Genus— PTILINOPUS. 
Ptilestopus Swainson, Zool. Journ., I., p. 473 (1825) 
Ptilonopus, id., Classif. B., II., p. 347 (1837) 
Ptilopus Strickland, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., VII., p. 36 
(1841). 
Lamprotreron Bonaparte, Compt. Bend., XXXIX., p. 876 
(1854) .. .. .. «. .. .♦ •• 
Kurukuru Prevost and Des Murs, Voy. “Venus,” Zool., p. 
220 (1849) . . 
Thouarsitreron Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., XXXIX., p. 876 
(1854) .. .. .. .« .. •• •• 
Kurutreron, id., ib., p. 878 
Ptilotreron, id., 1854 (c/. Gray, Gat. Gen. and Sub-gen. B., p. 97 
(1855)) 
Curotreron Heine, Noinencl. Mus. Hein. Om., p. 280 (1886) 
Terenotreron, id., ib. 
Plumage full and dense ; feathers very soft and downy at the base. Peetoral 
feathers more or less bifurcated. First primary abruptly attenuated at the 
apical portion in adult birds and much shorter than the following ones, 
the third and fourth generally longest. Tail square or rounded, containing 
fourteen rectrices ; metatarsus more or less thickly and completely feathered, 
toes bare, each toe with the skin expanded laterally. Bill shorter than the 
head, less distensible at the base than in Myristicivora, Carpophaga and 
Lopholaimus. Nostrils bare. Size medium, less than in the three last-named 
genera. , 
I see no reason for the separation of Lamprotreron from Ptilinopus. ' 
Distribution. Australia, New Guinea, Moluccas, the eastern portions of the 
Malay Archipelago and Polynesia. 
P. regina. 
P. superbus. 
P. purpuratus. 
P. dupetit-thouarsi. 
P. purpuratus. 
P. purpuratus. 
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