140 TKERONID^. 



■with pale tip ; feet purple : " irides yellow " (Beccari). Total length 

 7 inches, wing 4-5, tail 2'30, bill 0-56, tarsus 0-8. 



Female. Green ; head and neck brighter ; the feathers of the 

 lower breast and abdomen edged with yellow : under tail-coverts 

 yellow ; wings and tail as in the male, from which it differs in 

 wanting the purple spots on the sides of the forehead, the yellow- 

 and-white crescentic band on the chest, and the beautiful purple- 

 lilac colour on the lower breast and upper abdomen. 



Hab. The islands of Mafoor and Mysori, and also Traitor's Island 

 (E. of Jobi), in Geelvink Bay. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Mafoor, March. Dr. A. B. Meyer r C.j. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Mafoor, March (Meyer). Gould Coll. * 

 e. (j ad. sk. Kordo, Mysori, April (Meyer). Gould Coll. 



d, e. S ad. sk. Kordo. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. c? ad. sk. Tweeddale Coll. 



61. Ptilopus johannis. 



Ptilopus johannis, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 556, n. 16 ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 564 ; Saiodd. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 66 ; Sclat. Voy. < Chal- 

 lenger,'' Birds, p. 82, pi. x. (1881); Salvad. Orti. Pap. e Mol. iii. 

 p. 49 (1882); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 348; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. 

 Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 53 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 179) (1891). 



Adult male. Similar to the male of P. salomonensis, from which 

 it differs in having the fore part of the head lilac instead of 

 rich purple-lilac : " eyes light yellow ; feet light red or pink colour : 

 tip of bill light green '"'" (Moseley). Total length ~- 75 inches, wing 5, 

 tail 2-70, bill 0-6, tarsus 0-76. 



Female. Like that of P. salomonensis : " eyes white " (Moseley). 



Hab. Admiralty Islands. 



a, b, c. c? $ ad. sk. Admiralty Isl. ' Challenger ' Exp. (Types of 



species.) 



62. Ptilopus salomonensis. 



Ptilonopus solomonensis, G. R. Gr. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (4) v. p. 328 



(9) (1870). 

 Ptilopus solomonensis, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 368 (1876) ; Rams. 



Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 74 (note) (1879); Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1883, p. 348 ; Sharpe, in Gould's B. Nexo Gain. pt. xix. pi. 8 



(1885) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 199. 

 Ptilopus salomonensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 196, n. 6 



(1876); Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 145; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. 



pp. 50, 555 (1882) ; id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 53 (Agg. 



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

 Ptilopus rivolii (part.), Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 561 ($ ); Salvad. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 65 ( ? ). 

 Ptilopus ceraseipectus, Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 442 ( $ ) ; Rchnw. (.§• 



Schal. J.f. O. 1879, p. 424; Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 131; Tristr. 



Ibis, 1880', p. 247, 1882, pp. 139, 144, n. 73; id. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 



(1889). 

 Ptilopus salomonis (errore), Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 131. 



