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Show 1 10 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM [Feb. 20, Ptilonopus rivolii, Gray, List of Col. in B. M. p. 6. A pair of this bird, the male of which agrees in every respect with the figures and descriptions above quoted. W e have thus a better indication of the true patria of this fine Fruit-pigeon than has yet been obtained. Pt. strophium, Gould, from the Louisiade archipelago, is, I believe, a different species, not having the purple patch in the middle of the belly. The female of the present bird is of a nearly uniform green, with the lower belly and crissum yellow. 52. G3DIRHINUS INSOLITUS. Ptilopus insolitus, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. i. p. 61. pl. iii. fig. 3. Ptilopus humeralis jobiensis (monstr. ?), Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Columbce, p. 16. GEdh'hinus globifer, Cab. et Reich. Journ. f. Orn. 1876, p. 326. One example of this remarkable Pigeon, from Duke-of-York Island, obtained in October 1875. Schlegel originally described his specimen, with which mine appears to agree in all essential particulars, as from " New Caledonia," but subsequently came to the strange conclusion that it was only a monstrous variety of Ptilopus iobiensis! There can be, to m y mind, no doubt of the validity of the species, which I agree with Hrn. Cabanis and Reichenow should even con- Head of (Edirhinus insolitus. stitute the type of a new genus, readily recognizable by the hard bony protuberance on its forehead. Dr. Huesker obtained the specimen described by the last-named author in N e w Ireland, during the voyage of the * Gazelle.' 53. MACROPYGIA BROWNI, sp. nov. Alba : alis caudaque cum dorso toto schistaceo-nigris : pileo postico, hypochondriis, ventre imo et crisso pallide cineracescen-tibus: rostro basali coccineo, apicali flavo : pedibus rubris : long, tota 18*0, alee 8*8. caudee rectr. ext. 4*0, med. 90. Hab. Duke-of-York Island. |