46 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



Ptilinopus viridis. Swains. Zool. Joiirn. i. p. 473. 



lofreron riridis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 24. tu / / / //V^ > 



Hab. New Guinea ; Lobo (Muller). lr^c^^<^ , /hi^^f, ^a^^Af- (^^ 



Ptilonopus strophium. 



Co/«?«6a i?/i'o?», Knip & Prev.t. 17 ? ,ur,n n in', 



Ptilonopm Strophium, Gould, Jard. Contr. of Orn. 1850, p. 10.,. 

 lotreron RivoUi, p., Pr. B. Consp. Av. n. p. L... 

 a. Louisiade Archipelago. Presented by Mr Macgdl.vray. 

 6. Louisiade Archipelago. Procured from M. Verreaux. 



Ptilonopus prasinorrhous. 



Ptilonopus prasinorrhous, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 185. 



Closely aUied to Ptilonopus Rivoli, but it is at once distinguished 

 bv the vent and under t^il-coverts being green, shghtly margined 

 oJ each feather with yellow ; the -^^dish-purple patch on the a^^^^ 

 men is connected to the white pectoral band ; bill yellow, and teet 



'■'«. Ke Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. ^^f^^ r/^^-J 



Ptilonopus nanus. 



Columba naina, Temm. PI. Col. 565. 



Ptilonopus naina, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. n. p. 407. 



Ptilopus names, Pr. B. 



lotreron nana, Pr. B. Consp. Av. n. p. 25. 



Hab. New Guinea; Loho {Miil lev). 



Ptilonopus iozonus. 



Ptilonopus iozonus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 186. 



^ Yellowish green ; bend of wings greyish violet mixed with 

 green- middle of the abdomen deep orange; vent and under tail- 

 Svert white varied with yellow; greater wing-coverts and terUals 

 bordered with yellow, the latter grey in the middle of each fea her ; 

 nu Is shining deep emerald-green ; under surface ot wmgs s ate-co- 

 four tail green iith a broad band of grey at the tip. which is 

 white beneath, especially on the mner webs. 



O With a patch on the abdomen of an orange-yellow. 



Length 8" 3'"; wings 4" 9"'. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Most like Ptilonopus nanus. 



Ptilonopus superbus. 



Columba superba, Temm. Pig. t. 33. 



Ptilonopus superbu.-^, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 1 . p. 279 ; Gould, B. 



of Austr. V. pi. 57. . ^ 



iMmprotreron superba, Bp. Consp Av. a. I^, 1 8. 

 Hal, New Guinea; Lobo (.¥«««•). H)cn^,\^AM.} 



«. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



