8. PTILOPUS. 1-N'> 



Key to the Species. 



a. Smaller wing-coverts ashy lilac, with the tips 



deep purple kumeralis, p. 123. 



b. Smaller wing-coverts uniform ashy lilac. 



a'. Grey apical tail-band not visible from above . jobiemis, p. 124. 

 b'. Grey apical tail-band quite conspicuous also 



from above , iozonus, p. 124. 



43. Ptilopus hunieralis. 



Ptilonopua hunieralis, Wall. P. Z. 8. 1862, p. 106, pi. 21 ; id. Ibis, 



1865, p. 378; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 177 (1865); Wall. J. f. 0. 



1866, p. 278 ; Becc. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 715 (1875). 

 Iiamphiculus hunieralis, G. Ii. Gr. Hand-l. ii. p. 227, n. 9152(1870). 

 Ptilopus humeralis, Schley. N. T. D. iv. p. 24 (1873) ; id. Mus. P.-H. 



Columbic, p. 16 ( 187-5) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Cio. Gen. ix. p. 198. 

 n. 22 (1876) ; Meyer in Bowl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 342 (1877) ; Gieb. 

 The*. Orn. iii. p. 364 (1877) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 548 ; Salvad. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 63; D\Alh. $ Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. 

 p. 117 (1879): Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 396 (1879); D'Alb. 

 Nuova Gain. p. '588 (1880); Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 23 

 (1882) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 658 (Waigiou) ; Tristr. Cat. 

 Coll. B. p. 44 (1889) ; Salvad. Mem. P. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. 

 p. 51 (Ayy. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 177) (1891). 



Adult male. General plumage shining green ; chin slightly 

 tinged with greyish ; middle of the abdomen rich orange ; vent 

 and under tail-coverts yellowish white, the latter with a green 

 spot on tho inner web ; wings green, quills darker, shining, and 

 with a bluish tinge ; secondaries and greater wing-coverts with 

 narrow yellow edges, smaller wing-coverts lilac-grey, those near the 

 bend of the wine; with broad purple tips, forming a conspicuous 

 purple patch ; the cubital smaller wing-coverts more or less with 

 narrow purple edges ; scapulars and inner secondaries lilac-grey, 

 with green edges ; wings underneath lead-colour, under wing- 

 coverts slightly tinged w T ith green ; tail bright green above, dart 

 grey beneath, with an apical white-grey band : " bill yellowish, 

 with the base near the nostrils carmine ; feet carmine : irides grey " 

 (D'A.lbcrtis). Total length 8*7 inches, wing 5, tail 2 - 5, bill - 73, 

 tarsus 0*9. 



Female. Like the male, only a little smaller. 



In this species the feathers of the forehead do not extend so 

 far forwards, so that the forehead is partly naked, and the bill 

 appears much longer than in P. jobiensis and P. iozonus. 



Hob. Salawatti, Waigiou, and Xorth-western and Central Xew 

 Guinea, along tho Ply River. 



a. Ad. sk. Salawatti. Wallace Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. c. d 2 ad. sk. Salawatti, June, July ( Jl'al- Gould Coll. 



lace), 

 d. c? ad. sk. Flv River, New Guinea, Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 



Oct. [jyAWertia). 



c. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Wallace Coll. 



