PTILOPUS RIVOLII. 
Massena Fruit-Pig’eon. 
Columba rivoli, Kiiip & Prev. Pigeons^ ii. pi. 57 ; Des Mui’s, Iconogi*. Ornith. pi. 4 (1845). 
lotreron rivollii, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 25 (1857). 
lonotreron rivollii, Reichenb. Taub. p. 100, Taf. 235. fig. 1306. 
Ptilonopus rivoli. Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 381. 
Ptilonopus solomonensis. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. v. p. 328 (1870). 
Pfilopus rivolii, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 109. — Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 561. — Salvad. Ann. Mns. Civ. Genov, 
ix. p. 196 (1877) ; id. xii. p. 345 (1878). 
Considerable uncertainty has existed with regard to the exact locality where this Fruit-Pigeon was to be 
found ; but one may now accept as a fact that it inhabits Dukc-of-York Island, whence specimens have been 
forwarded by Mr. Brown to Dr. Sclater; and future research will doubtless extend its range to New Ireland. 
Mr. Elliot also believes that it inhabits the Solomon Islands, as he considers that the P. solomonensis described 
by the late Mr. G. R. Gray is only the young of P. rivolii. 
The jiresent bird belongs to the white-banded section of the genus Ptilopus, which includes also P. prasinor- 
r//owifof New Guinea and the neighbouring groups of islands, and P. strophium of the Louisiade archipelago. 
The latter bird, hoivever, has no rose-coloured spot on the abdomen, and is therefore easily distinguished. 
P. prasinorrhous has the vent and under tail-coverts green, edged with yellow, .whereas in P. rivolii these 
parts are bright yellow. 
I transcribe the following detailed description given by Mr. Elliot in his paper on the genus : — ■ 
“ Male. Forehead jmrplish red ; breast crossed by a broad white band ; a large rose-red spot on the 
abdomen ; lower part of abdomen, crisssura, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; rest of plumage bright 
green, with some small, round, bluish-black spots on the scapulars. In its dimensions this species agrees 
with P. prasinorrhous. 
Female. General j)lumage bright green.” 
I am indebted to Dr. Sclater for the loan of the beautiful pair of birds of which I have drawn life-sized 
figures in the accompanying Plate. They were collected in Duke-of-York Island by Mr. G. Brown ; and I 
have other sjiecimens from the same source in my own collection. 
