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Show 92 DR. O. FINSCH ON A N E W [Jan. 20, 2. On a new Species of Fruit-Pigeon from the Pacific Island of Rapa or Opara. By OTTO FINSCH, Ph.D., C.M.Z S., &cv Curator to the Bremen Museum. [Received November 30, 1873.] PTILONOPUS HUTTONI, sp. nov. Diagn. Major; pileo usque ad occiput pulchre violascenti-pur-pureo; macula mandibulari hinc inde violascenti-purpurea; mento pallide purpureo ; capite reliquo, collo toto, guttureque virescenti-cinereis ; macula pectorali magna obscure purpureo-violacea, lateribus viridibus; ventre crissoque obsolete fiavis subcaudalibus violacescenti-purpureis; dorso, tergo, uropygio, tectricibus alarum et cauda olivaceo-viridibus; secundariis di-stinctius viridibus, pogonio externo anguste fiavo marginato; scapularibus ultimis macula triangulari anteapicali lilacina; cauda obscure viridi, apice anguste albida; rostro plumbeo, apice fiavido ; pedibus fiavescentibus. Front and crown of a beautiful purplish violet-red, as well as a patch at the base of the lower jaw; the chin, between the rami of the lower jaw, also red, but much paler than the crown; the red of the crown surrounded very indistinctly by a narrow line of green; occiput, nape, sides of head, neck, throat and crop ashy grey, washed faintly with green ; the feathers on the throat and crop bifurcated, and dull olive-green on the centre, which gives these parts a more green appearance; middle of the upper part of throat pale yellowish, with the bases of the feathers white, forming an indistinct pale longitudinal patch just below the chin; breast covered by a very large patch of dark purplish violet, with dark olive-green at the base of feathers; sides of breast, vent, and flanks, and the upper part of vent dark olive-green ; lower part of vent, anal region, and the hind part of thighs dirty yellow, with the base of the feathers white; under tail-coverts purplish violet-red, like the crown, with yellowish basal portion ; feathered tarsus and under wing-coverts dark greenish ashy; back and upper parts dark olive grass-green ; quills black on the inner web, ou the outer web dark shining green, margined very narrowly with yellowish, which on the primaries is nearly invisible ; apical portion of quills under certain lights with strong coppery reflections ; tectrices of secondaries dark green, with broader and more distinct yellowish margins along the outer web; larger shoulder-coverts with a triangular spot of dull lilac ; wing beneath blackish-grey ; tail-feathers dark shining green, like the quills, on the inner web black, with a very narrow apical margin of yellowish white • under certain lights the margins of the outer web and the apical portion with coppery reflections; underside of tail blackish; bill horny-grey, with yellowish apical portion; feet pale (apparently yellow in the living bird) with horn-coloured nails; " eye pink" (collector's note). |
