1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 539 



17. Ptilopus DUPETIT-THOUARSI. 



Ptilinope de dupetit-thouars, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, pi. 

 29. f. 1. 



Columba dupetithouarsii, Neboux, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 289 ; id. 

 Voy. Favor, pi. 7. 



Columba kurukuru purpuro-leucocephalus, Hombr. & Jacq. Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. xvi. p. 316 (1841). 



Ptilinopus emilite, Less. Echo du Monde Sav. (1844) p. 873. 



Ptilonopus leucocephalus, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. p. 2 (1844), 

 Gallince. 



Ptilonopus dupetit-thouarsi, Gray, Gen. B. vol. iii. App. p. 23 

 (1844-49) ; id. List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 3, Columbce ; id. B. 

 Trop. Id. p. 36 (1859). 



Ptinilopus dupetit-thouarsi, Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pole Sud, vol. 

 iii. (1858), text, p. 114, atl. pi. 29. fig. 1. 



Trygon dupetit-thouarsi, Reich. Syst. Av. p. xxvi. 



Thouarsitreron leucocephala, Bon. Compt. Rend. torn, xxxix. 



(1854) p. 276, and torn. xl. (1855) p. 216; id. Iconogr. Pig. (1857) 

 pi. 17; id. Consp. Av. p. 16 (1857). 



Columba dupetit-thouarsi, Des Murs & Prev. Voy. Venus, Zool. 



(1855) p. 241. 



Thouarsitreron dupetit-thouarsii, Reich. Tauben, p. 93, pi. 240. 

 fig. 2587. 



Ptilinopus dupetit-thouarsi, Fiusch & Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. 

 (1867) p. 129 ; Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 410. 



Ptilopus dupetit-thouarsii, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 15, 

 Columbce. 



Hah. Christine Island, Marquesas. 



A very handsome species, not likely to be confounded with any 

 other of this group. It has, I believe, only been obtained on Chris- 

 tine Island of the Marquesas. The first primary is especially 

 noticeable for the great length of its attenuation. 



Adult. Top of head greyish white, margined faintly with light 

 yellow. Throat and spot in front of the eye light yellow. Neck 

 and upper part of back greyish green. Feathers of the breast pale 

 green tipped with grey. Flanks pale green. Abdomen deep rose- 

 colour ; crissum and under tail-coverts bright yellow. Back and 

 upper tail-coverts bronzy green. Wings like the back ; primaries 

 black, with a dark green shade on their outer webs, and the inner- 

 most ones bronzy green at their tips, the first one abruptly and greatly 

 attenuated. Secondaries — outer ones dark green on their outer webs, 

 dark brown on inner with bronze-green tips, innermost ones deep 

 blue near their tips, and all broadly margined with light yellow. 

 Rectrices dark green (sometimes strongly tinged with bronze), with 

 a broad apical yellowish-white band. Bill black, tipped with yellow. 

 Feet red. Total length 9f inches, wing 6, tail 3f, culmen §. 

 (Type of the species from Christine Island.) 



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