Part 112

254. LORICULUS SIQUIJORENSIS Steere.

SIQUIJOR COLASISI.

Loriculus siquijorensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 6; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 526; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50.

Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).

Adult male.--Forehead bright scarlet, ending sharply against the green of crown; no yellow on the head and no yellow neck-band; rump and upper tail-coverts dark poppy-red; red throat-patch small; all rectrices, except central pair, tipped with light blue. Length, 165; wing, 100; tail, 55; culmen from base, 16; tarsus, 11.

Female.--Similar to the male; red spot on forehead smaller and sides of forehead, lores, cheeks, chin, and upper throat sky-blue; no red on the breast. "Eyes brown; feet yellow; nails black." (Celestino.) Wing, 100; tail, 55; culmen from base, 14; tarsus, 12.

Young birds resemble the adult female but the red of forehead is much reduced and the red breast-patch is wanting in very young males.

"The Siquijor colasisi is a well-marked species which seems to be strictly confined to the little island of Siquijor. There is but little forest on this island, and L. siquijorensis is found in the coconut groves, fruit trees, and bamboo clumps. It is sharply distinct from L. chrysonotus and L. regulus, and more resembles L. apicalis. The female shows more blue about the head than does that of any other Philippine species, having the cheeks, lores, a line over the eye, and entire throat heavily washed with the color.

"Measurements of two males: Wing, 94; tail, 46; culmen, 14; tarsus, 11; middle toe with claw, 18. Six females: Length, 162; wing, 98; tail, 52; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 20. Bill scarlet to orange; legs and feet pale yellow to orange, nails nearly black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

255. LORICULUS APICALIS Souancé.

MINDANAO COLASISI.

Loriculus apicalis Souancé, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1856), 220, 221; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 528; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50. Loriculus hartlaubi Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 819, pl. 82.

Bazol (Everett); Dinagat (Everett); Mindanao (Cuming, Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, Goodfellow, Waterstradt).

"Adult male.--Green; crown red, changing into orange on the nape; back and scapulars washed more or less with golden; rump and upper tail-coverts rich crimson; sides of the rump tinged with bluish; cheeks and under parts yellowish green; a red patch on the throat, with the base of the feathers yellow; quills black, dark green on the outer web, blue on the inner web below; tail above green, the lateral feathers blue toward the tip, and tipped with pale bluish green; tail underneath blue. 'Iris brown, bill red-orange, cere and feet orange.' (Everett.) Length, 147; wing, 91; tail, 43; bill, 15; tarsus, 10.

"Female.--Differs from the male in having the lores, cheeks, chin, and upper throat pale blue, and no red patch on the lower throat and upper breast.

"Young.--Crown-feathers green at the base and tipped with orange instead of red; the back pure green, not suffused with yellow, the uropygium less intense crimson, mixed more or less with green; cheeks, chin, and throat green, but in a second stage these parts become more and more tinged with blue." (Salvadori.)

"Abundant in Zamboanga. The Panay record made by Count Salvadori for this species on the strength of a specimen collected by Mr. Worcester and marked from that island is certainly an error, probably due to the misplacing of a label, as Mr. Worcester never shot L. apicalis in Panay." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

256. LORICULUS DOHERTYI (Hartert).

DOHERTY'S COLASISI.

Loriculus apicalis Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 528 (part); Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36 (part); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50 (part). Loriculus philippensis dohertyi Hartert, Novit. Zool. (1906), 13, 757.

Basilan (Steere Exp., Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).

"Adult.--Three males and three females from Basilan show at a glance a much stronger and more reddish golden yellow wash on the back than in the specimens from Mindanao. In the old males the whole back appears to be golden orange, about the apical half of the feathers being golden orange. In the females it is as strong, or nearly so, as in the males, or in some specimens less developed, though always evident." (Hartert.)

Male.--Length, 152; wing, 94; tail, 47; culmen from cere, 15.

Female.--Wing, 94; tail, 51; culmen from cere, 12.

"The Basilan birds differ from Mindanao birds in having the nape scarlet, not golden, and in having the feathers of the back broadly tipped with orange. The back shows nearly as much color as in L. chrysonotus. The species is very rare in Basilan however, and while we think it probable that the Mindanao and Basilan birds may eventually be separated, we do not feel warranted in establishing a new species with so small an amount of material at our disposal.

"Two males average, 159 in length; wing, 89; tail, 44; culmen, 14; tarsus, 97; middle toe with claw, 15. Four females, length, 144; wing, 83; tail, 45; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 17. Legs and feet orange; nails black; bill scarlet." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

257. LORICULUS WORCESTERI Steere.

WORCESTER'S COLASISI.