8. PTiLorus. 1151 



.50. Ptilopus ornatus. 



Ptilopua ornatus, llosenb. in litt. ; Schleg. A*. T. D. iv. p. 52 (1871 ) 

 id. Mas. P.-B. Columbae, p. 1!) (1873) ; llosenb. Heist, naar 

 Oeelvinkb, pp. 117, 143 (1875); Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. v 

 ]). 715 (1875); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 197, n. 19 

 (1870), x. p. 158 (1*77); Oieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 360 (1877); 

 Oust. Bull. Sun. Philom. 1877, p. 55; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 

 ]i. 55(i ; Saload. J'. Z. S. 1879, p. 64; Rosenh. Malay. ArcAip. 

 pp. 561, 594 (1879) ; If Alb. Nuova Gain. p. 582 (1880); Saload. 

 Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 32 (1882) ; Guillem. P. Z. IS. 1885, 

 p. 058; Salvad. Mem. It. Ac. Se. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 52 (Agy. Orn. 

 Pap. e Mol. p. 178) (1891). 



Adult male. Green ; upper part of head deep purple-red ; throat 

 and lower part of cheeks grey, collar on the nape deeper grey; crop 

 and upper part of breast yellow olive-brown ; the same colour 

 tinges the back of the neck below the grey collar ; back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts green, the upper back slightly tinged with brown ; 

 lower part of breast, sides, and thighs green ; middle of the abdo- 

 men greyish white, slightly tinged with yellow ; vent and under 

 tail-coverts yellowish white, the latter with green stripes on the 

 inner webs ; wings green ; primaries deeper and with a bluish tinge ; 

 secondaries and greater wing-coverts outwardly edged with yellow ; 

 a long, purple-red patch on the smaller wing-coverts, the median 

 ones grey, edged with green ; scapulars grey, edged with orange- 

 green, tinged in some specimens with purple-red ; wings underneath 

 lead-colour ; under wing-coverts slightly tinged with green ; rail 

 above green, with a broad apical band yellow, tinged in some 

 specimens with pale purple ; tail below grey, with a yellowish- 

 white apical band : " bill yellowish or greenish ; feet purple ; irides 

 pale red or yellow-red " (Z/ Albert is). Total length 10-25 inches, 

 wing 5*8, tail :>25, bill - G5, tarsus - 75. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hah. North-western New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Aniberbaki, May (Lai/laize). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



51. Ptilopus gestroi. 



Ptilonopus gestroi, If Alb. $ Salvad, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. v i. 



p. K54 i 1875) ; LfAlb. Xuova limn. p. 5S5 ( 18>0). 

 Ptilopus gestroi, Sah-ad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. ix. pp. 43, 197, n. 18 



(187H) : Elin.t. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 557, pi. 34 : Bams. I'r. Linn. Soc. 



A". S. W. iii. p. 289 ( 1878), iv. p. 100, n. 150 ( L879); LVAlb. fySalvad. 



Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. L16 (1879); If Alb. Nuova Gain. 



p. 588 I L880) : Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xvi. p. 445 (1882) ; 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 33,555 (1882); id. Ann. Ma-. 



Civ. Gen. (2) x. p. 828 (1891); id. Mem. U. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. 



p. 62 [Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 178) (1891 i. 



Similar to /'. ornatus, from which it differs in having the head 

 Yellowish olive and the crop of a deeper brown : " bill Yellow, with 



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