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Show 1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 571 Peculiarly a Celebes species, the present bird has fortunately received another name beside the one originally bestowed on it by Quoy and Gaimard (/. c). In its long tail it differs from the majority of the speGies of Ptilopus, and approaches the birds placed by Reichenbach in "Megaloprepia ; " but the first primary is abruptly attenuated. Adult. Top and sides of head grey, graduating into light green upon the occiput and hind neck. Chin and centre of throat very deep chestnut; rest of throat, neck on sides, and underparts lavender-colour, with a large spot in the centre of the abdomen yellowish white washed with rufous. Thighs and under tail-coverts rich dark cinnamon. Upper parts, wing, and tail bright green, the rectrices indistinctly tipped with yellowish green. Primaries and secondaries black on inner webs, green on outer, and edged with light yellow. Bill yellow; iris orange-brown ; eyelids and orbits bare, blue ; feet red. Total length 13^ inches, wing 6§, tail 5|, culmen f. (Type in Paris Museum.) 64. PTILOPUS FISCHERI. Ptilinopus fischeri, Briigg. Brem. Abhandl. (1876) p. 82, Taf. iv. Hab. Celebes. I only know this handsome species by the description and figure published by Dr. Briiggemann (/. ci). Is is apparently very distinct from all the known forms, and cannot be compared with any of them. The red patch on the side of the head is a very peculiar character. It may be briefly described as follows s- " Back green. Head, neck, and breast partly grey, partly golden ochre. Under tail-coverts grey and white intermixed. Sides of head in the male bluish red; back of neck with a black band. Total length 400 millims., wing 168, tail 147, bill 17, tarsus 21." (Briigg. I. ci) 65. PTILOPUS ALBOCINCTUS. Ptilinopus albocinctus, Wall. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 496, pl. xxxix.; id. Ibis, 1865, p. 377. Ptilopus cinctus florensis, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdsch. vol. iv. p. 20 (1873). Hab. Flores (Wallace). This species, which seems distinct from Pt. cinctus, was first described by Wallace (I. ci). It differs from its ally in having the neck and breast light blue, and the first primary less attenuated. The bill, according to Wallace, is greenish at the base, yellow at tip ; feet bright red. I have examined the type in the British Museum. In size and all other characters, save those pointed out, it is like Pt. cinctus. 66. PTILOPUS CINCTUS. Columba cincta, Temm. Pig. & Gall. vol. i. p. 243(1813); Knip & Pre'v. Pig. vol. ii. pl. xxiii.; Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. xi. p. 50 (1819); Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 19, Columba. 37* |
