1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 571 



Peculiarly a Celebes species, the present bird has fortunately never 

 received another name beside the one originally bestowed on it by Quoy 

 and Gaimard (I. c). In its long tail it differs from the majority of 

 the species of Ptilopus, and approaches the birds placed by 

 Reichenbach in " Megaloprepia ; " but the first primary is abruptly 

 attenuated. 



Adult. Top and sides of head grey, graduating into light green 

 upon the occiput and hind neck. Chin and centre of throat very deep 

 chestnut; rest of throat, neck on sides, and underparts lavender- 

 colour, with a large spot in the centre of the abdomen yellowish 

 white washed with rufous. Tbighs and under tail-coverts rich dark 

 cinnamon. Upper parts, wing, and tail bright green, the rectrices in- 

 distinctly tipped with yellowish green. Primaries and secondaries 

 black on inner webs, green on outer, and edged with light yellow. 

 Bill yellow ; iris orange-brown ; eyelids and orbits bare, blue ; feet 

 red. Total length 13^ inches, wing 6§, tail 5|, culmen -f . (Type 

 in Paris Museum.) 



64. Ptilopus fischeri. 



Ptilinojms jischeri, Bragg. Brem. Abhandl. (1876) p. 82, Taf. iv. 



Hab. Celebes. 



I only know this handsome species by the description and figure 

 published by Dr. Briiggemann (I. c). Is is apparently very distinct 

 from all the known forms, and cannot be compared with any of them. 

 The red patch on the side of the head is a very peculiar character. 



It may be briefly described as follows ? — 



" Back green. Head, neck, and breast partly grey, partly golden 

 ochre. Under tail-coverts grey and white intermixed. Sides of head 

 in the male bluish red ; back of neck with a black band. Total 

 length 400 millims., wing 168, tail 147, bill 17, tarsus 21." (Briigg. 

 I. c.) 



65. Ptilopus albocinctus. 



Ptilinopus albocinctus, Wall. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 496, 

 pi. xxxix. ; id. Ibis, 1865, p. 377. 



Ptilopus ductus florensis, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdsch. vol. iv. p. 20 

 (1873). 



Hab. Flores (Wallace). 



This species, which seems distinct from Pt. ductus, was first de- 

 scribed by Wallace (I. c). It differs from its ally in having the 

 neck and breast light blue, and the first primary less attenuated. 

 The bill, according to Wallace, is greenish at the base, yellow at tip ; 

 feet bright red. I have examined the type in the British Museum. 

 In size and all other characters, save those pointed out, it is like 

 Pt. ductus. 



66. Ptilopus cinctus. 



Columba cincta, Temm. Pig. & Gall. vol. i. p. 243(1813) ; Knip 

 & Prev. Pig. vol. ii. pi. xxiii. ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. xi. p. 50 

 (1819) ; Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 19, Columba. 



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