1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 549 



rowed at tip. Tail bronzy green above, beneath black, with an 

 apical greyish- white band. Bill black, tip yellow. Feet red. 

 Total length 7j inches, wing 4f , tail 2\, culmen f. 



30. Ptilopus insolitus. 



Ptilopus insolitus, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdsch. (1861) vol. i. p. 61, 

 pi. 3. fig. 3. 



Ptilopus humeralis jobiensis (monstr. ?), Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 

 1873, p. 16, Columba. 



(Edirhinus globifer, Cab. & Reich. Sitzungsb. Gesellsch. nat. 

 Freunde Berlin 18/6, p. 73 ; id. Journ. fur Ornith. 1876, p. 326. 



(Edirhinus insolitus, Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 110; 

 Salvad. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 196. 



Hab. New Ireland (Huesker) ; Duke-of-York Island (Broion). 



This strange and attractive species was first described by Schlegel 

 (I. c.) . He afterwards, on account of the protuberance on the fore- 

 head, imagined it was only a monstrosity of the Pt. jobiensis. This, 

 however, is not the fact, as the species is very distinct. The locality 

 given by Schlegel (New Caledonia) is probably an error, as the bird 

 has lately been received from both New Ireland and Duke-of-York 

 Island. Cabanis and Reichenow have made a new genus for the re- 

 ception of this bird, " (Edirhinus" on account of the swelling of the 

 forehead. I have not adopted this term ; for the division does not 

 seem to me to be necessary. The same peculiarity exists in species 

 of Carpophaga, viz. C. tumida and C. rubricera and others ; and if it 

 is a sufficient cause to separate Pt. insolitus from the members of the 

 genus Ptilopus, the species above mentioned should also be genetically 

 divided from Carpophaga, a proceeding which is hardly likely to 

 meet with favour. Nothing is known about the habits and economy 

 of the present species. In the arrangement of the group it naturally 

 comes next to the Pt. jobiensis. 



Adult. Head, neck, back, breast, and flanks bright bronzy green. 

 Throat green, slightly tinged with grey. Abdomen deep orange. 

 Shoulders and a patch on each side of the back at the edge of the mantle 

 light grey. Wings green ; secondaries margined with bright yellow 

 on their outer webs ; inner secondaries light grey, margined with 

 green. Tail bright green, with the apical third ashy grey. Crissum 

 and under tail-coverts bright yellow. Bill greenish at base, yellowish 

 at tip. Forehead and base of culmen covered by a bony protuberance 

 large and rounded in form, very conspicuous, and of a red colour. 

 Tarsi and feet red. 



Total length 9\ inches, wing 5, tail 3, bill at gape f . 



31. Ptilopus nanus. 



Columba Naina, Temm. Plan. Col. no. 565 ; Knip & Prev. Pig. 

 vol. ii. pi. 59. 



La Naine, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. hi. Ois. p. 30 (1837). 

 Ptilonopus naina, Gray, Gen. B. vol. hi. p. 467 ( 1844-49). 

 Iotreron nana, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 25 (1857). 



