1878.] MR D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS I'TILOPUS. 557 



Guinea. At all events I have not seen a specimen from any of the 

 islands. To state that it was a beautiful bird would be only equi- 

 valent to saying that it belongs to the genus Ptilopus. It is still 

 quite a rare species in collections. 



Adult. Top and back of head, sides of face, and back of neck 

 purplish red. Chin and throat pale grey. Upper part of breast 

 dark ochre, becoming a clearer yellow on the lower part of throat. 

 Underparts brigbt green ; feathers of abdomen edged with yellow ; 

 centre of abdomen pale yellow. Under tail-coverts lemon-yellow, 

 streaked with dark green. Upper parts bright green, darkest on 

 the mantle. A band of dark purplish red upon the shoulders. 

 Wing-coverts light grey, margiued with green. Primaries black, 

 tinged with dark green on outer webs, the first narrowed gradually 

 to tip. Secondaries bright green, edged with lemon-yellow. Tail 

 bright green, with a broad light yellow apical band. Bill yellow, 

 dark brownish towards the base in the skin. Feet red. Iris lemon- 

 yellow, bordered with orange. 



Total length 9J inches, wing 6, tail 3j, culmen f. 



43. Ptilopus gestroi. (Plate XXXIV.) 



Ptilinopus gestroi, D'Alb. & Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii- 

 p. 834 (1875). 



Ptilopus gestroi, Salvad. Aun. Mus. Civ. Geu. (1876) vol. ix. 

 p. 197. 



Hub. Yule Island {Jf Albertis). 



This very beautiful species is singularly intermediate between the 

 Pt. ornatus and Pt. perlatus, possessing as it does the head and 

 neck of the latter with the body and tail of the former. I have only 

 seen one specimen, kindly sent to me by my friend Count Th. Salva- 

 dori, a male, collected by Siguor D'Albertis in Yule Island. In size 

 it is larger than Pt. ornatus and more like Pt. perlatus. It is the 

 representative of its near allies in the district it inhabits. As yet 

 Yule Island is the only locality in which it has been obtained. 



Adult male. Top and sides of head and upper part of back of 

 neck olive-yellow. Chin, throat, and a broad line going round the 

 lower part of neck light lead-colour, nearly white on throat. Lower 

 part of throat ochraceous yellow. Upper part of breast greenish 

 ochre, changing in certain lights to purplish. Lower parts of breast, 

 abdomen, and flanks bright green. Under tail-coverts yellowish 

 white, striped with bright green. Upper parts bright green. Wings 

 with a rich dark purple band near the shoulders ; the coverts pale 

 grey, margiued with green. Secondaries green, edged with lemon- 

 yellow. Primaries dark green, the first narrowed gradually at the 

 tip. Tail bright green, with a broad pale yellow apical band edged 

 with green. Bill olive-yellow. Iris yellow. Feet carmine. Total 

 length 10 inches, wing 6, tail 3|, culmen ■§. 



44. Ptilopus perlatus. 



Columba perlata, Temm. PI. Col. 559, livr. 94 ; Knip & Piev. 

 Pig. vol. ii, pi. xxi. 



