent lemon-yellow : sides greyish green ; under tail-coverts 

 magenta or rose-violet, with narrow bright orange edgings*: wings 

 shining given, secondaries with narrow yellow edgings to the outer 

 webs ; the inuermost secondaries or tertials with acute violet-blue 

 spots towards the tips ; first primary much attenuated at the tip : 

 under -wing-coverts greeuish grey, with yellow edgings ; quills 

 underneath slate-grey ; tail above green with a pale yellow band at 

 the tip, underneath grey: "bill lead-colour, -with greenish-white 

 tip; feet dark blood-red "( llartl. cj - Finsch). Total length about 

 8 inches, wing 5*25, tail 2"7, bill 0-5S, tarsus OS. 



Young. " Green, with narrow yellow edgings on the tectrices and 

 scapulars ; head above also green, with a pale yellow supercilium ; 

 underparts dirty olive-green ; vent, anal region, and under tail- 

 coverts straw-yellow ; on the vent some orange feathers ; tail green, 

 with a whitish patch on the inner webs above the end, forming an 

 irregular cross band; feet and bill dark. Wing 4-8 inches, tail 2-4, 

 bill 0-6." (ffartl. § Finsch.) 



Bab. Pelew Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Pelew Is. (J. Kvbary). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Pelew Is. (Peters). Salvin-Godman Col). 



c. Ad. sk. Pelew Is. — Cohen, Esq. < !. . 

 d,e. Acl.etjuv.sk. Pelew Is. (Cohen ). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



14. Ptilopus perousei. 



Ptilinope de Marie, Hbmbr. et Jaeq. J""/. Pofe Sud, pi. 29. f. 2 

 (1841). 



Columba kurukuru superba, Wombr. et Jaeq. Ann. >S'e. Nat. xvi. 

 p. -Jit) (1841) (Balaou, lies Vitii. 



Ptilinopus perousii, Peak, U.S. ExpL Exped. p. 195, pi. -54 (1-4>i 

 (Samoa and Feejee); Hurt!. Archie f. Naturg. 1852, 1. pp. \\~>. 

 134: id. J.f. On,. L854, p. L69; Cass. U.S. Expl Exped. 2nd ed. 

 p. 274, pi. 33 (1858) ; Finsch A- llm-tl. Orn. Centralpolyn. pp. 110, 

 §78, t. si. f. 1 (18B7) ; iid. l>. /.. s. 1st;;), p. .148 i Tonga) ; iid. 

 J. f. <>. L870, pp. 122, 131 : Grqffe, J. f. O. 1870, p. 408: G. P. 

 Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 225, a. 9121 1 1870) (Navigator's Isl.) : Finsch, 

 J. f. 0. 1872, pp. 32, 44: Grafe, Journ. Mm. Godeffr. i. p 4"» 

 i 1 -7.ii : Whittnee, P. '/. S. l67'6, p. 153; E. L. Layard, P. Z. S. 

 1876, i>. 185 i Yiti Levu, Vanua Levu), 1876, pp. 4'.>~> (Upolu), 

 r>02: id. Ibis, ls7ti, pp. 31)2, .',00: Xehrk. J. f. 0. 1879, p. )"7 : 

 lic/unr. J. f. (). ISill. p. 127; llartert. Kat. Vogels. p. L90 i 1891 I. 



Ptilonopus (de Marie), G. P. Gr. Gen. B. Lii. A pp. p. 23 I L849). 



Ptinilopus maris, Jaeq. et Pueh. Yoy. P6le Sud, iii. p. 11"» I 186 



Kurukuru Bamoensis, Des Murs >.y Prio. Voy. Venus, />>,,/. p. l' 47 

 (1855?). 



Ptilonopus samoensis, J. 1 err. .1/. v.. //</<■ I)> < M»r< Sr Pier. I. c. 



Ptilopus maris, Pp. Consp. Ae. ii. p. 22 (1854); id. Compt. Bend. 



* Apparently by mistake, in the original description, the under tail-coverls 



were Baid U) be white at base, then yellow, with tips rose-violet. 



