1878.] Mil. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 555 



Luzon, Philippines (Crockewii) ; Busan and Bintulu, Borneo (Eve- 

 rett). 



This bird, although very plentiful at Banjermassing, is, according 

 to Mr. Motley, rare in other parts of Borneo. It feeds on fruits, 

 particularly of the different species of Ficus. Quite different in its 

 style of coloration, it cannot be confounded with any other species 

 of Ptilopus. Of late hundreds of specimens have been sent to 

 Europe to be cut up to decorate ladies' bonnets. I saw only lately 

 a box, at least three feet square, full of these birds, which were con- 

 demned to be torn to pieces in order to supply the demand this un- 

 fortunate fashion has created. 



Adult male. Front, crown, and sides of face in front scarlet, the 

 top of head in some lights having an amethyst shade. Upper part 

 of throat and chin black. Sides of neck, from just below the eye, 

 lower part of throat, and entire underparts pure white, washed with 

 rose-colour on the centre of the breast. Under tail-coverts deep 

 chestnut. Entire upper parts and wings dark green. Primaries 

 black, tinged with green on the outer webs, and edged with rufous, 

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

 grey apical band. Bill bright yellow. Iris sienna-orange. Feet 

 dark red. 



Total length 10| inches, wing 5-|, tail 4, culmen |. 



Female. Top of head greyish purple, sides of face in front deep 

 rose, centre of throat and chin black. Upper parts and breast 

 bronzy green, rest of underparts white. Under tail-coverts chest- 

 nut. Tail green, with a pale rufous apical band. 



Young. Plumage almost uniformly green. Chin pale red. Middle 

 of abdomen white. Under tail-coverts chestnut. 



40. Ptilopus wallacei. 



Ptilonopus wallacei, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 185, 

 pi. 136: id. List Mamm. & B. New Guin. p. 45 (1859); Wall. 

 Ibis, 1865, p. 380. 



Ptilopus wallacei, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 18, Columba ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 197. 



Hob. Aru Islands (Wallace) ; Kei Island (Von Rosenberg). 



This beautiful bird, one of the most lovely species of this lovely 

 group, was procured by Mr. Wallace on the Aru Islands, and de- 

 scribed by Gray (I. c). It is still very rare in collections ; and for 

 the examples from which my description was taken I am indebted 

 to the Marquis Doria, who sent them to me from the Museum of 

 Genoa. I have also examined the type in the British Museum. 



Adult male. Top of head and occiput carmine. Chin, throat, 

 and sides of head pure white. Nape, neck, and breast pure grey. 

 A band of white across lower part of breast, succeeded by a broad 

 one of deep orange. Abdomen and under tail-coverts light yellow, 

 the latter striped with green. Upper part of back grey, bordered 

 with orange; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts grey, mai'gined with 

 green. Shoulders orange. Secondaries bright green, margined with 

 lemon-yellow. Quills deep green, the first one narrowed gradualk 



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