104 TKERONID-ffi. 



Young. " Vertex and hind neck green, like the back ; front and 

 forehead covered with a pale violet-purple patch ; sides of head and 

 neck grey washed with green, the crop and upper portion of breast 

 with greenish yellow ; the underparts are of a less brilliant yellow ; 

 the sides darker greyish green ; the red pectoral patch is indicated 

 only by some dirty purplish feathers ; the pale yellow margins at 

 the ends of the coverts of the secondaries are broader and form a 

 distinct cross line ; the white end-portion of the tail-feathers is 

 washed at the outer web and apex with green : bill and feet brown. 

 Total length 8 inches, wing 4-7, tail 2-S, bill 0-5, tarsus 041 (!)." 

 {Haril. 6f Finsch.) 



Hah. Earotonga, Cook's or Hervey Islands. 



26. Ptilopus coralensis. 



Ptilinopus coralensis, Peak, U.S. E.vpl. Evped. p. 190, pi. 51 (1848); 



Kartt. Arch. f. Naturg. 1852, i. pp. 114, 135; id. J.f. 0. 1854, 



p. 170; Cass. U.S. Rrpl. E.vped. 2nd ed. p. 272 (part,), pi. 32 (1858) ; 



Kartl. # Finsch, Orn. Centralpul. p. 130 (1807). 

 Kurutreron coralensis, Pp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 20 (1854); id. Cumpt. 



Rend, xxxix. p. 878 (1854), xl. p. 217, n. 60 (1855) ; id. Coup 



d'ceil Ordr. Pig. pp. 10, 55, n. 60 (1855) ; Pchnb. Tauben, p. 93 



(1862), ii. p. 177, t. 3. f. 33 (ex Peale) (1862) ; G. P. Gr. Kand- 



list, ii. p. 225, n. 9134 (1870). 

 Kurutreron chrvsogaster, Pp. (nee Gray ?) Compt. Mend, xliii. 



p. 834 (1856) (lies Marquises (!), Mm. Luyd.). 

 Ptilonopus coralensis. G. P. Gr. List P. Trop. Id, p. 37 (1859) ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 9. 

 Ptilonopus chalcurus, G. P. Gr. List P. Trop. Id. p. 37 (1859) 



(Cook's Islands) (?) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 94. 

 Ptilinopus chalcurus, Finsch §■ Kartl. Orn. Centralpol. p. 131 (1867) : 



iid. P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 31. 

 Kurutreron chalcurus, G. P. Gr. Kand-list, ii. p. 225, n. 9133 



(1870). 

 ? Ptilopus coralensis, Schley. Mas. P.-P. Columbse, p. 14 (part.) 



(1873) (lies Marquises!); Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 363 (1877); 



Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 528; Wiylesw. Ibis, 1891, p. 573; id. 



Aves Polynes. p. 49, n. 254 (1891). 

 Ptilopus chalcurus, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 362 (1877); Elliot, 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 529; Wiylesw. Ibis, 1891, p. 574; id. Aves 



Polynes. -p. 49, n. 255 (1891). 



Type of P. chalcurus. Crown and forehead purple-violet, separated 

 from the base of the culmen by a few greenish feathers ; occiput 

 and nape greyish green ; back and wings bronze-green ; throat pale ; 

 sides of the head, neck, and breast greenish grey ; abdomen dull 

 olive-green ; vent and under tail-coverts pale yellow : quills with 

 yellowish narrow edges, narrower on the primaries ; first primary 

 scarcely narrowed at the tip ; under surface of the wings grey ; 

 tail above bronze-green, nearly coppery, with an obsolete greyish 

 band at the tip of the lateral feathers ; tail below grey, with a 

 lighter terminal band : bill, legs, and feet yellowish in the skin. 

 Total length about 9 inches, wing 5*6, tail 3 - S, bill 0-55, tarsus 0-9. 



Bab. Island of Carlsoff, Paumotu Group. 



