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Show 1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 505 Temm. Kurutreron possesses oopa, Wagl. ( = taitensis, Less.), chrysogaster, Gray, and coralensis, Peale. Omeotreron has batilda ( = occipitalis,j\iv.), virens(=pectoralis, Wagl.), andfeliciee, Hombr. and Jacq. ( = luteovirens, Hombr. & Jacq., juv.). In Chryscena is placed luteovirens. Phapitreron is also included in this subfamily, containing the Columba leucotis, Temm., and Ph. amethystina, Bon.; but these birds have but little in common with those of the genus Ptilopus. 1858. GRAY, 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.' Five species are here described for the first time, viz. Pt. prasinorrhous, Pt. iozonus, Pt. aurantiifrons, Pt. coronulatus, and Pt. wallacei. Species 42. 1859. GRAY, ' List of Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Ocean.' Nineteen species of the genus Ptilopus are recorded in this catalogue of the species of the Pacific islands contained in the British Museum. One species is described as distinct-Pt. chalcurus. Species 43. 1860. GRAY, ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.' Pt. temminckii, Des Murs & Prev., described as Pt. formosus. 1861. Schlegel, ' Nederlandsch Tijdschritt voor de Dierkunde.' Pt. insolitus described. Species 44. 1862. WALLACE,'Proceedings of theZoological Society of London.' Pt. humeralis first described. Species 45. 1863. WALLACE, 'Proceedings of theZoological Society of London.' Pt. albocinctus first named. Species 46. 1863. SCHLEGEL, 'Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.' Pt. bernsteini first described. Species 47. 1868. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH, ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.' Pt. pelewensis described. Species 48. 1867. FINSCH AND HARTLAUB, ' Fauna Centralpolynesiens.' This standard work on the Central Polynesian avifauna contains all the species of this genus that were known at the time of its publication. Pt. purpuratus, Wagl., ex Tonga Tabou, is called Pt. por-phyraceus, Forst.; Pt.purpuratus, Temm., is referred to C.forsteri, Desm.; and the genus Chryscena is employed for Pt. luteovirens. Drepanoptila holosericea is also retained in the genus Ptilopus. No new species are described. Many of the species given had not been seen by the authors. 1870. GRAY, ' Hand-list of Birds.' A list of the known species is here given, without any especial attempt to arrange their synonymy being made. The. birds figured by Bonaparte on pl. xix. of his ' Iconographie des Pigeons' are named Pt. bonapartii. Species 49. P R O C . Z O O L . Soc-1878, No. XXXIII. 33 |
