62 COUNT T. SALVADORi ON MR. elliot's [Jan. 14, 



can and Papuan species I have seen a good deal more than he has, 

 and that lam not hable to the reproach of the Greek sculptor to the 

 cobbler of Athens, " Ne sutor ultra crepidam." Just for this reason 

 I shall confine myself to some remarks on the Papuan and Moluccan 

 species, leaving to somebody else to test Mr. Elliot's conclusions as to 

 the species from other localities. - 

 I shall follow Mr. Elliot's order. 



18. Ptilopus xanthogaster. 



I do not find among the synonyms the following : — Ptilopus auran- 

 tiiventris, Rosenb. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxix. p. 144 (1867); id. 

 Keis. naar Zuidoostereil. pp. 81, 8(i (1867). 



The specimens from Lettie Island are smaller, with the head and 

 the neck of a darker and less pure ashy white. Those from Khoor 

 are larger, with the neck whiter. 



In the British Museum I examined a specimen marked Marianne 

 Islands (!), smaller, but otherwise not different from those of the Ke 

 Islands. 



21. Ptilopus superbus. 



I have examined the type of Lamprotreron forphyrostichis, Gould ; 

 and there is not the least doubt that it is a female of this species. 



As to the habitat of this species and of many others, I must make 

 the remark that it is a pity Mr. Elliot has not mentioned the islands 

 by groups ; by mixing together Moluccan and Papuan islands he 

 makes it very difficult to the reader to form a clear idea of the 

 distribution of the species. 



This bird has been found not only in the northern part of New 

 Guinea, but also in the southern, on the Fly River and in Yule 

 Island (UAlbertis). 



22. Ptilopus temmincki. 



I did not made the mistake of calling this species Megalop)rej}ia 

 formosa. My Megaloprepia formosa (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 

 122) (1876) is the bird which Mr. Elliot calls Ftilopus bernsteini. 

 Mr. Elliot might have perceived which was my bird from its habi- 

 tat ; and besides he knew very well that I was well acquainted with 

 P. temmincki, as I suggested to him that this was the proper name 

 for Ptilopus formosus, G-ray. 



24. Ptilopus coronulatus. 



The following important quotation is missing : — 



Ptilonopus pulchellus, Wall, (nee Temm.), Ann. & Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (2) XX. p. 476 (1857), Aru. 



This species is confined to the Aru Islands and to the southern 



part of New Guinea ; the localities Salwatty and Sorong, and that of 



Jobie are wrong, and belong respectively to P. trigeminus and P. 



geminus. Ansus is not a distinct island, but a locahty in the island 



of Jobie. 



