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Show 572 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, Iueucotreron cincta, Bon. Compt. Rend. (1854) torn, xxxix. p. 876 ; id. Consp. xAv. vol. ii. p. 15 ; Reich. Tauben, p. 103, pl. 238. fig. 1328. Ptilonopus cinctus, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467 (1844); id. List B. Brit. Mus. (1844) p. 2, (1856) p. 8. sp. 22; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 377. Ptilopus cinctus, Schleg. Nederl. Tijdsch. torn. iv. p. 19 (1873); id. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 34. Hab. Timor (Wallace, Mutter) ; Wetter (Hoedt). This bird is about the same size as the Pt. gularis, but has a long and square tail, the feathers of which are very broad. It belongs to the large members of this genus, and should, from its size, be included in the genus Megaloprepia, if that were really a valid division; but then it has an abruptly attenuated primary, which although not a generic character, as I have shown, still, according to Reichenbacb, prevents its entrance into his genus (?). Adult. Head, neck, throat, and entire breast white ; rest of underparts yellowish green, separated from the white breast by a. black band. Entire upper parts, wings, and tail black ; the rectrices with a broad apical dark grey band. Under tail-coverts dark grey on the inner webs, white on the outer, margined broadly with bright yellow. Bill ochre-yellow, greenish at base ; feet red; iris red. Sexes alike. Total length 12| inches, wing 6-f, tail 5-y, culmen f. 67. PTILOPUS LETTIENSIS. Ptilopus cinctus lettiensis, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 35, Columbce; id. Nederl. Tijdsch. Dierk. torn. iv. p. 20 (1873). Hab. Lettie, east of Timor (Hoedt). This bird is apparently entitled to be considered distinct from the Pt. cinctus. I am indebted to m y friend Count H . Turati for the loan of a very fine specimen, exhibiting very clearly the differences existing between it and Pt. cinctus. The principal one is the coloration of the tail, which for one third of its length from the tip is yellowish white, instead of having merely a dark grey apical band as in Pt. cinctus. Another difference between the birds is that the last-named species has the first primary abruptly attenuated, while that of the present is gradually narrowed to the tip, which is sharply pointed. The tails of both are long and square, as in Pt. bernsteini. Adult. Head, mantle, throat, neck, and breast ivory white ; beneath the white of the breast is a broad blue-black band. Lower part of abdomen and crissum greenish yellow. Under tail-coverts brownish in the centre ; rest white, margined with yellow. Back and wings black ; first primary gradually attenuated to the tip, which is pointed. R u m p greenish grey. Tail greyish black for two thirds of its basal half, rest yellowish white. Bill green, tip ochre ; feet dark red. Total length 11^ inches, wing 6|, tail 4|, culmen f. 68. PTILOPUS BERNSTEINI. Carpophaga formosa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 360 (nee P. formosus, Gray, ex Celebes). |