8. rxiLOPus. y- 



20. Ptilopus swainsoni. 

 PCobmba purpurata, pari., 7W. Pig. et Gall i. p. 282 (prem. var.) 



Oolumba purpurata, var. regina, Sw. Zool. Jour?,, i. p. 474 (1S"51 

 ( olumba purpura ta, Jard. $ Selb. {nee auct.) lit Orn. ii. pi.' 70 



Ptilinopus awainsoni, Go«W, P. Z. s. 1842. p. 18 (River Clarence 

 and Won By,, id. Birds Austr. v.'pl. W^iffi 

 J%tf Q*. 5 J/,,*. A. & B. p. 831, n. 18&S (1849); Jtehnb Vol ' 



V. 7 ' T , • 7i "- "'■ ]1 «"<l-l>*t, n. p. 224, n. 9116 (1870) • //«,-// A 

 *msch,l;u„<. Centralpolm p. 125 (1867); GVo^. JoU. J/'J. 

 Gorftfr. P t i. pi ; . f. 6 , 187§) ; Rama. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 114: id 

 Pr.Imm.8oe. N. 8. W. ii. p. 195, n. 513 (1878; ■ id. Tab L>\f 

 p. 17, n. 587 (1888) ; Hartert, Kut. Vogekamml. p. 100 Q891 i 

 Ptilonopus awainaom, G li Gr dm 7? ii n ac,« „ «, j, 



JSwft 1 "* ,,: 1:509 - 10 ^ 1862 ^ ^ ^Tkfft* 



Phlopua .swainsoni, Sp. Cornp. Av. ii. p. 19 (1854) ; id Comot 

 ^ r f'f 1 A9-PP-8,64,n.40(1855); &My. *«,. ' P \. B . Colun.l,,, 



■**«=#*, p. ^ (pun,; ^1004;. 



SSSStToBft ^ AfMr8 *^- *«• rinus,Zool. pp. 256, 



(1890). -' r ' 2VomeBci *"•• ^ e '»- <>»• p. 280 



JA.lt. Green ; forehead and crown rose-lilac, surrounded, except 

 in trout, with a narrow ring of yellow ; back of the neck Ueviah 

 green; upper surface green tinged with yellow, the greens" the 

 Mings more bnlhant, having a glossy appearance; scapulars and 

 rertials deep blue towards the tips and broadly edgW with gol e 

 green; quills with narrow yellow edges, broader on the inner 

 se-ondanes chin and upper throat pale yellow ; lower throat and 

 breast dull green, each feather forked at the end. which is silver? 

 grey ; a lilac transverse band between the breast and the abdomen ■ 

 abdomen orange, aides flanks, and thighs green ; vent yellow ; under 

 ta.l-.-verts yellow, stained with orange; under wing-coverte 

 greenish S roy with yellowish edu^s ; quills underneath giey= tail 

 above green, below grey and with a yellow hand at the tip .- "hides 

 reddish orange ; lull greenish black and horn-colour at tip feel 

 ohve-4uwn (ffotg). Total length 8-5 inches, wing 5-25 ti.il 3 

 Dill U*4o, tarsus 0*84, 



For.aU .Smaller; of a brighter green above and on the breast.* 

 an. U ith the yellow under tail-coverts less stained with orange 



J »«'."/. ]..on Z e-^reen above, with the feathers of the back, wings, 

 and ^edgedwith yellow; a yellow line from the km, over the 

 eyes; throat yellowish green j underparta green, with theedgesof 



