1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 523 



d'. Head, neck, and underparts partly grey, 

 partly golden-ochre ; under tail-coverts 

 grey and white intermixed ; sides of 

 head bluish red ; black band on back 



of neck 64. Pt.fischeri, p. 571. 



s. Head white. 



«'. Abdomen yellowish green, separated 

 from breast by a black band. 



a". Neck and breast light blue 65. Pt. albocinctus, p. 571. 



b". Neck and breast white. 



1. Tailblack.withapicaldarkgreyband 66. Pt. cinctus, p. 571. 



2. Tail greyish black, with apical third 



yellowish white 67. Pt. Icttiensis, p. 572. 



t. Head and neck greenish grey. 



a'. Red spot on lower part of breast ; abdo- 

 men and flanks yellowish ochre 68. Pt. bernsteini, p. 572. 



b'. Centre of throat and neck in front and 



underparts to the thighs purplish red 69. Pt. puetta, p. 574. 



c'. Larger race of the above 70. Pt. assimilis, p. 574. 



d'. Still larger ; centre of throat and under- 

 parts deep purple 71 . Pt. magnificus, p. 575. 



1. PTILOPUS GREYI. 



Ptilopus greyi, Grey, List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 4. sp. 8, desc. 

 nulla— Columbia ; id. List B. Trop. Isl. (1859) p. 38; id. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 165; J. Verr. & Des Murs. Rev. Zool. 1860, 

 p. 435 ; Bon. Iconogr. Pig. (1857) pi. xx. 



Ptilopus purpuratus, Bon. (nee auct.) Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. 

 p. 19. sp. 1. 



Hah. New Caledonia (Germain); Isle of Pines ( Gray) ; Lifu, 

 Loyalty Islands (Whitmee) ; Erromango, New Hebrides, Vanikoro 

 (Voy. Astrolabe). 



This handsome species was first named by Gray, but not described 

 (I. c). Bonaparte gave a description and very good figure of the 

 bird in his Iconogr. Pig. pi. 20, from the specimen brought, by the 

 naturalists attached to the expedition of the ' Astrolabe,' from Vani- 

 koro Island. The species has a rather extensive distribution, from 

 New Caledonia and neighbouring islands to Vanikoro on the north. 

 Young and immature birds are greener on the breast and neck than 

 the adults ; and the first primary is not so abruptly attenuated. 



Adult. Front and top of head deep rose, margined posteriorly with 

 yellow ; back of head, neck, and breast pale greyish green ; throat 

 yellowish white ; flanks and sides of crissum bright green ; abdomen 

 very deep rose-colour, running into orange-yellow on crissum. Under 

 tail-coverts rose-colour, but not so dark as on the abdomen. Upper 

 parts bronzy green. Primaries black on inner web, dark green on 

 the outer, and the innermost ones tipped with bronze-green ; first 

 primary abruptly attenuated, end very narrow. Secondaries shining 

 green, edged with yellow. Tertials and some of the innermost secon- 

 daries with a pale lilac spot near their tips. Tail dark green, with a 

 subterminal grey band. Bill black, with pale tip. Feet brown, 

 possibly red in life. Total length 8 inches, wing 5, tail 3, culmen 1|. 



Specimen described is the one figured by Bonaparte, Iconogr. Pig. 

 pi. 20, ex Vanikoro. 



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