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30. PtILOPUS EUGExM.^/Gould. 



Hab. Ugi Island. 



Of this superb Fruit-pigeon, to my eye by far the finest of 

 the whole of this gorgeous genus, and hitherto known only 

 by the type in the British Museum (mutilated, tailless, and 

 with only one wing), there are three specimens. Although 

 marked as of different sexes, they are identical in plumage; and 

 from Mr, Ramsay^s remarks, he having seen what he con- 

 siders to be the female, I cannot but suspect there has been 

 some mistake and that all our specimens are adult males. 

 This bird has never yet been figured ; and I trust that an 

 opportunity will soon be afforded for an illustration o£ so 

 remarkable and beautiful a species. 



31. Ptilopus ceraseipectus, Tristram. 

 Hab. San Christoval. 



Two specimens, both female. 



32. Ptilopus rhodostictus, sp. nov. (Plate V.) 



P. pileo pallidissime vinaceo, post oculos cingula flava arete 



cincto ; mento delicatissime fiavo ; occipite, collo toto, 



gutture, pectore ct lateribus sulphurescenti-viridibus ; 



abdomine, ventre et subcaudalibus intense rubro-auran- 



tiacis; dorso, tergo et uropygio flavo-virescentibus, medio 



cujusque plumse scapularis rosaceo picto; pogonio interno 



remigis externi item rosaceo ; remigibus in externo 



pogonio viridi metallico resplendentibus, in pogonio 



interno nigris ; remige primo attenuate, secundariis an- 



guste fiavo marginatis ; cauda viridi, apice late flava. 



Long. tot. 8*8, alse 5'1, caudse 3'25, rostri a rictu '^7. 



Hab. Ugi Island, Solomons. ^ . 14th Sept. 1880. 



There are two specimens, both males (one immature), of this 



lovely Pigeon, The younger bird is almost without the rose 



spots on the wing-coverts. I have long been looking for this 



bird. Four years ago I received from Mr, Layard a solitary 



wing, with the remarkable rose spots, which he had obtained 



from the skipper of a coasting trader, who could not inform 



him from which of the Solomon Islands the bird came. 



While certain it was new, we could scarcely describe a bird 



from a solitary wing, though the feat has been performed from 



an egg by more than one ornithologist ! 



