88 TEEKONlDiE. 



xxxix. p. 877 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 49 (1855); ztf. Comjo rfWZ 



0/-d/-e PV/. pp. 9, 54, n. 49 (1855) ; »'d. Icon. Piff. pi. 26 (1857;; 



Aw-a, P\ ZiW &>c. JV. S. W. (2) ii. p. 445 (1887). 

 Ptilonopus marise, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mies. Columbse, p. 4 (1856) ; 



id. Cat. B. Trap. Isl. p. 37 (1859) ; Rchnb. Tauben, p. 96, t. 240. 



f. 2586 (1862), ii. p. 178, t. iv. ff. 38-40, t. v. ff. 49, 50 (1862) ; 



Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 140 (1878). 

 Ptilinopus csesarinus, Hart!. J. f. O. 1864, p. 413 (juv., "Viti Levu). 

 Ptilinopus marise, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 225, n. 9120 (1870) 



(Feejee Isl.). 

 Ptilopus perousii, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbee, p. 10 (1873) ; Sousa, 



Mus. Nog. Lisb. Columbae, p. 8 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 366 



(1877) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 545 (part. ?) ; Schmeltz, Terh. Ver. 



Hamb. 1877 (1879), p. 179; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 44 (1889); 



Wiqlesiu. Lbis, 1891, p. 580 ; id. Aves Polynes. p. 51, n. 264 



(1891). 

 Ptilonopus perousii, Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 441 ; E. L. Layard, 



P. Z. S. 1876, pp. 495, 502. 



Adult male. Front and crown, and a broad band across the back, 

 continued over the smaller upper wing-coverts, dark purple-red ; 

 rest of the head, neck, and abdomen pale white-yellow ; feathers of 

 the breast, split at their ends, have a rose-red band showing through 

 the white tips; beneath these there is a broad purple band, with a 

 yellow or orange tinge showing through ; under tail-coverts rose- 

 purple ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts pale greenish yellow ; 

 upper wing-coverts (except the smaller ones) and tertials light grey, 

 with greenish-yellow edgings ; quills above dark bronze-green ; 

 under wing-coverts light grey, under surface of the quills dark grey : 

 tail light grey, with the edges of the feathers greenish yellow, and 

 with an imperfect green band towards the tip : " iris red " (Peale), 

 " whitish " (Hombrori), "light gold, or yellow-buff; bill green or 

 slate-bluish ; feet green or greenish " (Layard). Total length 

 8 - 25 inches, wing 5, tail 3 - 25, bill 0*47, tarsus - 9. 



Female. According to Layard different from the adult male. 

 Forehead and crown purple-red; occiput and hind neck green, with 

 a grey tinge ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bronze-green ; 

 sides of the head and neck greyish green, chin and throat whitish ; 

 breast grey, the feathers with a concealed dark purple band, and 

 with the base more or less green ; on the lower breast a dull orange 

 patch ; abdomen pale greenish yellow ; under tail-coverts magenta ; 

 wings shining green ; greater wing-coverts and inner secondaries 

 edged with yellow, the latter with a blue tinge towards their tip ; 

 primaries deep bronze-green ; tail above bronze-green, with a sub- 

 terminal grey spot on the inner web of the lateral tail-feathers : 

 "bill green ; legs green ; iris yellow-buff" (Layard). 



Young. Resembles the female, but the occiput and hind neck are 

 green, without the grey tinge; also the sides of the head and of the 

 neck are green ; throat grey ; feathers of the breast green, with 

 grey tips and devoid of the concealed dark purple bands ; abdomen 

 dull yellow ; under tail-coverts lemon-yellow ; wings and tail as in 

 the female : " bill and feet green ; iris yellow-buff" (Layard). 



