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TKEKONIDJE. 



Similis Pt. perlato et Pt. zonnro. sed capite cinerco et cello 

 postico plumbeo diversus. Long. al. - 155 m., caud. - 26, rostri 

 0-21, tarsi 0-21." (Meyer). 



" Easily distinguished from Pt. perlatus and Pt. zonwus by the 

 whole of the head being light grey, only faintly tinged with green 

 on the nape, and whitish towards the front, as also by its sharply 

 defined light plumbeous hind neck, which colour spreads on to the 

 sides of the neck" (Meyer) ; terminal grey band on the tail as in 

 zonurus, but narrower. 



Hah. Constantine Harbour, E. New Guinea. 



K. TnORACOTEEROX. „ 



Type. 



Thoracotreron, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mai. iii. pp. 4, 37 (1S82). P. rivolii. 



Range. Moluccas and Papuan Islands, from Bouru to the Solomon 

 Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



a. A crescentic band white or yellow on the 



breast of the males. 

 a'. Crescentic band on the breast yellowish 

 white or pure white. 

 a". Under tail-coverts yellow. 



a'". No purple band along the middle of 

 the abdomen. 

 « 4 . Crescentic band on the breast yel- 

 lowish white strophium, p. 135. 



b 1 . Crescentic band on the breast pure 



white miqueli, p. L°»6. 



b'". A purple band along the middle of the 



abdomen rivolii, p. 1 36. 



b". Under tail-coverts green, sometimes 



mingled with yellow prasinorrhous, p. 137. 



b'. Crescentic band on the breast white, yellow 

 on the anterior part. 



c". Under tail-coverts green bellus, p. 138. 



I". Under tail-coverts yellow sjieciosus, p. 139. 



c'. Crescentic band on the breast uniform yellow. 

 e". Sinciput, lower breast, and abdomen lilac- 

 purple johamris, p. 140. 



f". Sinciput purple; lower breast and abdomen 



lilac-purple snlomonensis, p. 140. 



b. Breast of the females uniform green, with no 



crescentic band. 

 d'. Under tail-coverts bright yellow. 

 g" . Head brighter green than the neck and 



bark strophium, p. 135. 



h". Head and neck brighter green than the 

 back. 



c'". Larger ; wing 5'5 inches miqueli, p. 136. 



d!" . Medium ; wing 1 b xi l inches rivolii, p. 136. 



e" . Smaller; wing 4 - 5 inches speciosus, p. 139. 



i". Head and neck green, uniform with the J \ johannis, p. 140. 

 back ] salomonensis, p. 140. 





