544 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, 



Latnprotreron porphyrostictus of Gould seems to be only a female of 

 this species, having "a purplish-blue spot at back of head." 



Adult male. Upper part of head bright purple. Ear-coverts and 

 sides of face light green. Chin and throat ashy white. Nape and 

 sides of neck above shoulders rufous-orange. Breast has the feathers 

 light purple at the base, broadly tipped with ashy grey, this latter 

 hue giving the predominant colour to the breast. A broad bluish- 

 black band crosses the lower part of the breast. Middle of abdomen 

 and crissum white. Flanks and thighs green, the former crossed by 

 a white band above the thighs. Upper parts bright green. Shoulders 

 and a spot on the scapulars, wing-coverts, and secondaries deep 

 purple. Primaries brownish black, the first abruptly attenuated. 

 Secondaries bright green, edged with light yellow. Tail has the rec- 

 trices blackish on the inner webs, bright green on the outer, and all 

 except the central pair with a white apical band. Under tail-coverts 

 white, tinged with yellow, with broad central green stripes. Bill 

 olive- green, tip yellowish. Feet pink ; claws pale. Iris yellow. 



Total length 9| inches, wing 5J, tail 4, culmen §. 



Specimen described from Ternate. Amboyna examples seem to 

 be bright pale orange on the nape and sides of neck. 



Female. Uniform green above. A spot of deep greenish blue on 

 the occiput. Throat greyish white ; breast greyish green. Middle 

 of abdomen white. 



Young. Uniform yellowish green, tinged with grey upon the 

 breast. 



22. Ptilopus temmincki. 



Columba superba, Knip & Prev. Pig. tab. 42, 5 • ex Celebes (1838). 



Kurukurutemminchii, Des Murs& Prev. Voy. Venus, p. 234(1855). 



Ptilonopus formosus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 360; Wall. 

 Ibis, 1865, p. 379; Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. viii. (1872) 

 p. 82. 



Ptilopus superbus, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 32, Columba, 

 ex Celebes. 



Meyaloprepia formosa, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) 

 vol. ix. p. 199. 



Hab. Celebes. 



This form, from the island of Celebes, possesses quite sufficient 

 difference in coloration to entitle it to be considered distinct from 

 Pt. sujierbus. The nape and sides of the neck are a much brighter 

 orange ; and the lower part of the breast is pale purple, graduating 

 insensibly into the bluish-black band that crosses the body above 

 the abdomen. An immature bird of this species from Celebes was 

 figured by Knip & Prevost (/. c.) as the female of Pt. superbus ; 

 but afterwards, convinced that it represented a distinct species, they 

 called it temminchii in the Voyage of the Venus {I. c), which name 

 antedates the formosus of Gray. The figure originally published by 

 these authors does not represent well the differences existing between 

 this species and Pt. superbus, on account of the specimen not having 

 yet assumed its perfect livery ; but the locality, Celebes, proves 



