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Show 1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT O N T H E GENUS PTILOPUS. 539 17. PTILOPUS DUPETIT-THOUARSI. Ptilinope de dupetit-thouars, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy.Pole Sud, pl. 29. f. 1. Columba dupetithouarsii, Neboux, Rev. Zool. 1810, p. 289; id. Voy. Favor, pl. 7. Columba kurukuru purpuro-leucocephalus, Hombr. & Jacq. Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi. p. 316 (1841). Ptilinopus emiliee, Less. Echo du Monde Sav. (1844) p. 873. Ptilonopus leucocephalus, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. p. 2 (1844), Gallince. Ptilonopus dupetit-thouarsi, Gray, Gen. B. vol. iii. App. p. 23 (1844-49) ; id. List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 3, Columbce; id. B. Trop. Isl. p. 36 (1859). Ptinilopus dupetit-thouarsi, Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pole Sud, vol. iii. (1858), text, p. 114, atl. pl. 29. fig. 1. Trygon dupetit-thouarsi, Reich. Syst. Av. p. xxvi. Thouarsitreron leucocephala, Bon. Compt. Rend. torn, xxxix. (1854) p. 276, and torn. xl. (1855) p. 216 ; id. Iconogr. Pig. (1857) pl. 17; id. Consp. Av. p. 16 (1857). Columba dupetit-thouarsi, Des Murs & Prev. Voy. Venus, Zool. (1855) p. 241. Thouarsitreron dupetit-thouarsii, Reich. Tauben, p. 93, pl. 240. fig. 2587. Ptilinopus dupetit-thouarsi, Finsch & Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. (1867) p. 129 ; Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 410. Ptilopus dupetit-thouarsii, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 15, Columbce. Hab. Christine Island, Marquesas. A very handsome species, not likely to be confounded with any other of this group. It has, I believe, only been obtained on Christine Island of the Marquesas. The first primary is especially noticeable for the great length of its attenuation. Adult. Top of head greyish white, margined faintly with light yellow. Throat and spot in front of the eye light yellow. Neck and upper part of back greyish green. Feathers of the breast pale green tipped with grey. Flanks pale green. Abdomen deep rose-colour; crissum and under tail-coverts bright yellow. Back and upper tail-coverts bronzy green. Wings like the back ; primaries black, with a dark green shade on their outer webs, and the innermost ones bronzy green at their tips, the first one abruptly and greatly attenuated. Secondaries-outer ones dark green on their outer webs, dark brown on inner with bronze-green tips, innermost ones deep blue near their tips, and all broadly margined with light yellow. Rectrices dark green (sometimes strongly tinged with bronze), with a broad apical yellowish-white band. Bill black, tipped with yellow. Feet red. Total length 9| inches, wing 6, tail 3f, culmen f. (Type of the species from Christine Island.) 35* |