92 DR. O. F1NSCH ON A NEW [Jail. 20, 



2. On a new Species of Fruit-Pigeon from the Pacific Island 

 of Rapa or Opara. By Otto Finsch, Ph.D., C.M.Z S., 

 &c.j Curator to the Bremen Museum. 



[Keceived November 30, 1873.] 



Ptilonopus huttoni, sp. nov. 



Diagn. Major; pileo usque ad occiput pulchre violascenti-pur- 

 pureo ; macula mandibulari hinc hide violascenti-purpurea ; 

 mento pallide purpureo ; capite reliquo, collo toto, guttureque 

 virescenti-cinereis ; macula pectorali magna obscure purpureo- 

 violacea, lateribus viridibus ; ventre crissoque obsolete fiavis ; 

 subcaudalibus violacescenti-purpureis ; dorso, tergo, uropygio, 

 tectricibus alarum et caudcc olivuceo-viridibus ; secundariis di- 

 stinctius viridibus, pogonio externa anguste flavo marginato ; 

 scapularibus ultimis macula triangulari anteapicali lilacina ; 

 cauda obscure viridi, apice anguste albida ; rostro plumbeo, 

 apice fiavido ; pedibus Jlavescentibus. 

 Front and crown of a beautiful purplish violet-red, as well as a 

 patch at the base of the lower jaw ; the chin, between the rami of 

 the lower jaw, also red, but much paler than the crown ; the red of 

 the crown surrounded very indistinctly by a narrow line of green ; 

 occiput, nape, sides of head, neck, throat and crop ashy grey, washed 

 faintly with green ; the feathers on the throat and crop bifurcated, 

 and dull olive-green on the centre, which gives these parts a more 

 green appearance ; middle of the upper part of throat pale yellowish, 

 with the bases of the feathers white, forming an indistinct pale longi- 

 tudinal patch just below the chin ; breast covered by a very large 

 patch of dark purplish violet, with dark olive-green at the base of 

 feathers ; sides of breast, vent, and flanks, and the upper part of 

 vent dark olive-green ; lower part of vent, anal region, and the hind 

 part of thighs dirty yellow, with the base of the feathers white ; 

 under tail-coverts purplish violet-red, like the crown, with yellowish 

 basal portion ; feathered tarsus and under wing-coverts dark greenish 

 ashy ; back and upper parts dark olive grass-green ; quills black on 

 the inner web, ou the outer web dark shining green, margined very 

 narrowly with yellowish, which on the primaries is nearly invisible ; 

 apical portion of quills under certain lights with strong coppery re- 

 flections ; tectrices of secondaries dark green, with broader and more 

 distinct yellowish margins along the outer web ; larger shoulder- 

 coverts with a triangular spot of dull lilac ; wing beneath blackish- 

 grey ; tail-feathers dark shining green, like the quills, on the inner 

 web black, with a very narrow apical margin of yellowish white ; 

 under certain lights the margins of the outer web and the apical 

 portion with coppery reflections ; underside of tail blackish ; bill 

 horny-grey, with yellowish apical portion; feet pale (apparently 

 yellow in the living bird) with horn-coloured nails; "eye pink" 

 (collector's note). 



