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differing very much from P. rivolii and P. miquelii, a species which also 

 inhabits the island of Soek, where P. rivolii is not to be found : it is 

 P. speciosus, about which we shall treat immediately. 



" Ptilopus miquelii is distinguished from the other species by a white 

 cross band on the breast, by the constant want of red on the breast and belly, 

 these parts being coloured with the same green colour which occurs on the 

 other parts of the bird. We add that the abdomen and the under tail- coverts 

 are of a fine uniform citron-yellow, that the red on the upper part of the head 

 in the male is a little darker and of a deeper purple colour, and that the bird 

 in general is of a somewhat larger size. 



"Wing 4" 6'" to 4" 11"', tail 2" 9'", bill from the front 6i"'." 



Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Colimba, p. 26 (1873) :— 



" Ptilopus miqueli, Von Rosenberg, in litteris ; Schlegel, Obs. Zool. 

 in Nederl. Tijdschr. vol. iv. p. 22. 



" This species approaches Ptilopus rivoli, from which it is distinguished 

 by the entire want of red on the breast, by its somewhat larger size, and by 

 the red on the head being darker and more purple. Add that the under 

 tail-coverts and the abdomen are constantly and in both sexes of a fine 

 yellow. It remains uncertain whether this species is identical with Ptilopus 

 strophium of G. R. Gray (List Columbse Brit. Mus. 1856, p. 6) or P. cinctus 

 of Gould (in Jardine, lUustr. 1850, p. 105, fig. on p. 102). The bird bearing 

 this name comes from the Louisiade, and differs (judging from the figure of 

 Jardine) by the red on the head being restricted to the front and offering a 

 rosy tint. 



"Wing 4" 6'" to 4" U'", tail 2" 9'" to 3". 



" Observed on the islands of Meosnoum and Jobie. (From Jobie two 

 males and two females, from Meosnoum three males and one female — all 

 killed in the year 1869.)" 



