1878.] MR. D. G. KLLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 541 



tip yellow ; feet dark red. Total length 9 inches, wing 5^, tail 

 3|, culmen h- 



19. Ptilopus chrysogaster. 



Ptilonopus chrysogaster, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 48 ; 

 id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. vol. xv. (1855) p. 158; id. 

 List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 5. sp. 10, Columba ; id. List B. Trop. 

 Isl. p. 36 (1859) ; Sclat. P.oc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 9. 



Kurutreron chrysogaster, Bon. Compt. Rend. (1854) torn, xxxix. 

 p. 876, (1855) torn. xl. p. 217; id. Iconogr. Pig. (1857) pi. 29. 

 fig. 2 ; id. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 26. sp. 2 (1857). 



Kurutreron chrysogastra, Reich. Taub. p. 92, tab. 245 b. figs. 

 3525, 3526. 



PtHinopus chrysogaster, Finsch & Hartl. Faun. Cenrralpolyn. 

 (1867) p. 128; Graeffe, Journ. Mus. Godeff. 1873, Taf. 7. fig. 4. 



Hab. Tonga-Tabou, Huaheine, Society Islands (Wodehouse). 



Although distinct, this species is a close ally of the Pt. xantho- 

 gaster. It can, however, be readily recognized by its bright yellow 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts and light-purple 'crown, those of its 

 relative being orange and greyish white respectively. It is one of 

 the two species known to inhabit the Society Islands. 



Adult. Front and crown light-purple, margined posteriorly with 

 dark yellow. Rest of head, neck, mantle, breast, and flanks greenish 

 grey. Throat pale yellow. Abdomen and under tail-coverts bright 

 yellow. Back and wings bronzy grass-green. Primaries black, the 

 outer webs margined with dark green, the first abruptly and greatly 

 attenuated for one third its length ; secondaries bluish green, mar- 

 gined with pale yellow. Tail dark bronze-green, with a broad ter- 

 minal band of yellowish white edged with a bright yellow. Bill 

 black, tip yellow. Feet brown. Total length 9£ inches, wing 5|, tail 

 4, culmen |-. 



20. Ptilopus taitensis. 



Columba kurukuru, var. taitensis, Less. Yov. Ooq. torn. i. text, 

 p. 297(1826). 



Columba oopa, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 742. 



Columba taitensis, Less. Trait. Ornith. (1831) p. 472. 



Le Kurukuru aV Otaiti, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. p. 35 

 (1837). 



Colombe de Taiti, Neboux, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 289. 



Ptilonopus taitensis, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 466 (1844-49). 



PtHinopus furcatus, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. Birds, p. 191 

 (1848). 



Kurukuru purpuratus, Des Murs & Prev. (nee auct.) Voy. Venus, 

 Zool. p. 222 (1855). Spec. Paris Mus. 



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

 pi. vii. (1855). 



Kurukuru nebouxii, Des Murs & Prev. Voy. Venus, Zool. p. 253 

 atl. pi. vii. 



