I III I I 



■lb. 



WhU 



I fr-rr ■ ■- ■ -r^4-' r. -■ 



L->rLB\ ^ ^ ■ 



50 



— Lamprotreron apicalis i?^?. C. E. 1854, 887. — Ptilopuat 

 apicalis Bp. Consp. II, 23; Elliot^ P. Z. S. 1878, 527; Iristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 43. — Kurukuru de Cl^men- 



1877, 783; JiamsaT/ Pr. L. Soc. K S. W. II, 140. 



tine, Des Murs et Prev. Voy. Yenus, Ois. 1855, 264. 



Ptilopus clementinae Bp, Consp. 11, 22 pt.; id Icon. 



Pig. pi. XXri? — Ptilonopus clementinae Gray, B. Trop. Is. 38 pfe. ; Rchh, Tauben 1862, 90 pt. — Ptilinopus 

 apicalis F. et II. Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 121. — Ptilonopus apicalis Lay. Ibis 1870, 506; id. P. Z. S. 1876, 495; 

 1877, 464; id. Ibis 1878, 261. — Ptilopus fasciatus SM. Mus. P. B. Columbne 1873, 6; Lay. Ibis 1878,261 ; 

 Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 535 pt.; Wifjlcnv, Ibis 1891, 568, 578. — Ptilopus pictiventris Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 



530 pi. XXXIII; id, Ann. N. II. 1878, 349; Schmeltz, Verb. Yer. Ilamb. 1879, 178. 



„Manu-lua" juv. (Grliffe).^ Samoa Is. 



„Nariga", Uea (Grliffe). 



„Manu-tagi" freule)^ 



Samoa Jis-, throughout the {Feah, Whifmce etc). 



Id. of Ilea (Griiffe). 



After examining large numbers of Ptilopodes from Central Polynesia, I find tliat a dark band, as 



distinguished from a spot or patch, is by no means so valuable a mark of distinction for P. fasciatus as 



I had hitherto believed it to be (Ibis, 1891, 575). This character is subject to much individual variation, 



being sometimes present as a short cross-streak, at others as a large patch of purple spreading out into a 



broad cross-band. These peculiarities appear to be fully shared by Fijian and Tongan specimens, from which 



P. fasciatus may most readily be distinguished by the flush of chestnut red upon the abdomen. The remarks 



of the writer (1. c.) on the probable identity of P. whitmeei Earns, with P. fasciatus should, therefore, be 

 cancelled. 



259.'^ Ptilopus porphyraceus. 



Purple-crowned Pigeon (ex Tonga-tabu), Lath. Gen. Syn. 1783 H, 020; T?^^^-^. Lath. Uebers. 1794 

 — Columba purpurata Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 784 pt, ; Lath. Ind. Orn. 598 pt. ; Bechst. Uebers. 1811 IV, 

 397 pt.; Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1819 XI, 66 pt. — „Columba porphyracea Forst.'' Temm. Tr. L. S. 1822 XIII, 

 130. - 



II, 607. 



tabu). 



? Columba forsteri Des Murs, Diet. Sc. Nat. 1826 XL, 340; Less. Compl. Buff. 1837 III, 34 (exTonga- 



Columba purpurata Wayl. Isis 1829, 742. 



Columba porphyracra Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 167. 



Ptilonopus porphyracrus Gray, Gen. B. II, 466; id. List Columbae 1856, 3; id. B. Trop. Is. 1859, 38. 



Ptilinopus purpuratus Ilartl AViogm. Arch. 1852, *134. 



Ptilopus purpuratus Bp, Icon. Pig. 1857 pi XIX 



f. b. juv.; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 515, 525 pt. ; Sehneltz, Verb. Yer. Ilamb. 1879, 177. 



Ptilopus porphy- 



raceus Bp. Consp. 1857, 21; Schl. Mus. P. B. Columbae 1873, 8; Wiyhsw. Ibis 1891, 573, 575. — Ptilonopus 

 porphyraceus Ilchh. Tauben 1862, 95; Lay: P. Z. S. 1876, 502. — Ptilinopus porphyraceus F.ctJL Orn. 

 Centralpol. 119; iid. J. f. 0. 1870, 122, 131; Griiffe, ib. 407; id. J. Mus. Godcf. I, 49 pi. 7 f . 3 ; Finsch, 

 P. Z. S. 1877, 725, 775, 783; id. Voy. Chall., B. 1881, 38. — ? Ptilonopus whitmeei Ramsay, Pr. L. Soc. 



K S. W. 1877 II, 140. 



Ptilopus purpuratus Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 515, 525 pt. ; Schmcltz, Vcrh. Ver. 



Hamb. 1879, 177; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 18S9, 44. 



„Kurukuru" (Forst.) or „Kulukulu" (Graffe 



Tonga Is.: Tonga-tabu (Forst. eto.)^ Eua, Ilabai (Hahncr).^ Lefuka, Vavao (Grllffe). 



(Hiihner). — li^titu/nn. Trl.. (T.an ) — . Rft/ium/* Ttl fT^n/ms^ 1 9 



Nitiafori 



I'utuna Id* (I^<ty.). 



Savage Id, (Rams. 



\ 



260.* Ptilopus porphyraceus clementinae. 



Ptilinopus clementinae Jaeq. et Pacher. Voy. Pole Sud, 1853 III, 117; JIartl. J. f. O. 1854, 169. 

 ? Ptinilope de Clementine, //. et J. Voy. Pole Sud, Atl. pi. 29, f. 3. — Ptilopus clementinae Bp. Consp. II, 22 



pt.; Wiglesiv. Ibis 1891, 568, 579. 



Ptilopus porphyraceus //;?, Consp. II, 23 pt. 



Ptilonopus clementinae 



Gray, B. Trop. Is. 1859, 38 pt.; RM. Tauben 1862, 96 pi. 240 f. 2588 pt. 



Ptilinopus fasciatus F. etJI. 



(nee Peak) Orn. Centralpol. 115; iid. J. f. 0. 1870, 133 pt.; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1874, 94 pt.; Lay. ib. 1875, 

 436; id. Ibis 1876, 392, 506; id. P. Z. S. 1876, 495, 502; 1877, 464; Schmeltz, Verb. Ver. Ilamb. 1879,' 

 178; Schalow, J. f. 0. 1887, 245. — ? Ptilopus purpuratus Bp. Icon. Pig. 1857 pi. XIX f. a. — ? Ptilopus 

 bonapartei Gray, II. L. 1870 II, 225; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 524. — Ptilinopus porphyraceus? Tristr. Ibis 

 1878, 261. — Ptilopus purpuratus Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 525 pt.; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 44 pt. 



Fiji Is.: Balaou (Il.etJ.), Wakaia, Mokani, Lomaloma, Mango (T.ay.). — ? New Caledonia 



{Schahnv, 



? P. greyi imm.). 



261-* Ptilopus ponapensis. 



Ptilinopus fasciatus? I^insch, J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 37. 



Ptilonopus ponapensis Finsch, P. Z 



S. 1877, 779 (typo examined); Schmcltz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 353. — Ptilopus fasciatus Elliot, P. Z. S 



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