110 BLUE OR GREEN TURTELINE. 



coverts. The chin is greyish-white, passing into 

 greenish-grey towards the breast. The lower part 

 of the abdomen and the costal band, are white, the 

 feathers margined with pale yellow ; the thighs and 

 tarsal feathers are green ; the vent is white, and 

 the under tail coverts are yellowish- white, with 

 the greater part of the inner webs green. The 

 greater quills are brownish-black, with a narrow 

 edging of pale yellow, and the wing-coverts and se- 

 condaries are also margined with yellow. The fe- 

 male is devoid of the blue spot upon the occiput, as 

 well as those which ornament the scapular feathers 

 of the male. The forehead and chin are grey, and 

 the abdomen and vent clothed with feathers of a 

 uniform pale-green. In other respects her plumage 

 is analogous to that of the male. 



In the description of this bird by M. Lesson, it is 

 to be regretted that no notice is taken of the form 

 of the first quill-feather, its emargination being an 

 essential character of the group. This we the more 

 lament, as no opportunity of examining a specimen 

 has occurred. We are therefore unable to state posi- 

 tively, whether it agrees in this particular with the 

 last described kind ; but, judging from analogy, and 

 its close resemblance to that species in other respects, 

 we entertain little or no doubt of its presence in 

 nearly a similar form, particularly as it is found de- 

 veloped in other species apparently further removed 

 from Ptilinopus purpuratus, one of which, the Ptili- 

 nopus porphyrea, is figured in the Planches Coloriees 



