ih7i.] mr. d. g. elliot on the genus ptiloris. 583 



Ptiloris magnificus. 



Falcinellus magnificus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. torn. 

 xxviii. p. 167, pi. G 30. no. 3. 



Epimachus magnificus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1829, p. 440. 



Le Promefil, Levaill. Ois. de Parad. p. 36, pi. 16. 



L' Epimaque promefil, Cuv. Regne Anim. (1817) p. 408. 



Epimachus paradiseus, Gray, Gen. of Birds, vol. i. pi. xxxii. 



Epimachus splendidus, Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 77. 



Craspedophora magnijica, Gray, List of Gen. Birds, 2nd ed 

 p. 15. 



Ptilorhis magnificus, Grav, Hand-1. Birds, part i. p. 165. sp. 

 1273. 



Hah. New Guinea. 



Male. Top of head and occiput, centre of throat, and entire upper 

 part of breast shining bluish green, purple in certain lights ; entire 

 upper parts deep velvety black, with rich dark purple reflections ; 

 primaries black, with green reflections ; a narrow line of green, red 

 in some lights, beneath the metallic of the breast ; breast, flanks, and 

 abdomen purple ; base of side- plumes also purple, basal half and fila- 

 mentary ends black ; two central tail-feathers shining green, remainder 

 velvety black, with green reflections on their outer webs ; bill, legs, 

 and feet stout, black. 



Female. Entire upper parts, wings, and tail rich brownish red ; 

 superciliary stripe white, the feathers tipped with blackish brown ; 

 cheeks and a line from the base of the lower mandible running back 

 upon the side of the throat blackish brown ; entire underparts white, 

 narrowly barred with black ; bill and feet black. 



Ptiloris alberti. 



Ptiloris magnijica, Gould, Birds of Austr. Suppl. pi. 



Craspedophora magnijica, Gould, Handb. Birds. Austr. vol. i. 

 p. 395. sp. 365. 



Ptilornis alberti, Gray, MS. 



Hub. Cape York, Australia (Macgillivray) . 



Male. Smaller than the previous species ; top of head, occiput, 

 centre of throat, and upper part of breast metallic bluish green ; 

 sides of head, neck, and upper parts velvety black, with a rich pur- 

 ple gloss ; primaries greenish black ; a bright olive-green line be- 

 neath the metallic shield of the breast ; rest of underparts dark 

 olive-green, changing upon the base of the flank-plumes to a light 

 purple ; under tail-coverts black ; two central tail-feathers shining 

 metallic green, remainder black, with green reflections on the outer 

 webs ; bill and feet slender, black. 



Female. Entire upper parts light olive-brown ; outer edges of 

 wings and tail rufous brown ; a broad blackish-brown line from bill 

 through the eye to the nape of the neck ; superciliary stripe and 

 throat white ; a narrow brownish-black line from base of under man- 

 dible along side of the throat ; upper part of breast white, narrowly 



