CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 45 
Pritonorus WALLACII. 
Ptilonopus Wallacii, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1858, p. 183. pl. 136. 
Top of head carmine ; cheeks and throat pure white ; neck, nape 
and breast greyish white ; lower part of breast with a band of white 
bordered posteriorly with a broad one of orange ; lesser wing-coverts 
with a band of deep orange ; abdomen and under tail-coverts varied 
with yellow and green ; upper part of back orange-green ; scapulars 
and some of the greater wing-coverts grey margined with orange- 
yellow; the other greater wing-coverts and secondaries yellowish 
green margined with yellow ; quills rich emerald-green ; tertials yel- 
lowish green spotted with grey ; lower part of back rich yellowish 
green; tail coppery green with the apical half greenish white ; bill 
yellow, and feet red. 
Length 10"; wings 5! 9!"". 
a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 
Most allied to Ptilonopus pulchellus, but differs in several re- 
spects. 
PTILONOPUS AURANTIIFRONS. 
Ptilonopus aurantiifrons, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1858, p. 185. 
pl. 137. 
Front deep rich orange ; occiput and sides of head yellowish green ; 
chin pure white; neck sooty grey; breast and beneath the body 
yellowish green mixed with grey on the thighs ; nape and scapulars 
grey, each feather of former margined with orange, those of the latter 
margined with green ; back and wing-coverts green, with some of the 
feathers spotted with grey, and others margined with orange-yellow; 
quills rich emerald-green with the secondaries bordered with yellow ; 
tail coppery green with a narrow band of grey at the tip, which is 
white beneath ; under tail-coverts yellow varied with green; bill 
yellow ; cere and feet red. “‘ Iris orange.” 
Length 9" 9"; wings 5" 6!". 
a, 6. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 
PrirLONOPUS CORONULATUS. 
Ptilonopus coronulatus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1858, p. 185. 
pl. 138. 
Yellowish green ; front whitish purple, with posteriorly a narrow 
band of purple, and then a broader band of golden yellow ; occiput 
deep green; chin yellowish white ; wings and tail shinimg emerald- 
green margined narrowly with yellow; a spot on fore part of abdo- 
men purple; middle of hind part of abdomen and under tail-coverts 
bright yellow. 
Length 7" 9'; wings 4" 6'". Iris orange. 
a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 
PTILONOPUS VIRIDIS. 
Columba viridis, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 283; Pl. Enl. 142. 
