1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILO PUS. 563 



Resembling in its coloration Pt. rivolii, but differs chiefly in the 

 vent and under tail-coverts being green, slightly margined with 

 yellow ; the reddish-purple patch of the abdomen sometimes reaches 

 the white pectoral band. First primary slightly narrowed at tip. 

 Bill yellow ; feet red. 



53. Ptilopus strophium. 



Ptilinopus strophium, Gould, Jard. Contr. Ornith. 1850 d. 102 

 pi. 105 (note). * 



Pliloiiopus strophium, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 6 

 (partim) ; id. List Mamm. & B. New Guin. (1859) p. 40 ; Salvad 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (18/6) vol. ix. p. 196. 



lonotreron rivoli, Reich. Taub. p. 100, pi. 236 b. fig. 3364. 



Ptilopus miqueli, Schleg. Ned. Tijdsch. (18/3) vol. iv. p. 22 • 

 id. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 26, Columbce ; Rowl. Ornith. Misc'. 

 part xii. p. 60, pi. 88 (1878) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ix 

 p. 196 (1876). 



Ptilopus miqueli, Meyer, Sitzungs. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. vol lxx 

 p. 128 (1874). 



Ptilinopus miqueli, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (1875) vol. vii 

 p. 786. 



Hab. Duchateau Isles (MacGillivray, type of Pt. strophium, 

 Gould) ; Jobie, Meosnoum (Von Rosenberg,' Meyer). 



Mr. Gould's type of his Pt. strophium is in the British Museum, 

 and is undoubtedly the same bird as was afterwards described as 

 Pt. miquelli by Prof. Schlegel. The type is faded upon the forehead 

 and is more of a rosy hue than purple-red ; but it is plainly 

 evident, I think, that the original colour has faded away. Another 

 specimen in the Museum collection, without any locality, has the 

 forehead purplish red. The name miqueli will "have to give way 

 to the older one of strophium. 



Male. Front and top of head purplish red. A broad pure white 

 band across the breast, beneath which is a stripe of bluish green. 

 Centre of abdomen and under tail-coverts bright yellow. Entire rest 

 of plumage bright yellowish green, with some small round bluish- 

 black spots on the scapulars near the tips. Primaries greenish black, 

 first narrowed to the tip. Tail same colour as the back. Bill 

 greenish, tip yellowish; feet red; iris orange. Total length 10| 

 inches, wing 4|, tail 2f , culmen f . (Ex type.) 



Female. Plumage almost entirely green. 



54. Ptilopus bellus. 



Ptilonopus bellus, Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 696, pi. 57 ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1875) vol. vii. p. 786. 



Ptilopus bellus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol ix. 

 p. 197, and (1877) vol. x. p. 157. 



Hab. Atam, New Guinea (D' Albertis) ; Mount Arfak (Luylaize); 

 Amberbaki (Raffray). 



This very fine and distinct species is one of the largest of the 



