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Show 1878.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. 569 fig. 2, juv. ex Luevu; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 378; Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1873, p. 36. Ptilopus leclancheri, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (1876) vol. ix. p. 199. Hab. Philippines, Luzon, and Guimaras (Meyer). This species was first described by Bonaparte (I. c.) as Trerolcema leclancheri. The type is a female, and resembles in a great degree the specimen described by Lord Walden (I. ci) from Guimaras, brought by Meyer, and called, in Lord Walden's memoir on Philippine birds, Leucotreron gironieri. The type was brought to Paris by M. Leclancher, who was attached as surgeon to the expedition of the ' Favourite;' but no locality whatever was given to the specimen ; so that of N e w Guinea, furnished by Bonaparte (I. ci), is erroneous. Messrs. J. Verreaux and Des Murs redescribed the species in' The Ibis' {I. c.) as Leucotreron gironieri, their specimen being also a female or possibly a young male, bearing, however, a very close resemblance to Bonaparte's type. Schlegel (I. c.) also described a young bird of the same species as Ptilopus hugonianus. All these names must become synonyms of that given by Bonaparte. Male. Head, neck, and upper part of the breast ashy white, washed on the nape with pale green ; chin and throat black. A broad dark purple band crosses the breast just below the white. Flanks and underparts ashy green. Under tail-coverts cinnamon. Upper parts bright green. Wings green ; primaries and secondaries black on inner webs, dark green on the outer, all edged with yellowish white. Tail bright green, with a terminal light-yellow band. Bill yellowish; feet red. Total length 9^ inches, wing 6, tail 4, culmen |-. Female. Head and breast ashy white, nape pale green. Throat and chin black. A purplish band on the breast, which does not extend across. Rest of underparts and flanks tawny ashy green. Under tail-coverts chestnut. Upper parts and tail as in the male described above. (From type of Tr. leclancheri, Paris Museum.) 62. PTILOPUS OCCIPITALIS. Ptilonopus occipitalis, Gray, Gen. B. vol. ii. p. 467, pl. 118 (1844); id. List B. Brit. Mus. Gall. p. 1 (1844), (1856) p. 7. no. 17; Wall. Ibis 1865, p. 378 ; Mart. Journ. fur Ornith. 1866, p. 22. no. 124. Bamphiculus occipitalis, Bon. Compt. Rend. torn, xxxix. p. 878 (1854); id. Iconogr. Pig. pl. 14 (1857); id. Consp. Av. vol. ii. p. 17 ; Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. ix. (1875) p. 214. Omotreron batilda, Bon. Compt. Rend. torn, xxxix. p. 878 (1854); id. Consp. Av. vol. ii. p. 27 ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 382 ; Von Mart. Journ. fiir Ornith. 1866, p. 22. no. 125 (juv.). Ionotreron occipitalis, Reich. Taub. p. 101, pl. 239. fig. 1331. Columba occipitalis, Schleg. Handl. vol. i. p. 411 (1857). Lamprotreron porphyria, Bon. (nee Temm.), Iconogr. Pig. (1857) pl. xv. (juv.), from type of O. batilda. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1878, No. XXXVII. 37 |