Order C0LUMBIF0RME8 
No. 25. 
Family TBFBONIDuE. 
PTILINOPUS REGINA EWINGII. 
ROSE-CROWNED FRUIT-PIGEON. 
(Plate 23.) 
Ptilinopus EWINGII Gould, P.Z.S., p. 19 (1842), Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Ptilinopus ewingii Gould, P.Z.S., p. 19 (1842); id., B. Austr., V., PL 56 (1848); id., Handb. B. 
Austr., II., p. 107 (1865) ; Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., L, p. 182 (1876) ; id., Tab. List 
Austr. B., p. 17 (1888). 
Ptilonopus ewingii Gray, Gen. B., II., p. 466 (1849), 
Kurukuru roseicapilla (part) Des Murs and Prevost, Voy. “ Venus,” Zool., p. 259 (1849). 
Kurukuru roseicapillus, id., ib., p. 269. 
Ptilopus ewingii Bonaparte, Consp. Av., II., p. 20 (1854) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXI., 
p. 96 (1893) ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. B., p, 663 (1901) ; Oates, Cat. Birds’ 
Eggs Brit. Mus., I., p. 84 (1901) ; Le Souef, Emu, II., p. 153 (1903) ; Mathews, 
Hand!. B. Austral., p. 8 (1908), 
Ptilonopus swainsoni (not Gould) Elsey, P.Z.S,, p. 27 (1857). 
Ptilinopus ewingi Le Souef, Ibis, p. 394 (1897). 
Ptilopus ewingi Hall, Key B. Austr., p. 69 (1899), 
Ptilinopus swainsoni ewingi Hartert, Nov. Zool., XII., p. 196 (1905). 
Distribution. Cape York ; Northern TeiTitory ; Savu Island. 
Adult male. Upper-surface, including the wings and entire back, green ; scapular feathers 
darker green with blue-black subterminal spots and broad yellow margins ; primary- 
coverts and quills green on the outer webs, slate-grey on the inner ones, very slightly 
edged on the outer webs of the outer primaries with white, which becomes yellow 
on the innermost secondaries ; middle tail-feathers with an indication of yeUowish- 
white at the tips, outer feathers grey on the inner webs, darker subterminally and 
tipped with yellowish- white, outer webs green ; crown of head pale rose-lilac, 
encircled posteriorly by a narrow line of yeUow of the same colour as the chin 
and throat ; occiput and hind-neck green, strongly washed with grey, becoming 
paler on the sides of the face and neck ; the feathers of the chest bifurcated, green, 
tipped with pale grey, followed by reddish-orange on the abdomen, which is divided 
by an iU-defined band of lilac ; under tail-coverts hke the abdomen ; vent and 
tufts on the^ lower flanks yellow ; sides of body, flanks and thighs green ; lower 
aspect of tail grey, darker subterminaUy and tipped with yellowish- white ; under 
^ng-coverts and axillaries grey, darker on the quill lining ; “ Iris orange ; bill and 
feet greenish ” (J. T. Tunney). Total length, 212 mm. ; culmen, 18 ; wing, 125 • 
tail, 72 ; tarsus, 20. ^ 
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