566 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, 



character being the lanceolate shape of the feathers of the body. 

 This, however, would seem to indicate more a specific than a generic 

 value, as the Pt. victor, with which the present bird is generically 

 identical, does not possess this form of feather. As is shown in my 

 remarks on genera, in the beginning of this paper, neither of these 

 two species exhibits any characters that, in my opinion, would separate 

 them from the genus Ptilopus, those relied upon by authors for 

 establishing a distinct generic rank not being at all peculiar to, or 

 possessed solely by, these birds. 



Male. Head greenish yellow. Throat and irregular collar on lower 

 part of neck lemon-yellow. Feathers of breast and back lanceolate 

 sulphur-yellow, tinged with green. Abdomen, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts bright yellow. Primaries dark greenish yellow, first not 

 narrowed especially ; secondaries pale green, both edged with lemon- 

 yellow. Tail pale green, graduating into light yellow at the tip. Bill 

 black, tip yellow. Feet black. Total length 8 inches, wing 4 f, tail 

 2|, culmen f . (Ex type, Paris Museum.) 



Young male. Head and throat pale green. General plumage 

 bright green, with yellow lanceolate feathers appearing upon the 

 breast and back. Abdomen mixed with yellow and green. Under 

 tail-coverts saffron-yellow. Primaries and secondaries brownish 

 green, broadly margined with yellow. Some feathers of the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts tipped and margined with yellow. Tail bright 

 green. Bill black, tip yellow. Feet black. 



Female. General plumage bright green, verging to yellow on the 

 throat and abdomen. Primaries and secondaries margined with light 

 yellow. Under tail-coverts pale yellow. Tail bright green, lightest 

 at the tip. Bill black, tip yellow. Feet black. 



58. Ptilopus corriei. 



Ptilinopus corriei, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 1876, p. 133, vol. i. 



Hab. Malacolo Island, New Hebrides. 



In the above-named publication Mr. Ramsay describes a specimen 

 of Ptilopus as representing a distinct species. It is evidently imma- 

 ture, and, judging from the description, belongs to the group com- 

 prising Pt. victor, luteovirens, and layardi ; and it is not impossible 

 that it may be one of these species from a new locality, although the di- 

 mensions given are larger than those of any examples of the above- 

 named species that I have seen. The type had been in spirits, and, as 

 stated by Mr. Ramsay, was somewhat discoloured on the sides of the 

 neck and interscapular region. The texture of the feathers resembled 

 that of Chryscenas viridis, Layard (Pt. layardi of this paper). Only a 

 single specimen was procured by Dr. A. Corrie, at Malacolo Island, 

 during the cruise of H.M.S. 'Pearl,' in August 1875. More speci- 

 mens will be required before its specific rank can be satisfactorily 

 determined. 



The following is Mr. Ramsay's description : — 



Male. "The whole of head, chin, and throat olive-green, becom- 

 ing bright green on the neck and occiput ; the whole of the remainder 



