ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 



(PTILONOPUS, Swains.). 

 By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. 



[Continued from p. 64.] 



(Plate XCV.) 

 PTILOPUS MUSSCHENBROEKI, Von Rosenberg. 



Ptilopus musschenbroekii, Rosenb. in litt. 



Ptilopus viridis, sth'jys ffeelvinkiana, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 23 (1871). 



Ptilopus viridis geelvinkianuSf Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Col. p. 23 (1873). 



Ptilopus musschenbroekii, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 195 (1876). 



The following is a translation of a notice of this bird (Schlegel, Nederl. 

 Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 23, sub Ptilopus viridis, stirps geelvinkiand) -. — 



" M. von Rosenberg sent ys, under the name of Ptilopus musschenbroekii, 

 a fine series of a Ptilopus observed by this naturalist and traveller on several 

 islands of the great Geelvink Bay — viz. on Mafoor, Meosnum, and Soek 

 (Mysore). This bird recalls perfectly P. viridis, observed on the Ceram 

 group, including Buru, Amboina, and the subgroup of Goram. There are, 

 in fact, no other differences than the following : — The whitish grey colour of 

 the head is darker, and washed with green ; the patch of the throat is of a 

 more vivid red and purple colour, lighter and less shading into brownish ; the 

 whitish grey on the wing above extends to the first scapularies ; finally, not 



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