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Show 558 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, La Perlee, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. p. 31 (1837). Ptilonopus perlatus, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 466 (1844) ; id. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 185; id. Cat. Mamm. & B. New Guin. (1859) p. 47 ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 380. Megaloprepia perlata, Bon. Compt. Rend. (1854) torn, xxxix. p. 1097. Sylphitreron perlatus, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 40. Ptilopus perlatus, Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 17, Columbce; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 197,(1877) vol. x. p. 157. Hab. Aru Islands (Wallace); New Guinea (Bernstein)-, Salwatty, Jobie (Von Bosenberg); Amberbaki (Laglaize) ; Dorey (Buffray). Like the last, this is rather a large species. It was placed by Reichenbach in his genus Megaloprepia ; but I cannot see that it possesses any characters to separate it generically from the members of the genus Ptilopus. Male. Chin and upper part of throat pure white. Moustache, sides, lower part of throat, and a narrow band separating the neck from the mantle pale grey. Top and sides of head and back of neck greenish yellow. Breast and a line beneath the grey band on the neck rufous. Lower part of breast, abdomen, and flanks yellowish green. Crissum and under tail-coverts pale yellow ; the latter striped with dark green. Upper parts and wings bright green, with the centre of scapulars and smaller wing-coverts rosy purple. First primary slightly narrowed at tip. Secondaries edged with light yellow. Tail dark green above, beneath dark smoke^grey, with an apical greyish-white band. Bill yellow ; feet red ; iris orange-yellow. Total length 9f inches, wing 6|, tail 3f, culmen f. No difference in the sexes. Immature. Top of head green ; lores and cheeks greenish yellow. Throat greyish white. Sides and back of neck grey; breast dark ochre. Rest of plumage like the male. (Spec, ex Dorey, New Guinea, Voy. Astrolabe.) 45. PTILOPUS ZONURUS. Ptilopus zonurus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ix. (1876-77) p. 197. Hab. Aru Islands (Wallace, Von Bosenberg). Like Pt. perlatus, save that the tail has an apical greyish-white band above and below. Barely distinguishable from Pt. perlatus. 46. PTILOPUS IOGASTER. Columba hyogastra, Temm. Pl. Col. pl. 252, livr. 43; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. torn. xl. pl. 344 (1826); Knip & Prev. Pig. vol. ii. pl. 54. Columba iogastra, Wagl. Syst. Av; (1827) sp, 34, Columbce. L'Hyogastre, Less. Compl. Buff. torn. iii. Ois. p. 30 (1837). Ptilinopus hypogaster, Swains. Class. B. vol. ii, p. 347 (1837). Ptilonopus hyoyaster, Grav, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 466(1844); Wall. Ibis 1865, p. 381. |