8. PTiLorus. 



13-5 



. Uuder tail-coverts green, edged or mingled 



with yellow. 



k'. Smaller; wing 4-8 inches : only the upp a 



part of the head darker than the rest . . 



I". Larger ; wing 5"5 inches : upper part of 



the head and periophthalmic region 



darker and brighter green 



55. Ptilopus strophium. 



pra 



inorrhous 



107 



bellus, p. 138. 



Ptilonopus, sp., Macr/ill. Contr. to Orn. 1850, p. 102, with figure. 

 Ptilonopua strophium, Gould, a pud Jardine, Contr. to Orn. 1850, 



p. 105 (note) ; G. R. Gr. List Spec. B. Brit. Mm. Columbse, p. 6 



(part.) (1856) ; id. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 195: id. Cat. B. New Gum. 



pp. 46, 00 ( 1859) : id. P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 433. 

 Jotreron rivolii (part.), Bp. Consp. ii. p. 25 (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend. 



xxxix. p. 878 (part.) (1*54), xl. p. 217, n. 55; id. Coup d'ceil 



Ordr. Pig. pp. 10, 55, n. 55 (1855). 

 Ionotreron rivolii (part.), Rchnb. Tauben, p. 100, n. 233, t. 236 h. 



f. 3364 (nee t. 235. f. 1306) (1862). 

 Ptilonopus rivolii, Wall, (nee Prev.), Ibis, 1865, p. 381, n. 38; id. 



J.f. O. 1866. p. 279, n. 38. 

 Iotreron rivolii (part.), G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 226, n. 9142 (1870). 

 Ptilopus strophium, Schleg. Mux. P.-B. Oolumbse, p. 27 (1873); 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 196, n. 10 (1876); Elliot, 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 563 (part.) ; Salvad. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 65; id. 



Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 37 (1882) ; Meyer, Sit.b. u. Abh. der Ges. 



Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 51 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 558 (East Island 



and Rossel Island); Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 52 



(Af/g. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 178) (1891). 

 " Ptilopus cinctus, Gould," Schley. I.e. (errore?). 

 Ptilopus rivolii (part.), Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 290, 



n. 143 (Deboyne Island and Teste Island) (1878), iv. p. 100, n. 150 



(1879); Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 325; de Vis (nee Prev.), Ann. Rep. 



Brit. New Guin. p. 62 (1890) ; id. Colon. Papers, a. 103, p. 111'. 



(1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 40. 



Adult male. Bright green ; sinciput purple-red ; crescentic band 

 on the chest yellowish white, edged above and below with a narrow 

 dark green line ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts rich lemon- 

 yellow ; scapulars with blue-black round spots in the centre ; pri- 

 maries dull greyish green, with narrow whitish edges ; secondaries 

 and rectrices with narrow yellow edges ; tail above green ; below 

 dark grey, with a light grey band at the end: " bill yellow ; feet 

 purple ; iris yellow " (Ingham). Total length 9-25 inches, wing 5 - 3, 

 tul :;. bill 0-61, tarsus f>9. 



/•' male. Bright green ; head darker green above, lower abdomen 

 and under tall-coverts lemon-yellow. Differs from the male in 

 wanting the red-purple colour on the sinciput, tho white crescentic 

 band on the chest, and the round bluish-black spots on the scapulars. 



Hoi. Louisiade Islands — Duchateau, Deboyne, Teste, East, Rossel, 

 and St. Aignan Islands, and also S.E. New Guinea, near Port 

 Moresby. 



A specimen from Southern New Guinea has a few small purple 

 spots along the middle of the abdomen. 



