Members of the Genus Ptilopus. 573 



species under the name porphyracra, hut, in his case, a 

 specimen from Tonga-tabu was taken as type. I have there- 

 fore preferred to follow Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub in retaining 

 his name for the Tongan^ and that of Latham for the Tahitian, 

 species. 



5. Ptilopus coralensis. 



Ptilinopus coralensis, Peale_, U. S. Exp. p. 190, pi. 51 

 (1848) ; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 114 ; Cass. U. S. Exp. 

 p. 272, pi. 32 (1858) ; Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Centralpolyn. 

 p. 130 (1867). 



Columba purpurata, Temm. & Knip_, Pig. i. pi. 35? 



Ptilopus viridissima, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 20 (1857). 



Kurutreron coralensis, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 26 ; Eeichb. 

 Tauben, p. 93; id. Neuentd. Tauben, p. 177, Novit. t. iii. 

 fig. 33 (1862). 



Ptilonopus coralensis, Gray, B. Trop. Is. p. 37 (1859). 



Ptilonopus viridissimus, id. ib. p. 38 ; Reichb. Tauben, 

 p. 95. 



Ptilinopus viridissimus, Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Centralpolyn. 

 p. 133 (1867). 



Ptilopus coralensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Columba, p. 14, pt. 

 (1873) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 515, 528. 



Hab. Paumotu Archipelago : Carlshoff Island and most of 

 the low coral islets (Peale). 



The type of P. viridissimus, which Mr. Elliot identifies 

 with P. coralensis, is marked as coming from Timor. This 

 locality, as Mr. Elliot remarks, is evidently erroneous, as 

 are, no doubt, those given by Gray — Society Islands (Ulietea) 

 and Tonga Islands (Tonga-tabu) . The species was probably 

 confounded by Gray with P. purpuratus and P. porphyraceus 

 (jr.). Schlegel identified P. chrysogaster and P. chalcurus. 

 Gray, with the present species, which accounts for the loca- 

 lities (Marquesas and Cook Islands) given by him. 



6. Ptilopus huttoni. 



Ptilinopus huttoni, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 92; Rowley, 

 Orn. Misc. ii. p. 31 (1876). 



