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 91. PTILONOPUS I'Kltl.Ails. 



Colvmfia per lata, Temm. I'l. Col. 559. 



Ptilonopus perlatus, G. It. Gray. 



Sylphitreron perlatus, Verr. ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. id. 



Hub. Am Islands. <f in British Museum. 



95. PTILONOPUS PBA8INOKRHOU8. 



Closely allied to Ptilonopus Eivoli, but it is at once distinguished 



by the vent and under tail-eoverts being green, slightly margined 

 on each feather with yellow ; the reddish purple patch on the abdo- 

 men is connected to the white pectoral band ; bill yellow, and feet 

 red. 



Hub. Kc Islands. J in British Museum. 



96. Ptilonopus Wallacii. (PI. CXXXVI.) 



Top of head carmine ; cheeks and throat pure white ; neck, nape 

 and breast greyish white ; lower part of breast with a baud of white 

 bordered posteriorly with a broad one of orange ; lesser wing-coverts 

 with a band of deep orange ; abdomen and under tail-coverts varied 

 with yellow and green ; upper part of back orange-green ; scapulars 

 and some of the greater wing-coverts grey margined with orange- 

 yellow ; the other greater wing-coverts and secondaries yellowish 

 green margined with yellow ; quills rich emerald green ; tertials yel- 

 lowish green spotted with grey ; lower part of back rich yellowish 

 green ; tail coppery green with the apical half greenish white ; bill 

 yellow, and feet red. 



Length 10" ; wings 5" 9"'. 



llab. Aru Islands. c? $ in British Museum. 



Most allied to PHlonoptU pulchellus, but differs in several re- 

 Bpects. 



!/7. Ptilonopus aurantiifrons. (PI. (WWII.) 



Front deep rich orange ; occiput and sides of head \ ellowish green ; 

 chin pure white; neck sooty grey ; breast and beneath the body yel- 

 lowish green mixed with grey on the thighs ; nape and scapulars 

 grey, each feather of former margined with orange, those of' the latter 

 margined with green ; back and wing-coverts green, with some of the 

 feathers spotted with grey, and others margined with orange-yellow; 

 quills rich emerald-green with the secondaries bordered with yellow ; 

 fail coppery green with a narrow baud of grey at the tip, which is 

 white beneath; under tail-eoverts \ellow varied with green; bill 



yellow ; cere and feel red. " In- orange." 



Length '.»" 9"'i wings 5" 6'". 



Hull. Aru [elands. J $ in British Museum. 



•'-•. Ptilonopus CORONULATU8. (PL CXXXVIil.) 



Yellowish green; front whitish purple, with posteriorly a narrow 



hand of purple, and then a broader hand of golden yellow , occiput 

 drop green . chin yellowish white ; wings and tail snining emerald- 



