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rarotongensis, Hurtl. & Finsch. One. 
This specimen, which is apparently not quite adult, and which is in an excessively 
bad condition, was collected by Sir Jos. Banks on Captain Cook’s Voyage, and 
bought by Lord Derby at the sale of the Bullock Museum, along with several 
others from the same source. It appears to belong to this species, which is dis- 
tinguished from P. porphyraceus by being much smaller. 
coralensis, Peale. One. Harvey Islands. 
smithsonianus, Salvad. 
purpuratus (Gm.). Two. Society Islands. 
No. 1 was collected by Sir Jos. Banks and purchased at the sale of the Bullock 
Museum. It has the feathers of the lower part of the abdomen dull buff, but 
this may be due to stain. No. 2 is strongly washed with bronze above. 
chrysogaster, G.f.Gr. Four. Society Islands ([Tahiti]; Huaheine). Mar- 
quesas Islands. 
Mr. Wiglesworth (Ibis, 1891, p. 571) states that the localities Tahiti and Marquesas 
Islands are incorrect. Our specimen from the Marquesas Islands was obtained 
from Verreaux. 
roseicapillus (Zess.). Two. 26. Marianne Islands (Guam, February, 
July). 
mercieri (Des Murs & Prév.). 
tristrami, Salvad. (= P. merciecri (Des Murs & Prév.), Tristr. Cat. Coll. 
Birds, p. 44). One. Marquesas Islands (Hivaoa). 
Type of the species. 
huttoni, Pinsch. 
[6 Lamprotreron, Bp.}. 
superbus (Zemm.). Eighteen. 13 ¢ (1 jr.), 59. Molucea Islands (Am- 
boina, April). New Guinea (Lobo Bay, July). Northern Australia (Red 
Wallis Island, September ; Woody Wallis Island, September ; Cape York ; 
Cooktown, July, August). New Britain (Blanche Bay, June). Solomon 
Islands (Florida). 
Nos. 12 and 14 from Amboina and Lobo Bay, New Guinea, were collected by S. 
Miiller. 
temmincki (Des Murs & Prév.). Two. ¢,9. North Celebes. 
[e. Eutreron, Salvad.]. 
pulchellus (Zemm.). Six. 29. New Guinea (Lobo Bay, August; Port 
Moresby). 
No. 6, ?, from Lobo Bay, was collected by 8. Miiller. 
[¢ Ptilopodiscus, Salvad.}. 
coronulatus, G.2.Gr. Four. South-East New Guinea (Port Moresby). 
huonensis, Meyer. 
trigeminus, Sulvad. One. Dutch (?) New Guinea. 
geminus, Salvad. 
quadrigeminus, Meyer. 
[@. Cyanotreron, Bp.}. 
monachus (/teinw.). Two. 24. Molucca Islands (Gilolo; Ternate). 
[«. Chlorotreron, Salvad.}. 
humeralis, Vall. One. New Guinea. 
humeralis, subsp. jobiensis, Schleg. 
biroi, Madarasz, Természetrajzi Fiizetek, xx. pp. 47-48, pl. i. (1897). 
‘* Green with a bronzy lustre ; middle of the abdomen orange sulphur colour beneath, 
anal region and under tail-coverts white edged with sulphur yellow, the latter 
with an elongated green spot; chin ashy; scapulars and greater wing-coverts 
with a greenish blue lustre on their centre ; tertials with a paler tinge of the 
same colour ; lesser wing-coverts with a greenish lustre ; primaries and second- 
aries smoky brown, their tips and outer webs green with a bronzy lustre; lesser 
