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Show 520 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, 7. Abdomen and under tail-coverts bright yellow; on lower part of breast a large spot of dark purplish red 12. 8. Throat, cheeks, and breast yellowish green; abdomen clear green, with a purplish black spot in the centre 13. b". Conspicuous deep-rose spot at base of mandible. 1. Abdomen bright uniform yellowish green, without spot 14. 2. Breast with a deep purple spot on lower part; abdomen orange ; under tail-coverts bright yellow, tips orange 15. 3. Chin pale purplish red; dark purplish violet spot on breast, with the base of the feathers dark olive-green; under tail-coverts purplish violet-red, basal portion yellow; purplish violet of front and crown surrounded by green 16. b. Front and top of head greyish or purplish white, margined with yellow. a'. Abdomen deep rose; crissum and under tail-coverts deep yellow 17. b\ Abdomen and under tail-coverts orange-yellow 18. c' Abdomen and under tail-coverts bright yellow 19. d'. Underparts pale ash-green; centre of abdomen and crissum pale yellow; under tail-coverts bright yellow 20. c. Top of head and. occiput bright purple; sides of head light green; nape and sides of neck rufous-orange; middle of abdomen and crissum white: flanks and thighs green. a'. Feathers of breast purple at base, broadly tipped with ashy grey, a broad bluish black band across the lower part of breast 21. b'. Lower part of breast light purple, graduating into bluish black 22. d. Front, crown, band across the back, and under tail-coverts dark purplish red; feathers of breast purple at base, white at tip; beneath these an orange band 23. c. Front pink, with posteriorly a narrow band of purple, followed by a broader one of yellow ; a purple spot on fore part of abdomen; middle of abdomen and under tail-coverts yellow : 24. /. Front pinkish white, surrounded by a purple band succeeded by one of yellow; purple spot on abdomen, surrounded by safl'ron-yellow 25. g. Front greyish white 26. B. Breast-feathers not bifurcate. a. Middle of abdomen deep orange; vent and a'.lu onwdS eh;ro u tlteadrietlri-ascl osvg evrrietoysli ewsth i gtrveiy ovl aiernti, te hdme iw xcieetndht ryewe.li th Pt. rarotongensis, p. 534. Pt. fasciatus, p. 535. Pt. mercieri, p. 536. Pt. roseicapillus, 537. Pt. huttoni, p. 538. Pt. dupetithouarsi, p. 539. Pt. xanthogaster, p. 540. Pt. chrysogaster, p. 541. Pt. taitensis, p. 541. Pt. superbus, p. 542. Pt. temmincki, p. 544. Pt. perousei, p. 545. Pt. coronulatus, p. 546. Pt. geminus, p. 546. Pt. trigeminus, p. 547. |
