18/8.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 561 



This bird, separated from the Pt. viridis by Schlegel, is appa- 

 rently entitled to be considered a distinct species. With a large 

 series of examples before me, mainly brought by M. Raffray, the 

 difference of the colour on the breast is very perceptible, being very 

 much brighter and purer than the deep purple of Pt. viridis. In 

 other respects the two species closely resemble each other. The 

 term musschenbrceckii, being only a MS. name of von Rosenberg's, 

 without any description of the bird given, must become a synonym. 



Adult. Forehead and chin dark grey ; sides of face grey, washed 

 with green. Breast and lower part of throat bright reddish purple, 

 much lighter than the similar spot in Pt. viridis. General plumage 

 yellowish green, slightly bronzed in certain lights. Centre of abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts pale yellow ; the latter striped with dark green. 

 Across the wing, near the shoulders, a broad band of pale grey. Some 

 of the innermost secondaries with a spot of light grey near their tips ; 

 first primary not narrowed. Tail yellowish green, each feather with 

 a subterminal grey spot on the inner web. Bill yellow, base red. 

 Iris red; feet red. Total length 8 inches, wing 4|, tail 3, cul- 

 men f. Sexes alike. 



50. Ptilopus eugenic. 



Iotreron eugenics, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1856, p. 137; Gray, 

 List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 6; Bon. Iconogr. Pig. (1857), text. 



Ptilonopus eugenics, Gray, List B. Trop. Is!. (1859) p. 39; Wall. 

 Ibis, 1865, p. 381 ; Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 124. 



Ptilopus eugenice, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vol. ix. (18/6) 

 p. 195. 



Ilab. Solomon Islands. 



The type specimen, which I have examined, of this apparently 

 distinct species, is in a mutilated condition, and wants entirely the 

 tail. The species is very close to the two preceding, but differs in the 

 white head. The type in the British Museum is unique. 



Top of head, cheeks, and upper part of throat white. Centre of 

 lower throat and breast rich deep crimson. Back of neck and upper 

 parts yellowish green. Across the shoulders a band of grey, and 

 the tertiaries tipped with the same. Secondaries bright green, edged 

 on the outer webs with yellow. Under surface greyish greeen. Tail 

 wanting. Bill apparently greenish at base, yellow at tip. Wing 4| 

 inches, culmen \. (Type.) 



51. Ptilopus rivolii. 



Columba rivoli, Knip & Prev. Pig. vol. ii pi. 57 ; Des Murs, 

 Iconogr. Ornith. pi. 4 (1845). 



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



Ionotreron rivolii, Reich. Taub. p. 100, Taf. 235. fig. 1306. 



Ptilonopus rivoli, Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 381. 



Ptilonopus solomonensis, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. v. 

 (1870) p. 328. 



Ptilopus rivolii, Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 109. 



