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55 1 MR. L>. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, 



Columba roseicollis, Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827), Columba, sp. 30. 



La Porphyre, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. (1837). 



Ptilonopus erythrocephalus, Swains. Class. B. vol.ii. p. 347 (1839). 



Ptilonopus roseicollis, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467 (1844-49); 

 id. List B. Brit. Mus. (1844) p. 1, (1856) p. 8. 



Ptilopus porphyrea, Reich. Taub. p. 97, pi. 237. figs. 1322-23. 



Ptilonojnis porphyreus, Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 380. 



Ptilopus porphyreus, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 33, Columba. 



Hub. Java {Wallace, Diard). 



This is a rather large and brightly plumaged species, with a Ion 

 square tail, approaching somewhat in form Pt. cinctus, Pt. bern- 

 steini, &c. The first primary is abruptly attenuated at the tip. It 

 is apparently restricted to Java, all the specimens that I have seen 

 having come from that island. There is considerable difference in 

 the colour of the plumage of the adult and young, the latter almost 

 entirely wanting the rose or carmine on the head and breast which 

 makes the adult so conspicuous. There does not appear to be any 

 difference in the plumage of the sexes. 



Adult. Head rose-colour, graduating into carmine upon the neck 

 and breast. Beneath the red colour on the breast is a rather broad 

 white band, below which is another of blackish green. Abdomen 

 and flanks clear grey. Thighs and crissum bright green, feathers 

 tipped with bright yellow. Under tail-coverts greenish on the inner 

 webs, white on the outer, with the margins light yellow. Entire 

 upper parts dark yellowish green, lightest on the rump. Primaries 

 black, the first abruptly attenuated at tip. Tail dark green, with a 

 broad dull grey apical band. Bill black, with pale tip. Feet red. 



Total length 11 inches, wing 5|, tail A\, culmen -|. 



Young. Have a generally green plumage, with the feathers mar- 

 gined with yellow, and the breast mottled with purplish red. 



39. Ptilopus JAMBU. 



Columba jambu, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. p. 784; Raffl. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. (1822) vol. xiii. p. 212 ; Wagl. Syst. Av.(1827) 

 sp. 28, Columba. 



Columba jambos, Lath. Ind. Ornith. (1790) vol. i. p. 598. sp. 

 18; Less. Trait. Ornith. (1831) p. 472. 



Columba jamboo, Temm. Pig. et Gall. (1813) p. 257; Temm. 

 & Knip, Pig. vol. i. pi. 27 ?, 28 6 ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. xi. 

 pt. 1 (1819), p. 49. 



Le Jambou, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. p. 27 (1837). 



Ptilonopus jambu, Grav, List B. Brit. Mus. (1844) p. 2, (1856) 

 p. 7. sp. 18; id. Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467 (1844); Sclat. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1863, p. 221 ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 378. 



Ramphiculus jambu, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 17 (1857); 

 Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 465; Reich. Taub. p. 99, 

 pi. 239. figs. 1334-35 rf, pi. 244. figs. 3488-89 $ . 



Ptilopus jambu, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 36, Colmnbce. 



Native name Punei-chitrah in Borneo {Motley). 



Ilab. Malacca (Wallace) ; Sumatra (Muller) ; Borneo (Motley) ; 



