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the neck — pale blue, followed by a broad black band across 

 the upper breast. Lower breast, entire abdomen^ and under 

 tail-coverts red, with white and black bases to the feathers. 

 Back and scapulars olive-green, darker in the middle of the 

 feathers. Least wing-coverts dark olive-green, the remainder 

 pale blue witb lighter edges, those near the shoulder with 

 white bases. Rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail pale blue. 

 Quills black, tips brownish with a bluish wash ; second to fifth 

 primary with a white speculum. Under wing-coverts brown. 

 " L'is deep chestnut-brown; feet purplish grey; bill black, 

 gape and tip of culmen dull ochreous.'' Wing 99 mm., tail 

 39, bill 20, tarsus 40. 



2 • Throat brownish black. Dimensions a little smaller. 

 Iris white ! 



The entirely black throat and breast-band and the scaly 

 appearance of the upper parts distinguish this bird at a 

 glance from the other species in which the abdomen is red. 



Hab. Sula Mangoli ; discovered by Mr. William Doherty, 

 of Cincinnati. 



Ptilinopus mangoliensis, sp. n. 



Belongs to Group A of the arrangement of the genus 

 Ptilinopus in the 'Catalogue of Birds,' vol. xxi., and resembles 

 P. subgularis, Mey. & Wiglesw., in the absence of the rust- 

 coloured spot on the abdomen ; but it differs from both 

 P. gularis and P. subgidaris in being greenish yellow on the 

 neck and under surface, all the feathers of these parts being 

 light grey with broad greenish-yellow borders. The feathers 

 of the crown have narrow sub-terminal yellowish lines. 

 Wing of the male 165, ol" the female 156 mm.; tail of male 

 136, of female 130 mm. 



Hab. Sula Mangoli [W. Doherty coll.). 



Ptilinopus everetti, sp. n. 



This new species may be described as being between 

 P. cinctus and P. albocindus. It differs from P. cinctus in 

 having the throat and neck white with fine narrow^ wavy, 

 very pale grey cross-lines — instead of white washed with 

 lemon-yellow — and in having a wider and lighter terminal 

 bar across the tail-feathers. P. albocindus has the throat 



