8. rxiLorrs. 



89 



The majority of the Fiji and Tonga birds have an incomplete preen 

 hand on the tail, which is generally wanting in the Samoa birds ; 

 the latter have the tail entirely light grey. 



This speeies passes through many stages before assuming the 

 full dress. In not fully adult males the smaller upper wing-coverts 

 are scarcely tinged with deep purple-red, the purplish band on 

 the lower breast is wanting or scarcely visible, and the tail shows a 

 more or less complete green subterminal band. The young bird 

 (P. ccesarinus) is so very different from the adult that even Mr. E. 

 L. Layard (P. Z. S. 1ST"', p. 436) thought that it could not belong 

 to the present species, but to P. fasciatus; he declares that be had 

 never seen a specimen of P. perousei with yellow vent-feathers (or 

 under tail-coverts?) ; but there is one collected by him in Mr. Sim - 

 bohm's collection, and several among the birds enumerated below. 



The adult female of this species has a certain resemblance to 

 P. pulchellus. 



Hab. Samoa Islands — Upolu, Savaii ; Tonga Islands — Tonga- 

 tabu ; and Fiji Islands — Balaou, Mathuata, N'gau,Viti Levu, < (valau, 

 Waikaia, Mokani, Yanua Levu, Loma-loma, Mango, Kandavu, 

 Kanathia, Vatu Lele. 



a, b. <$ ad. et ad. 

 sk. 



c. d ad. sk. 



d. d ad. sk. 



e. J ad. sk. 



/, ff , h. 6 2 ad. sk. 

 i. c? ad. Bk. 



k. (S ad. sk. 



/. rf ad. sk. 



m. c? ad. sk. 



n, o. $ ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 p, q. S 2 juv. sk. 



r, •--. c" juv. sk. 



t, u. d ad. et yellow 



var. sk. 

 v. 3 ad. Bk. 



Upolu, Sanma, Aug. 



Samoa. 

 Samoa. 



Samoa. 



Savai, July (Bev. G. 



Brown ). 

 Savage Is. 



N'gau Is., Fiji. 



Yitu Levu, Aug. (E. L. 



Lai/aril). 

 Ovalau, Dec. (E. L. 



Layard). 

 Rewa, Uct. (E. L. 



Layard). 

 Wakaia, Dec. (E. L. 



Layard). 

 I'lia, Dec. (E.L.Layard). 

 Bua. 



Mango Is., Dee. < /.'. L. 

 Layard). 



J. Brenehlev, Esq. 



, L : 



Godeffrov M 1 1 — • urn. 

 Rev. J. B. Stair _1\ . 

 Lev. J. Whitmee 



Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Lev. J. Whitmee 



[P.]. 

 Voyage of H.M.S. 



'Herald' [C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



15. Ptilopus dupetit-thouarsi. 



Coluraba Du Petithouaraii, Neboux, Rev. Zool. L840, p. 289; Less. 

 Deter. Mamm. et Ois. p. 209 (1847). 



(' 'lumlia kurukmai purpuro-lriu'ocrj Imlis (sic), llombr. if Jacq. Ann. 

 S . Nat. xvi. p. 816 (1841). 



