Members of the Genus Ptilopus. 583 



Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 193; Schmeltz, Verh. Ver. Hamb. 1877 

 (1879), p. 78; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 231 ; id. Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 139; id. Ibis, 188,2, pp. 527, 544; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B, 

 p. 44 (1889). 



Ptilopus apicalis, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. 

 p. 339 (1878). 



^^Pin," '^Mare," or '' Denne/' natives of Lifu {Layard). 

 ^' Ta-foikuku,^^ Aniwa {Tristram). 



Hah. New Caledonia {Layard) — Island of Pines {Mac- 

 gillivray, Layard) ; Loyalty Islands {Sir G. Grey) — Lifu 

 {Layard) ; New Hebrides — Erromango {Gray, ^c), Aniwa, 

 Vate, Mallicolo, and ? Api {Layard, Tristram) ; Santa Cruz 

 Islands — Vanicoro {Astrolabe Exp.). 



15. Ptilopus hernsheimi. 



Ptilopus hernsheimi, Fiusch, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 577; id. 

 J. f. O. 1880, p. 303 ; id. Ibis, 1881, p. 106. 



" Kwon '^ of the natives {Finsch). 



Hah. Island of Kushai or Ualan in the East Carolines 

 {Finsch). 



16. Ptilopus ponapensis. 



, Ptilinopus fasciatus ?, Finsch, Journ. Mns. Godef. xii. p. 37 

 (1876). 



PtilonopuS' ponapensis, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 779; 

 Schmeltz, Ethnogr. Abth. Mus. Godef. p. 353 (1881). 



Ptilopus fasciatus, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 535; Tristr. 

 Cat. ColL B. p. 44 (1889). 



Ptilopus ponapensis, Schmeltz, Verh. Ver. Hamb. 1877 

 (1879), p. 178; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 576, 578; id. 

 J. f. O. 1880, p. 291 ; id. Ibis, 1881, pp. 1] 1, 113. 



Hah. Islands of Ponape and Kuk or Hogoleu in the Caro- 

 line Islands {Kubary, Finsch). 



This species may be distinguished from P. porphyraceus and 

 P. fasciatus by the straw-yellow tone of the head, neck, throat, 

 and breast ; and by the dark green ventral spot, of which the 

 tips of the feathers appear violet in certain lights. The tail is 

 tipped with a broad band of yellow ; that of P. porphyraceus. 

 with grey {Finsch). 



