Part 110

c1. Red on head confined to the forehead.

d1. Rectrices dark green above, with very little if any blue.

e1. Interscapular region golden yellow, more or less tinged with orange; in the adult male a red patch on throat and cheeks green; in female no red patch on throat; cheeks and chin bluish. ... chrysonotus (p. 288) e2. Interscapular region green, with no golden orange tinge; cheeks green in the male, bluish in the female.

f1. A golden-orange band on hind neck, more or less orange-yellow on the crown.

g1. Vertex bright orange-yellow, sharply defined in the male; slightly tinged with orange and cheeks blue in female.

h1. Orange crown-patch larger. ... regulus (p. 288) h2. Orange crown-patch smaller. ... bournsi (p. 289)

g2. Vertex and hind neck with a very slight yellow tinge, both in males and females; female like that of regulus. ... philippensis (p. 290)

f2. No orange band on hind neck or at most only a trace; red of forehead ending sharply against bright green of crown. ... mindorensis (p. 290)

d2. Rectrices dark green above, lateral rectrices deep blue toward the tips. ... siquijorensis (p. 291)

c2. Red on head continuous from forehead to nape and becoming orange on nape.

d1. Crown-patch wider, spreading out posteriorly and ending broadly.

e1. Back less heavily washed with golden yellow. ... apicalis (p. 292) e2. Back more heavily washed with golden yellow. ... dohertyi (p. 292)

d2. Crown-patch narrower, tapering sharply to a point posteriorly. ... worcesteri (p. 293)

a2. Bill black.

b1. A deep blue spot on middle of crown. ... galgulus (p. 294) b2. No blue on crown. ... bonapartei (p. 294)

249. LORICULUS CHRYSONOTUS Sclater.

CEBU COLASISI.

Loriculus chrysonotus Sclater, Ibis (1872), 324, pl. 11; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 522; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50.

Co-lan'-si, Toledo, Cebu.

Cebu (Meyer, Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).

"Adult male (type).--Green, underneath yellowish green; forehead, rump, and upper tail-coverts red; vertex, occiput, nape, and upper back golden yellow; an obsolete spot in the middle of the nape, also the upper back, tinged with orange; cheeks, sides of the head and of the neck grass-green; a large patch on the throat orange-red, the yellow color of the base of the feathers showing through; sides of the lower back tinged with blue; quills and tail above dark green; inner web of the quills and tail beneath blue; tail-feathers tipped with light green. 'Iris brown; bill orange-red; feet orange.' (Everett.) Length, 157; wing, 99; tail, 51; bill, 15; tarsus, 11.

"Adult female.--Differs from the male in having the anterior part of the cheeks and throat tinged with blue; no red patch on the throat; the golden yellow tinge on the head and nape not so bright; the upper back, or interscapular region, green, slightly washed with golden orange, and the blue tinge on the sides of the lower back paler." (Salvadori.)

"This was the only Loriculus which we failed to find abundantly in coconut-trees where the trees themselves were accessible. In 1888 several days of hard work in the great coconut-groves near Carmen, Cebu, brought us but a single specimen. In 1893, however, we found it quite abundant in the woods near Toledo. It is possible that its disappearance from the coconut-groves of the east coast is due to the lack of suitable breeding ground near by. The forest has been almost entirely cleared from the island, and the little which remains will soon be gone.

"Five males average, 154 in length; wing, 96; tail, 54; culmen, 14; tarsus, 11; middle toe with claw, 19. Five females, length, 157; wing, 97; tail, 55; culmen, 13; tarsus, 11; middle toe with claw, 20. Iris dark brown; legs and feet orange-red; nails black; bill usually scarlet, may be pale red or even yellow." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

250. LORICULUS REGULUS Souancé.

CENTRAL ISLAND COLASISI.

Loriculus regulus Souancé, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1856), 222; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 523; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50. Loriculus panayensis Tweeddale, Challenger Report (1881), 2, Zool. pt. 8, pl. 1.

Có-si, Ticao and Masbate.