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Show 1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 555 Luzon, Philippines (Crockewit) ; Busan and Biutulu, Borneo (Everett). This bird, although very plentiful at Banjermassing, is, according to Mr. Motley, rare in other parts of Borneo. It feeds on fruits, particularly of the different species of Ficus. Quite different in its style of coloration, it cannot be confounded with any other species of Ptilopus. Of late hundreds of specimens have been sent to Europe to be cut up to decorate ladies' bonnets. I saw only lately a box, at least three feet square, full of these birds, which were condemned to be torn to pieces in order to supply the demand this unfortunate fashion has created. Adult male. Front, crown, and sides of face in front scarlet, the top of head in some lights having an amethyst shade. Upper part of throat aud chin black. Sides of neck, from just below the eye, lower part of throat, and entire underparts pure white, washed with rose-colour on the centre of the breast. Under tail-coverts deep chestnut. Entire upper parts and wings dark green. Primaries black, tinged with green on the outer webs, and edged with rufous, the first abruptly attenuated at tip. Tail dark green, with a dusky grey apical band. Bill bright yellow. Iris sienna-orange. Feet dark red. Total length IO5 inches, wing 5-f, tail 4, culmen |. Female. Top of head greyish purple, sides of face in front deep rose, centre of throat and chin black. Upper parts and breast bronzy green, rest of underparts white. Under tail-coverts chestnut. Tail green, with a pale rufous apical band. Young. Plumage almost uniformly green. Chin pale red. Middle of abdomen white. Under taiKcoverts chestnut. 40. PTILOPUS WALLACEI. Ptilonopus wallacei, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 185, pl. 136: id. List Mamm. & B. New Guin. p. 45 (1859); Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 380. Ptilopus wallacei, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 18, Columbce ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 197. Hab. Aru Islands (Wallace) ; Kei Island (Von Bosenberg). This beautiful bird, one of the most lovely species of this lovely group, was procured by Mr. Wallace on the Aru Islands, and described by Gray (L ci). It is still very rare in collections; and for the examples from which m y description was-taken I am indebted to the Marquis Doria, w h o sent them to m e from the Museum of Genoa. I have also examined the type in the British Museum. Adult male. Top of head and occiput carmine. Chin, throat, and sides of head pure white. Nape, neck, and breast pure grey. A band of white across lower part of breast, succeeded by a broad one of deep orange. Abdomen and under tail-coverts light yellow, the latter striped with green. Upper part of back grey, bordered with orange; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts grey, margined with green. Shoulders orange. Secondaries bright green, margined with lemon-yellow. Quills deep green, the first one narrowed gradually 36* |