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Show 544 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, Lamprotreron porphyrostictus of Gould seems to be only a female this species, having " a purplish-blue spot at back of head." Adult male. Upper part of head bright purple. Ear-coverts and sides of face light green. Chin and throat ashy white. Nape and sides of neck above shoulders rufous-orange. Breast has the feathers light purple at the base, broadly tipped with ashy grey, this latter hue giving the predominant colour to the breast. A broad bluish-black band crosses the lower part of the breast. Middle of abdomen and crissum white. Flanks and thighs green, the former crossed by a white band above the thighs. Upper parts bright green. Shoulders and a spot on the scapulars, wing-coverfs, and secondaries deep purple. Primaries brownish biack, the first abruptly attenuated. Secondaries bright green, edged with light yellow. Tail has the rectrices blackish on the inner webs, bright green on the outer, and all except the central pair with a white apical band. Under tail-coverts white, tinged with yellow, with broad central green stripes. Bill olive- green, tip yellowish. Feet pink ; claws pale. Iris yellow. Total length 9§ inches, wing 5J, tail 4, culmen §. Specimen described from Ternate. Amboyna examples seem to be bright pale orange on the nape and sides of neck. Female. Uniform green above. A spot of deep greenish blue on the occiput. Throat greyish white; breast greyish green. Middle of abdomen white. Young. Uniform yellowish green, tinged with grey upon the breast. 22. PTILOPUS TEMMINCKI. Columba superba, Knip & Prev. Pig. tab. 42, 5, ex Celebes (1838). Kurukuru temminckii, Des Murs & Prev. Voy. Venus, p. 234 (1855). Ptilonopus formosus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 360 ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 379; Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. viii. (1872) p. 82. Ptilopus superbus, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 32, Columbce, ex Celebes. Megaloprepia formosa, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 199. Hab. Celebes. This form, from the island of Celebes, possesses quite sufficient difference in coloration to entitle it to be considered distinct from Pt. superbus. The nape and sides of the neck are a much brighter orange; and the lower part of the breast is pale purple, graduating insensibly into the bluish-black band that crosses the body above the abdomen. An immature bird of this species from Celebes was figured by Knip & Prevost (/. ci) as the female of Pt. superbus; but afterwards, convinced that it represented a distinct species, they called it temminckii in the Voyage of the Venus (I. ci), which name antedates the formosus of Gray. The figure originally published by these authors does not represent well the differences existing between this species and Pt. superbus, on account of the specimen not having vet assumed its perfect livery; but the locality, Celebes, proves |