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Show 566 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, character being the lanceolate shape of the feathers of the body. This, however, would seem to indicate more a specific than a generic value, as the Pt. victor, with which the present bird is generically identical, does not possess this form of feather. As is shown in m y remarks on genera, in the beginning of this paper, neither of these two species exhibits any characters that, in my opinion, would separate them from the genus Ptilopus, those relied upon by authors for establishing a distinct generic rank not being at all peculiar to, or possessed solely by, these birds. Male. Head greenish yellow. Throat and irregular collar on lower part of neck lemon-yellow. Feathers of breast and back lanceolate sulphur-yellow, tinged with green. Abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts bright yellow. Primaries dark greenish yellow, first not narrowed especially; secondaries pale green, both edged with lemon-yellow. Tail pale green, graduating into light yellow at the tip. Bill black, tip yellow. Feet black. Total length 8 inches, wing 4|, tail 2|, culmen §. (Ex type, Paris Museum.) Young male. Head and throat pale green. General plumage bright green, with yellow lanceolate feathers appearing upon the breast and back. Abdomen mixed with yellow and green. Under tail-coverts saffron-yellow. Primaries and secondaries brownish green, broadly margined with yellow. Some feathers of the rump and upper tail-coverts tipped and margined with yellow. Tail bright green. Bill black, tip yellow. Feet black. Female. General plumage bright green, verging to yellow on the throat and abdomen. Primaries and secondaries margined with light yellow. Under tail-coverts pale yellow. Tail bright green, lightest at the tip. Bill black, tip yellow. Feet black. 58. PTILOPUS CORRIEI. Ptilinopus corriei, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N e w South Wales, 1876, p. 133, vol. i. Hab. Malacolo Island, N e w Hebrides. In the above-named publication Mr. Ramsay describes a specimen of Ptilopus as representing a distinct species. It is evidently immature, and, judging from the description, belongs to the group comprising Pt. victor, luteovirens, and layardi; and it is not impossible that it may be one of these species from a new locality, although the dimensions given are larger than those of any examples of the above-named species that I have seen. The type had been in spirits, and, as stated by Mr. Ramsay, was somewhat discoloured on the sides of the neck and interscapular region. The texture of the feathers resembled that of Chrysosnas viridis, Layard (Pt. layardi of this paper). Only a single specimen was procured by Dr. A. Corrie, at Malacolo Island, during the cruise of H.M.S. 'Pearl,' in August 1875. More specimens will be required before its specific rank can be satisfactorily determined. The following is M r . Ramsay's description :- Male. "The whole of head, chin, and throat olive-green, becoming bright green on the neck and occiput; the whole of the remainder |