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Show 1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 563 Resembling in its coloration Pt. rivolii, but differs chiefly in vent and under tail-coverts being green, slightly margined with yellow; the reddish-purple patch of the abdomen sometimes reaches the white pectoral band. First primary slightly narrowed at tip. Bill yellow; feet red. 53. PTILOPUS STROPHIUM. Ptilinopus strophium, Gould, Jard. Contr. Ornith. 1850, p. 102, pl. 105 (note). Ptilonopus strophium, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. (1856) p. 6 (partim) ; id. List M a m m . & B. N e w Guin. (1859) p. 46 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (1876) vol. ix. p. 196. lonotreron rivoli, Reich. Taub. p. 100, pl. 236 o. fig. 3364. Ptilopus miqueli, Schleg. Ned. Tijdsch. (1873) vol. iv. p. 22; id. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 26, Columbce; Rowl. Ornith. Misc. part xii. p. 60, pl. 88 (1878) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ix. p. 196 (1876). Ptilopus miqueli, Meyer, Sitzungs. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. vol. lxx. p. 128 (1874). Ptilinopus miqueli, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (1875) vol. vii. p. 786. Hab. Duchateau Isles (MacGillivray, type of Pt. strophium, Gould) ; Jobie, Meosnoum ( Von Bosenberg, Meyer). Mr. Gould's type of his Pt. strophium is in the British Museum, and is undoubtedly the same bird as was afterwards described as Pt. miquelli by Prof. Schlegel. The type is faded upon the forehead and is more of a rosy hue than purple-red ; but it is plainly evident, I think, that the original colour has faded away. Another specimen in the Museum collection, without any locality, has the forehead purplish red. The name miqueli will have to give way to the older one of strophium. Male. Front and top of head purplish red. A broad pure white band across the breast, beneath which is a stripe of bluish green. Centre of abdomen and under tail-coverts bright yellow. Entire rest of plumage bright yellowish green, with some small round bluish-black spots on the scapulars near the tips. Primaries greenish black, first narrowed to the tip. Tail same colour as the back. Bill greenish, tip yellowish; feet red; iris orange. Total length 10| inches, wing 4\, tail 2f, culmen f. (Ex type.) Female. Plumage almost entirely green. 54. PTILOPUS BELLUS. Ptilonopus bellus, Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 696, pl. 57 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1875) vol. vii. p. 786. Ptilopus bellus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 197, and (1877) vol. x. p. 157. Hab. Atam, N e w Guinea (D'Albertis); Mount Arfak (Laglaize); Amberbaki (Baffray). This very fine and distinct species is one of the largest of the |
