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Show 554 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, Columba roseicollis, Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827), Columba, sp. 30. La Porphyre, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. (1837). Ptilonopus erythrocephalus, Swains. Class. B. vol.ii.p. 347 (1839). Ptilonopus roseicollis, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467 (1844-49); id. List B. Brit. Mus. (1844) p. I, (1856) p. 8. Ptilopus porphyrea, Reich. Taub. p. 97, pl. 237. figs. 1322-23. Ptilonopus porphyreus, Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 380. Ptilopus porphyreus, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 33, Columbce. Hub. Java (Wallace, Diard). This is a rather large and brightly plumaged species, with a long square tail, approaching somewhat in form Pt. cinctus, Pt. bernsteini, &c. The first primary is abruptly attenuated at the tip. It is apparently restricted to Java, all the specimens that I have seen having come from that island. There is considerable difference in the colour of the plumage of the adult and young, the latter almost entirely wanting the rose or carmine on the head and breast which makes the adult so conspicuous. There does not appear to be any difference in the plumage of the sexes. Adult. Head rose-colour, graduating into carmine upon the neck and breast. Beneath the red colour on the breast is a rather broad white band, below which is another of blackish green. Abdomen and flanks clear grey. Thighs and crissum bright green, feathers tipped with bright yellow. Under tail-coverts greenish on the inner webs, white on the outer, with the margins light yellow. Entire upper parts dark yellowish green, lightest on the rump. Primaries black, the first abruptly attenuated at tip. Tail dark green, with a broad dull grey apical band. Bill black, with pale tip. Feet red. Total length 11 inches, wing 5|, tail 4|, culmen -§-. Young. Have a generally green plumage, with the feathers margined with yellow, and the breast mottled with purplish red. 39. PTILOPUS JAMBU. Columba jambu, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. p. 784; Raffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. (1822) vol. xiii. p. 212 ; Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 28, Columba. Columba jambos, Lath. Ind. Ornith. (1790) vol. i. p. 598. sp. 18; Less, trait. Ornith. (1831) p. 472. Columba jamboo, Temm. Pig. et Gall. (1813) p. 257; Temm. & Knip, Pig. vol. i. pl. 27 $, 28 6 ', Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. xi. pt. 1 (1819), p. 49. Le Jambou, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. p. 27 (1837). Ptilonopus jambu, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. (1844) p. 2, (1856) p. 7. sp. 18; id. Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467 (1844); Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 221 ; Wail. Ibis, 1865, p. 378. Ramphiculus jambu, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 17 (1857); Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 465; Reich. Taub. p. 99, pl. 239. figs. 1334-35 cf.pl 244. figs. 3488-89 $ . Ptilopus jambu, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 36, Columbce. Native name Punei-chitrah in Borneo (Motley). Hab. Malacca (Wallace) ; Sumatra (Miiller) ; Borneo (Motley) |