8. ptilopus. 97 



Kurukuru roseicapillus, part., Des Mars § Pr6v. Voy. Vdnus, Ois. 



p. 262 (1866 P.). 

 Ptilopus ewingi, Bp. Camp. Av. ii. p. 20 (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend. 



xxxix. p. 877 ( 1864), xl. p. 216, n. 41 (1855) ; id. Coup d'osil Ordr. 



Pi//, pp. 8, 54, ii. 41 (1855) ; id. Icon. Pig. pi. 24. f. 1 (1857) ; 



Schleq. Mus. P.-B. Columbaj, p. 5 (part.) (1873) ; Gieb. That. 



Orn. iii. p. 363 (1877). 

 Ptilopus swainsoni, Elsey {nee Gould), P. Z. S. 1857, p. 27 (Quail 



Island, near Port Paterson). 



Adult male. Green ; forehead and crown rose-purple, margined 

 behind with yellow ; sides of head greyish green ; upper parts green, 

 with a yellowish tinge, the green of the wing with a glossy 

 appearance ; scapulars and tertials deep blue towards the tips, and 

 broadly edged with golden green ; quills with narrow yellow edges ; 

 throat yellow ; crop-feathers green, tipped with grey; breast-feathers 

 green, tipped with yellow ; abdomen orange, with a pale rose-lilac 

 band across the upper part ; flanks and thighs green ; vent yellow ; 

 under tail-coverts orange-yellow ; under wing-coverts grey, edged 

 with yellowish green ; quills underneath grey ; tail green above, 

 grey underneath, with a broad terminal yellowish-white band : 

 " irides orange ; feet olive" (Gould), " or brownish ; bill black, with 

 yellow tip" (Elliot). Total length 8 inches, wing 4-6, tail 2-8, 

 bill 0-55, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. Northern Australia from Port Essington to Cape York 

 (Ramsay). 



a, b, c. Ad. st. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers 



PP-1- 

 d. Ad. sk. Port Essington. Gould Coll. 



e,f. 3 2 ad. sk. Quail Isl., N.W. Australia. J. E. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



22. Ptilopus flavicollis. 



Columba purpurata, Temm. fy Knip (nee Gm.), Pig. i. pi. 34 (bad) 



(1808-11) (Timovfde Bonaparte). 

 Columba purpurata, part., Temm. Pig. ct Gall. i. p. 283 (1813) 



(Timor) ; Less, (nee Gm.) Tr. d'Orn. p. 472 (1831) (Timor). 

 Ptilonopus purpuratus, Sidby, Nat. IAhr., Pigeons, p. 103 (part.) pi. 3 



(e.v Knip S[ Temminck) (1835) (Timor) ; Ilchnb. Syn. Av. f. 1305 



(1847) (e.v Selby). 

 Ptilonopus flavicollis, G. R. Gr. MS. (1854) ; Finscb S,- Marti Orn. 



Centralpolyn. p. 125 (1867); G. R. Gr. Hand-lid, ii. r>. 225, 



n.9125 (1877). 

 Ptilopus flavicollis, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 20 (1854) (Timor) : id. 



Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 877 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 4 2 | L866)j id. 



Coupd'ail Ordr. 1'iy. pp. 8,64, n.42 (1855) ; id. Icon. ity.pl. 20 « 



(25 in the Index) (18.">7) ; Sm/sa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columba?, p. 8 



( L878) ; Grub. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 864 | L877). 

 Ptilonopus flavocollis, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbffi, p. 3 



(1856) (Timor). 

 Ptilonopus flsvipectuft Rcltub. Taulwn, p. 94, t. 235. f. 1305 (e.v 



S.Ih,,) (1862). 

 Ptilonopus flavicollis, Rehnb. Tauhen, p. 05 (1862) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 



1868, p. 486 j id. Ibis, 1865, p. 380; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 279. 

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