572 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7> 



Leucotreron cincta, Bon. Compt. Rend. (1854) torn, xxxix. 

 p. 876 ; id. Consp. Av. vol. ii. p. 15 ; Reich. Tauben, p. 103, pi. 238. 

 fig. 1328. 



Ptilonopus cinctus, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467 (1844); id. List 

 B. Brit. Mus. (1844) p. 2, (1856) p. 8. sp. 22; Wall. Ibis, 1865, 



p. 377. 



Ptilopus cinctus, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdsch. torn. iv. p. 19 (1873); 

 id. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 34. 



Hub. Timor {Wallace, Miiller) ; Wetter (Hoedt). 



This bird is about the same size as the Pt. gularis, but has a long 

 and square tail, the feathers of which are very broad. It belongs to 

 the large members of this genus, and should, from its size, be in- 

 cluded in the genus Megaloprepia, if that were really a valid division; 

 but then it has an abruptly attenuated primary, which although not 

 a generic character, as I have shown, still, according to Reichenbach, 

 prevents its entrance into his genus (?). 



Adult. Head, neck, throat, and entire breast white ; rest of under- 

 pays yellowish green, separated from the white breast by a black 

 band. Entire upper parts, wings, and tail black; the rectrices with 

 a broad apical dark grey band. Under tail-coverts dark grey on the 

 inner webs, white on the outer, margined broadly with bright yel- 

 low. Bill ochre-yellow, greenish at base ; feet red ; iris red. Sexes 

 alike. Total length 12| inches, wing 6|, tail 5|, culmen -|. 



67. Ptilopus lettiensis. 



Ptilopus cinctus lettiensis, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 35, 

 Columbce ; id. Nederl. Tijdsch. Dierk. torn. iv. p. 20 (1873). 



Hab. Lettie, east of Timor (Hoedt). 



This bird is apparently entitled to be considered distinct from the 

 Pt. cinctus. I am indebted to my friend Count H. Turati for the 

 loan of a very fine specimen, exhibiting very clearly the differences 

 existing between it and Pt. cinctus. The principal one is the colo- 

 ration of the tail, which for one third of its length from the tip is yel- 

 lowish white, instead of having merely a dark grey apical band as in 

 Pt. cinctus. Another difference between the birds is that the last- 

 nan: ed species has the first primary abruptly attenuated, while that 

 of the present is gradually narrowed to the tip, which is sharply 

 pointed. The tails of both are long and square, as in Pt. bernsteini. 



Adult. Head, mantle, throat, neck, and breast ivory white ; be- 

 neath the white of the breast is a broad blue-black band. Lower 

 part of abdomen and crissum greenish yellow. Under tail-coverts 

 brownish in the centre ; rest white, margined with yellow. Back and 

 wings black ; first primary gradually attenuated to the tip, which is 

 pointed. Rump greenish grey. Tail greyish black for two thirds of its 

 basal half, rest yellowish white. Bill green, tip ochre ; feet dark 

 red. Total length 1 If inches, wing 6|, tail 4|-, culmen f . 



68. Ptilopus bernsteini. 



Carpophaga formosa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 360 (nee 

 P./ormosus, Gray, ex Celebes). 



