604 



PERISTERID.£. 



20. Phlogcenas virgo. 



Phlegcenas virgo, Rchnw. J. f. O. 1885, p. 110 (Pelew Is.); Wiglesw. 

 Aves Polynes. p. 57, n. 292 (1891). 



" Head, neck, and crop-region white ; crown, occiput, and nape 

 tinged with fulvous brown ; back and wings glossy violet-brown, 

 the violet colour more conspicuous on the wings, while the back is 

 duller with a coppery-brownish tinge; quills brown-black; tail- 

 feathers slate-grey, with a subapical blacker band and with the tips 

 paler; underparts grey black. Total length about 11*75 inches, 

 wing 5-9, tail 4-1, bill 0-78, tarsus 1-2. 



" Nearly allied to P. erythroptera, but it is easily distinguished 

 by the rusty isabellino colour of the crown, occiput, and hind neck." 

 {Translation.) 



Hal>. Pelew Islands. 



This bird seems very similar to Ph. pampusan, with which it 

 must be compared. 



The following species are still unidentified : — 



1. Phlogcenas tectoralis. 



Peristera pectoralis, Teak. Un. St. Expl. Eapcd., Birds, p. 205, pi. 59 (1848) 



(Carlshoff I., Paumotu Islands); Hart/. Wiegm. Arckiv, LS52, pp. 116, 



135 ; id. J. f. 0. 1854, p. 170 ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 89 (1854) ; id. Compt. 



Rend. xl. p. 207 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ail Ordre Pig. p. 45 (1855); G. R. 



Gr. Cat. B. Trop. hi. p. 44 (1859) ; N Meg. .V. T. D. iv. p. 28 (1871). 

 Phlegcenas pectoralis, Bp. Compt. Bend. xl. p. 221. n. (?) (1855); id. Coup 



d' ceil Ordre Pig. p. 59, n.(?)(1855); Rchnb. Tanben, i. p. 41 (1802); 



Hartl. $ Finsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 134 (Paumotu I.) ; Wiglesw. Aves 



Polynes. p. 56, n. 287 (1891). 

 Peristera ervthroptera, part., Cass. Un. St. Expl. Exped., Ornith. p. 277 



(1858) ; Sclat. Ibis, 1859, p. 327*. 

 Phlegcenas erythroptera, Rchnb. (nee Gm.) Tanben, ii. p. 166 (1862). 

 Phlegcenas erythroptera, var., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 247, n. 9446 (var.) 



(1870). 

 Leptoptila erythroptera, part., Selileg. litis. P.-B. Columba', p. 162(1873). 



Female. "Body robust; head, neck, and breast fulvous, palest on the fore- 

 head ; nape dark purple ; scapulars dark olive-green having a golden irides- 

 cence ; wings, body, and tail sepia-brown, inclining to dark grey on the upper 

 surfaces of tail-feathers and quills; quill-feathers arcuate, the third oue longest; 

 shafts brown ; tail rounded, consisting of twelve feathers (?), and extending one 

 inch beyond the closed wings ; claws short, nearly straight, and black ; irides 

 reddish brown ; feet and legs large, of a reddish brown ; bill black. Total 

 length 8 - 5 inches, tail 4 5, bill (about) - 55." {Peale.) 



Hab. Carlshoff, Paumotu Islands. 



2. Phlogcenas sp. 



Columba pectoralis, Ellis s Iron. ined. 71 (York Island, or Eimeo or Imaio); 

 Wiglesw. Aves Polynes. p. 56 (1891). 



Sclater mentions a species from New Caledonia ! 



