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feathers in P. Eugeniae Gould. There is a large light ashy grey 
spot on the shoulders, but no band; the undertail coverts are yel- 
low, with a broad dark green stripe on their inner webs, none of 
the secondaries have any grey at their tips as described in P. geel- 
vinkianus Schl. — Although closely allied to P. viridis, geelvinkia- 
nus and Eugeniae, this species will prove dinstinct from all of 
them, particularly in having a violet tinge or line bordering the 
sides and lower part of the rich deep purple-red of the chest. 
Hab.: Lango; Gaudalcanar. 
174. Ptilopus rhodostictus. 
H. B. Trisham, Ibis Vol. 6 No. 21 1832 p. 139 pl. 5. 
P., pileo pallidissime vinaceo, post oculos eingula flava arete 
einecto; mento delicatissime flavo; occipite, collo toto, gutture, 
pectore et lateribus sulphurescenti-viridibus; abdomine, ventre 
et subcaudalibus intense rubro-aurantiacis; dorso, tergo et 
uropygio flavo-virescentibus, medio cujusque plumae scapularis 
rosaceo picto; Pogonio interno remigis externi item rosaceo; remi- 
gibus in externo pogonio viridi metallico resplendentibus, in pogonio 
interno nigris; remige primo attenuato, secundariis anguste flavo 
marginatis; cauda viridi, apice late flava. Long. tot. 8,8;-alae 5,1; 
caud. 3,25; rostri a rietu 0,57. 
Hab.: Ugi Island, Solomons. 
175. Ptilopus Richardsi. 
E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales Vol. 6 
p: 722. 
The whole of the head, neck, sides of the body, chest, breast, 
and under surface of the shoulders\delicate french grey, slightly 
tinged with a wash of very pale olive-green, the crown of the head, 
sides of the face, in front of the eye, pale lavender extending to 
the base of the lower mandible; round the occiput is a shade of 
yellow in certain lights; the throat tinged with pale yellow; a large 
patch on the abdomen, the vent and under tail coverts deep orange, 
the under tail-coverts centred with rosy carmine; body above from 
between the shoulders olive-green; outer webs of the quills golden- 
green, Secondaries narrowly margined with pale gold, the inner 
webs of the scapulars are of a beautiful delicate rose tintet with 
carmine, and margined with orange towards the tip, yellow töwards 
the basal portion, a rose carmine lanceolate mesial spot near 
the tips of the adjacent wing-coverts, increasing in size and inten- 
sity of colour on the central portions of the larger feathers, but 
confined to an elongated stripe on the inner webs of the tertia- 
ries; wings below lead-grey, tail ashy or lead-grey below, the 
outer webs above green, the inner blackish, the tips of all the 
feathers below ashy but distinetly washed. with olive-yellow above, 
and forming a terminal band; bill lead-colour; tip straw-colour; 
feet red, the tarsus is feathered for about two-thirds of its length; 
the feathers on the chest are slishtly bifurcated as in those of 
P. regina, &c.; tip of the first primary narrow, elongated. Total 
