



8. ptilopt/s. 137 



Adult male. Bright green ; sinciput and middle of the abdomen 

 purple-red : crescentic band on the chest white, slightly tinged 

 with yellow ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts rich yellow ; 

 scapulars with round bluish-black spots in the centre ; primaries 

 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 greenish, with the tip 

 vellowish ; feet purple. Total length 8*75 inches, wing 5*2, tail 2-8, 

 bill 0-72, tarsus 0-78. 



Female. Green, with the pileum deeper and brighter ; lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts bright yellow. 



Hah. Xew Ireland (?) and Duke of York Island. 



Mr. Ramsay mentions specimens from Cloudy Bay and Blunden 

 Bivcr. 



a, b. cS 2 ad. sk. Duke of York Island (He v. G. Tweeddale Coll. 

 Broicn). 



58. Ptilopus prasinorrhous. 



Ptilonopus, n. sp., Wall. Ann. 8f May. X. H. (2) xx. p. 473 (1857) 



(K5 Isl.). 

 Ptilonopus prasinorrhous, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 185, 195; id. 



Cat. B. New Gain. pp. 04, 00 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 43(5 ; 

 Wall. Ibis, 1861, p. 290; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 34; id. Ibis, I860, 



p. 881, n. 37; Fimeh, Xen-Guin. p. 177 (I860); Wall. J. f. O. 



1866, p. 279, n. 37 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 698. 

 Ionotreron prasinochroa, Rchnb. Tauben, ii. p. 180, n. 233 6 (1862). 

 Jotreron prasinorhous, Rosenb. N. T. N. I. xxv. p. 249, n. 218 (1863) ; 



id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 132, n. 218. 

 Ptilopus prasinorrhous, Schley. N. T. D. iii. pp. 210, 346 (1866) ; 



Rosenb. Reis naar de Zuidoosfereil. pp. 81, 88 (1867) ; Salvia!. Ann. 



Mm. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 196, n. 13 (1876), x. p. 157 (1877), xii. p. 346 



(1878) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Sac. N. S. W. iii. p. 291 (1878) ; Elliot, 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 562 ; Sa/rad. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 65 ; id. Ann. Mus. 



Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 657 (1879) ; I)' Alb. Nuova Guin. p. 582 (1880) ; 



Salvad. Om. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 41 (1882) ; Bias. <$• Nehrk. Verh. 



z.-b. Ges. Wiin, 1882, p. 428 (Amhoina); Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, 



pp. 575 ( Weeda Isl. ), 658 (Traitor's Isl., X. of Jobi) ; Tristr. Cat. 



Cull. B. p. 44 (1889) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 53 



(Ay a. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 179) ( 1891). 

 [otreron prasinorrhous, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 226, n. 9143 (1870). 

 Ptilopus rivolii (part.), Schleg. N. T. D. iv. p. 21 (1871) : id. Mus. 



P.-B. Columbre, p. 24 (1873); Meyer, Sitzb. k. Ak. d. Wissensch. 



zn Wiin, lxx. p. 128 (part.) (1874); Salvad. (nee Prev.) Ann. 



Ma*. Civ. Grn. viii. p. 388, n. 38 (1876), ix. p. L96, n. 12 (part.) 



( 1876) (Burn); Gicb. Tlics. Orn. iii. p. 3C.8 (part.) (1877) ; Rosenb. 



Malay. Arc/tip. pp. 372, 396, 561 (1^78-79). 



Adult mule. Bronze-green; sinciput and centre of the lower 

 breast and upper abdomen purple-red ; crescentic band on the chest 

 white, slightly tinged with yellow : lower abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts green, with the edges of the feathers yellow: scapulars 

 with bluish-black round spots on the centre; primaries dark greyish 



