Members of the Genus Ptilopus. 579 



id. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 5, i. p. 349 (1878) ; Schmeltz, 

 Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1877 (1879), p. 178. 



? Ptilonopus whitmeei, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 

 p. ]40 (1877). 



'^ Manu-tagi '' (Peak), "Manulua," juv. [Graffe) of the 

 natives of Samoa. "Nariga," natives of Uea {Graffe). 



Hah, All the Samoan Islands (Whitmee, Layard, Graffe, 

 ^c.) ; ? Island of Uea {Graffe) . 



Judging from the description in the ' Orn. Centralpoly- 

 nesiens,' the island of Uea may possess a separate variety. 

 It has the vinous-purple abdominal spot of the Samoan 

 species, and the tail is faint yellowish, but the abdomen is 

 grass-green, and no mention is made of a blackish band at 

 the bottom of the breast. It thus presents a mean between 

 P. porphyraceus and P. fasciatus, as might perhaps have 

 been expected, since Uea is situated about midway between 

 Samoa and the island of Futuna, where P. porphyraceus occurs. 

 The bird described by Mr. Elliot as P. fasciatus has the 

 yellow tail-band of P. fasciatus, but in the green abdomen, 

 with its purplish-black spot, corresponds to a Tongan or 

 Fijian specimen. Dr. Finsch also mentions a specimen from 

 Upolu (J. f. O. 1872, p. 45) with a green abdomen, but a 

 vinous spot in the middle. On the other hand we are assured 

 by Herr Schmeltz, who had the opportunity of examining 

 " hundreds " of Ptilopus skins from Samoa, that, besides 

 P. perousei, the only form sent in by the collectors of the 

 Museum GodeflProy was that named by Mr. Elliot P. picti- 

 ventris. I cannot reconcile these conflictory statements. 

 The specimen described by Mr. Elliot is figured in the 

 ' Voyage au Pole Sud ' by Hombron and Jacquinot as the 

 Ptilinope de Clementine ; but as Jacquinot and Pucheran 

 mention only the Fiji Islands as the home of their P. Cle- 

 mentina, that name should stand for the Fijian species. 



11. Ptilopus clementinjb. (Plate XI.) 



Ptinilopu^ Clementina, Jacq. & Pucher. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. 

 iii. p. 117 (1853). 



Ptilinope de Clementine, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, 

 Atlas, pi. 29. fig. 3 (1853) ? 



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