18/8.J MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 513 



Type. 



(1854) Iotreron, Bon. torn. edit. p. 878 Pt. iogaster. 



(1857) Sylphitreron, Verr. teste Bon. Consp. ii. p. 40 ... Pt. perlatus. 



(186?) Irittjoloprepia, Eeich. Tauben Pt. magnificus. 



(1876) (Edirhinus, Cab. & Reich. J. f. Orn. p. 326 Pt. insolitus. 



The Brepanoptila holoserieea, from New Caledonia, has usually 

 been placed in the genus Ptilopus ; but it does not appear to me that 

 this is its proper position. "With a colouring, it is true, approaching 

 something the style of these birds, it differs from them in form, and 

 especially in the shape of the wing-feathers. These (see fig. 6) are 

 very peculiar, and, in my opinion, at once remove this species from 



Fig. 6. 



Wing of Drepanoptila holoserieea. 



among the present group of birds into a separate genus. The 

 drawing will show, better than any description can explain, the 

 unusual formation of the feathers in question 1 . 



The members of the genus Funingus, beyond the feathered tarsus, 



1 In the Rev. et Mag. cle Zool. 1862, p. 135, pi. 8, MM. J. Verreaux and O. 

 Des Murs conferred another generic name upon this bird, viz., CalyptoTnenoenas, 

 and gave a drawing of both it and a portion of the wing. Neither of these, how- 

 ever, are correctly done, especially that of the wing, which shows only the ends 

 of the primaries. The illustration here given more faithfully exhibits the 

 peculiar shape of these feathers. 



