8. i'tilopps. 125 



p. 834 (1875); Salvad. op. cit. ix. p. 42 (1876); T)'Alh. Nwva 



Guin. p. 585 (1879). 

 Ptilopua ionozonua, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 198, n. 24 



(1870) ; Gieb. The*. Orn. iii. p. .305 (1877) ; Rams. 1'r. Linn. Soc. 



N.S. II'. i. ]i. 394 (1870), iii. pp. 103, 289 (1878), iv. p. 100, 



n. 151 (1879). 

 Ptilopua iozonus, D'Alb. Sydn. Mail, 1877, p. 248; id. Ann. Mus. 



Civ. Gen. x. pp. 18, 20 '(1877); Salvad. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 99 ; 



Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 547 ; Salvad. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 63; Rosenb. 



Malay. Archip. p. 372 (1879); J) 'Alb. § Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Gen. xiv. p. 117 (1879); IfAlb. Nuova Guin. p. 588 (1880); 



Salvad. Vol/. ' C/iallenr/er,' Birds, p. 82 ( 1881) ; id. Om. Pap. e Mol. 



iii. p. 25 ('1882) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 44 (1889); Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) ix. p. 587 (1890), x. p. 823 (1891) ; id. Mem. 



R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 51 {Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 177) 



(1891). 



Adult male. Shining green, chin slightly greyish ; middle of the 

 abdomen rich orange; vent and under tail-coverts yellowish white, the 

 latter with green spots on the inner webs ; wings green, quills darker, 

 shining, and with a bluish tinge ; secondaries and greater wing- 

 coverts with narrow yellow edges ; smaller wing-coverts lilac-grey ; 

 inner secondaries grey, with broad green edges ; wings underneath 

 lead-colour, under wing-coverts slightly tinged with green ; tail above 

 bright green, dark grey beneath, and with a broad grey band at the 

 tip, each feather with a white spot on the inner portion of the grey 

 tip : " irides orange-yellow, pale yellow, or white ; bill greenish or 

 yellowish, with the tip yellow, and with the base of the upper 

 mandible carmine ; feet carmine " (D'Albertis, Loria). Total length 

 7'75 inches, wing 4-25, tail 2*1, bill 0-53, tarsus 0*62. 



Female. Like the malo. 



Hub. Aru Islands and South-eastern New Guinea- 



a, b. (Jad.sk. Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. 



(Types of species.) 



c. 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands ( Wallace). Gould Coll. 



d. 2 ad- sk. Aru Islands, Jan. (J. T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Cocker ell). 



e. 2 a( l- sk. Aru Islands. ' Challenger ' Exp. 

 /'. Ad. sk. Fly River, New Guinea Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Broadbent). 

 g,h,i. Ad.sk. Port Moresby, New Guinea Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Goldie). 

 k. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. (A. Goldie). Tweeddale Coll. 



0. (Ldiuhixus. m 



Type. 



(Edirbinus, Cab. Sf Rchnw. SB. d. Ges. naturf. Fr. zu 



Berlin, (Mai) 1876, p. 73 P. iusolitus. 



Kranocera, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 872 



(October, L876) P. insolitus. 



Range. New Ireland, New Britain, and Duke of York Island. 



