148 treronii^. 



inner secondaries have scarcely any bluish tinge ; and there is no 

 purple patch on the abdomen. 



Hob. Southern and Central New Guinea, Mysol, and apparently 

 also Salawatti. 



a, b. 3 ad. et $ Salawatti, Aug. Gould Coll. 



imm. sk. 



o. S ad. sk. Mysol. Wallace Coll. 



d, e. d 1 ad. sk. Fly River, N. Guinea, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(D' Albert is). 



f. c?ad.sk. S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldie). Salvin-Godman Cull. 



69. Ptilopus ionogaster. 



Columba hyogastra, Reimv. apud Temm. PL Col. 252 (livr. 43, 

 1824) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 344 (1826) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. 

 xiv.l, p. 287(1826). 

 Columba iogastra, Wagl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 34 (1827). 

 Carpophaga hyogastra, Selb. Nat. Libr., Pigeons, p. 119 (1835). 

 Ptilonopus hypogaster (!), Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 347 (1837). 

 Ptinilopus hyogaster, Less. C'ompl. de Buff. viii. Ois. p. 30 (1837) 



id. 2nd ed. p. 277 (1838). 

 Columba hvogaster (!), Temm. PI. Col. Tabl. Meth. p. 80 (1840) 



Prev. fy Knip, Pig. ii. pi. 54 (1838-43). 

 Ptilonopus hyogaster, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 466, n. 11 (1844) 



Wall. Ibis, 1860, p. 198, 1865, p. 381, n. 35. 

 Ptilinopus ionogaster, Rchnb. Syn. Av. Columbariae, ff. 1332-33 



(1847). 

 Jotreron bvogastra, Bp. Cmsp. Av. ii. p. 23 (1854) ; Sousa, Mus. 



Nac. Lisb. Columbre, p. 9 (1873). 

 " Treron jonogaster, Rchnb.," Bp. (errore) /. c. 

 Jotreron hyogaster, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 878 (1854) ; id. 



Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. p. 10 (1855). 

 Jotreron iogastra. Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 217, n. 56; id. Coup 



tTceil Ordre Pig. p. 55, n. 56 (1855). 

 Ionotreron ionogastra, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 100, n. 234, t. 239. ff. 1332- 



33 (1862). 

 Ptilonopus iojraster, G. R. Gr. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 359; Finsch, Neu- 



Guin. p. 177 (1865) ; Wall. J. f. O. 1866, p. 279. 

 Jotreron hyogaster, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 226, n. 9144 (1870). 

 Columba liypogastra, Jf 'aid. Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 83 (1872). 

 Ptilopus iogaster, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 20 (1873) ; Elliot, 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 558 ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 407 (1879) ; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 44 (1889). 

 Ptilopus hyogaster, Rosenb. Reist. naar de Geelvinkb. p. 8 (187-5). 

 Ptilopus ionogaster, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 196. n. 8 

 (1876); Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 365 (1877): Salvad. Orn. Pap. e 

 Mol. iii. p. 54 (1882) ; Pleshe, Bull. Ac. Petersb. xxix. p. 534 

 (1884) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 575 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. 

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

 Jotreron iogaster, Hein. fy Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 280 (1890). 



Adult male. General plumage, neck, and occiput bronze-green ; 

 head (except occiput) and chin grey ; abdomen purple ; vent and 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow ; wings green ; upper scapulars 



