- 50 — 



1877, 783; liamsay Pr. L. Soc. N. S. \V. 11, 14U. — Lamprotreron apicalis Up. C. R. 1854,887. — Ptiloput 

 apicalis Bp. Consp. II, 23; Elliot^ P. Z. S. 1878, 527: Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 43. — Kurukuru de Clemen- 

 tine, Des ^furs et Prer. Yov. Vcnus, Ois. 1855, 264. — Ptilopns clementinae Up. Consp. II, 22 pt. ; id. Icon. 

 Pig. pi. XXII? — Ptilonopus clementinae (''rriy. B. Trup. Is. 38 pt. ; AV/iA. Tauben 1862, 96 pt. — Ptilinopns 

 apicalis /•'. (///. Orn. Centialpol. 1807. 121. — Ptilonopus apicalis La,,. Ibis 1876, 506; i</. P. Z. S. 1870, 495; 



1877, 404; id. Ibis 1878, 261. — Ptilopus fasciatus ScAl. Mus. P. H. Columbae 187S, 6: Lay. Ibis 1878,261 ; 

 Elliof. P. Z. S. 1878, 535 pt. ; Jfifflcur. Ibis 1891, 568, 578. — Ptilopuj pictiventris E/linf. P. Z. S. 1878, 

 530 pi. XXXIII; id. Ann. N. II. 1878, 349; Sc/wultz, Verb. Ver. Ilamb. 1879,178. — ^Manu-tagi" (Pealc), 

 .Manu-lna" juv. (Griifc), Samoa Is. — „Nariga", Ilea (Gi-iifeJ. 



Samoa Is., llnt'Ufihout the (J'ealc, W/ii/mee etc.). —^Ifl. of Uea (Griiffe). 



After examining largo numbers of Ptilopodes from Central Polynesia, I find that a dark band, as 

 distinguished from a spot or patch, is by no means so valuable a mark of distinction for P. fasciatus as 

 I had hitherto believed it to be (Ibis, 1891, 575). This character is subject to much individual variation, 

 being sometimes present as a short cross-streak, at others as a large patch of purple spreading out into a 

 broad cross-band. These peculiarities appear to be fully shared by Fijian and Tongan specimens, from which 

 P. fasciatus may most readily be distinguished by the flush of chestnut red upon the abdomen. The remarks 

 of the writer (1. c.) on the probable identity of P. whitnieei Kams. with P. fasciatus should, therefore, be 

 cancelled. 



259.* Ptilopus porphyraceus. 

 Purple-crowned Pigeon (ex Tonga-tabu), Lath. Gen. Syn. 1783 If, 626; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. 1794 

 II, 607. — Columba purpurata Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 784 pt.; Lath. Ind. Orn. 598 pt.; £w-4.< Uebers. 1811 IV, 

 397 pt. : Shaw. Uen. Zuol. 1819 XI, 66 pt. — „Columba porphyracea Forst." Temm. Tr. L. S. 1822 XIII, 

 130. — ? Columba forsteri Des Murs, Diet. Sc. Nat. 1826 XL, 340; Less. Compl. Buff. 1837 HI, 34 (ex Tonga- 

 tabu). — Columba purpurata Ifayl. Isis 1829, 742. — Columba porphyr'acra Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 167. — 

 Ptilonopus porphyracrus (^'ui/. Gen. B. II, 466 ; id. List Columbae 1856, 3 ; id. B. Trop. Is. 1859, 38. — 

 Ptilinopus purpuratus Ilartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 134. — Ptilopus purpuratus Bp. Icon. Pig. 1857 pi. XIX 

 f. b. juv.; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 515, 525 pt. ; Srhmdtx, Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1879, 177. — Ptilopus porphy- 

 raceus Bp. Consp. 1857, 21; SM. Mus. P. B. Columbae 1873, 8; Wighsw. Ibis 1891, 573, 575. — Ptilonopus 

 porphyraceus Rchb. Tauben 1862, 95 ; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 502. — Ptilinopus porphyraceus /'. d U. Orn. 

 Centralpol. 119; Hd. J. f. 0. 1870, 122, 131; Griiffe, ib. 407; id. J. Mus. Godef. I, 49 pi. 7 f. 3; Finsch, 

 P. Z. S. 1877, 725, 775, 783; id. Voy. Chall., B. 1881, 38. — ? Ptilonopus whitmeei liamsay. Pr. L. Soc. 

 N. S. W. 1877 II, 140. — Ptilopus purpuratus Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 515, 525 pt.; Schmcltz, Verb. Ver. 

 Hamb. 1879, 177; Tristr. Cat. Coil. B. 18S9, 44. — „Kurukuru-' (Forst.) or „Kulukulu'' {Griiffe}. 



, Tonga Is.: Tonga-tabu (Forst. ctc.J^ Eua, Habai 'HiibnerJ^ Lcfuka, Vavao (Griiffe). — ' Xiuafou 

 (Hiihncrj. —FutUlia III, ,Lay.). — SaiHUje Id. Rams.)? 



260.* Ptilopus porphyraceus clementinae. 

 Ptilinopus clementinae Jacq.et Pucher. Voy. Pole Sud, 1853 III, 117; Ilartl. J. f. O. 1854, 169. — 

 ? Ptinilope de Clementine, //. et J. Voy. Polo Sud, Atl. pi. 29, f. 3. — Ptilopus clementinae Bp. Consp. II, 22 

 pt.; Wiglesw. Ibis 1891, 568, 579. — Ptilopus porphyraceus Bp. Consp. II, 23 pt. — Ptilonopus clementinae 

 Gray, B. Trop. Is. 1859, 38 pt.; Rchb. Tauben 1862, 96 pi. 240 f. 2588 pt. - Ptilinopus fasciatus F. ctll. 

 (nee Peale) Orn. Centralpol. 115; iid. J. f. O. 1870, 133 pt.; Finsch . P. Z. S. 1874, 94 pt.; Lay. ib. 1875, 

 436; id. Ibis 1876, 392, 506; id. P. Z. S. 1876, 495, 502; 1877, 464; Schmeltz, Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1879, 

 178; Schalow, J. f. O. 1887, 245. — V Ptilopus purpuratus Bp. Icon. Pig. 1857 pi. XIX f. a. — ? Ptilopus 

 bonapartei Gray. II. L, 1870 II. 225; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 524. — Ptilinopus porphyraceus? Tristr. Ibis 



1878, 201. — Ptilopus purpuratus Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 525 pt.; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 44 pt. 



I'iji Is.: Balaou (H.etJ.J, Wakaia, Mokani, Lomaloma, Mango (Lay.). —' '/ New Caledonia 

 (Schalow. — ? P. greyi imni.). 



261.* Ptilopus ponapensis. 

 Ptilinopus fasciatus? Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 37. — Ptilonopus ponapensis Finsch, P. Z. 

 S. 1877, 779 (typo examined); Schmeltz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 353. — Ptilopus fasciatus Elliot, P. Z. S. 



