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Ptilonopus Wallacii. 



Ptilonopus Wallacii, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 183. pi. 136. 



Top of head carmine ; cheeks and throat pure white ; neck, nape 

 and breast greyish white ; lower part of breast with a band of white 

 bordered posteriorly with a broad one of orange ; lesser wing-coverts 

 with a band of deep orange ; abdomen and under tail-coverts varied 

 with yellow and green ; upper part of back orange-green ; scapulars 

 and some of the greater wing-coverts grey margined with orange- 

 yellow ; the other greater wing-coverts and secondaries yellowish 

 green margined with yellow ; quills rich emerald-green ; tertials yel- 

 lowish green spotted with grey ; lower part of back rich yellowish 

 green ; tail coppery green with the apical half greenish white ; bill 

 yellow, and feet red. 



Length 10" ; wings 5" 9'". 



a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Most allied to Ptilonopus pulchellus, but differs in several re- 

 spects. 



Ptilonopus aurantiifrons. 



Ptilonopus aurantiifrons, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 185. 

 pi. 137. 



Front deep rich orange ; occiput and sides of head yellowish green ; 

 chin pure white ; neck sooty grey ; breast and beneath the body 

 yellowish green mixed with grey on the thighs ; nape and scapulars 

 grey, each feather of former margined with orange, those of the latter 

 margined with green ; back and wing-coverts green, with some of the 

 feathers spotted with grey, and others margined with orange-yellow; 

 quills rich emerald-green with the secondaries bordered with yellow ; 

 tail coppery green with a narrow band of grey at the tip, which is 

 white beneath ; under tail-coverts yellow varied with green ; bill 

 yellow ; cere and feet red. " Iris orange." 



Length 9" 9'" ; wings 5" 6'". 



a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Ptilonopus coronulatus. 



Ptilonopus coronulatus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 185. 

 pi. 138. 



Yellowish green ; front whitish purple, with posteriorly a narrow 

 band of purple, and then a broader band of golden yellow ; occiput 

 deep green ; chin yellowish white ; wings and tail shining emerald- 

 green margined narrowly with yellow ; a spot on fore part of abdo- 

 men purple ; middle of hind part of abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 bright yellow. 



Length 7" 9'" ; wings 4" 6'". Iris orange. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Ptilonopus viridis. 



Columba viridis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 283 ; PI. Enl. 142. 



