556 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILQPUS. [May 7, 



to the tip. Back and rump yellowish green. Tail coppery green, 

 apical half of lateral feathers greenish white. Bill yellow. Feet 

 red. Iris orange-red. 



Total length 10 inches, wing 6, tail 3|, culmen f. 



41. Ptilopus aurantiifrons. 



Ptilonopus aurantiifrons, Gray, Proc. Zool. Son. 1858, p. 185, 

 pi. 137; id. List Mamm. & B. New Guin. (1859) p. 45; Wall. 

 Ibis, 1865, p. 380. 



Ptilopus aurantiicollis, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 18/3, p. 18, 

 Columbce. 



Ptilopus aurantiifrons, var. novce-guinece, Meyer, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. 

 1874, p. 508. 



Ptilopus aurantiifrons, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (1876) vol. ix. 

 p. 197. 



Hab. Am Islands, Mysol {Wallace); Salwatty {Von Rosenberg) ; 

 Batanta {Laglaize); New Guinea {Wallace, D Albertis); Jobie 

 {Meyer, Beccari). 



This is a very beautiful and very distinct species. Dr. Meyer 

 {I.e.) has proposed to separate the bird from the mainland of New 

 Guinea, procured at Passim, from that of Jobie, on account of some 

 slight variation in the hues of the plumage, snch as the deeper 

 orange of the forehead and the orange tint of the back of the head 

 and breast, with also metallic reflections of the top of the head. I 

 do not deem these slight differences of sufficient importance to give 

 New-Guinea specimens a distinct specific rank. Examples from 

 Batanta before me seem to be intermediate between those of Jobie 

 and Passim, with more orange tints than in individuals from Jobie, 

 and less than in those of Passim. 



Adult. Forehead deep orange, rest of top and sides of head yel- 

 lowish green. Throat pure white. Neck all around and upper part 

 of breast leaden grey. Underparts yellowish green. Mantle and 

 scapulars with some of the lesser wing-coverts grey, margined with 

 green, some of the feathers of the mantle margined with orange. 

 Rest of wing-coverts and secondaries yellowish green, margined with 

 lemon-yellow. Primaries dark green, the first narrowed gradually 

 to the tip. Back and upper tail-coverts yellowish green. Tail 

 bronzy green, with a subterminal interrupted grey band ; this band 

 does not extend entirely across the outer web of each rectrix. Under 

 surface smoky grey, with a light-grey apical band. Bill yellow ; 

 base swollen, red. Feet red. Iris orange. 



Total length 9^ inches, wing 5|, tail 2|, culmen f . 



42. Ptilopus ornatus. 



Ptilopus ornatus, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdsch. 1871, vol. iv. p. 52; 

 id. Mus. Pays-B. 1873 p. 18, Columbce; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 197, et (1877) vol. x. p. 158. 



Hab. New Guinea, Mount Arfak {Iiosenberg, Laglaize). 



This species seems to be entirely confined to the mainland of New 



