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that our ('xani]il('s fVom Fjiizon liave very pale lilue Iiemls, lint sjiecinieiis from the 

 suutlR'ni islauils are souietiiues ([uitc similar. Tlu^ shade of blue on the crown varies, 

 ai)j)arently according to age, and it seeius to be lighter in freshly monlteil birds, 

 darker in worn birds. The length of wing is also variable and not constant on any 

 island. We have, however, a very remarkable specimen from Negros, in which the 

 bine on the crown is entirely bine from the nape, leaving only a narrow frontal line 

 green, and in which the cheeks too are bine. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant (Ibia 189(i, p. 5<W) sejiarated two birds from the Mantanaui 

 islets, near Borneo, nnder the name of Tanygnathus salvadorii. Count Salvadori 

 had correctly mentioned these birds {Cat. B. xx. p. 426) as yonng birds. Mr. Grant 

 "thinks this is a mistake," because the two birds have about as much blue on the 

 crown as old birds ; but we very often find that in birds certain portions of the 

 plumage moult irregularly before others, and evidently Mr. Grant is mistaken 

 rather than Count Salvadori, as two adult birds from the Mantanani islets in the 

 Tnng Museum show, which have the lesser upper wing-coverts black and the rest 

 exactly as in specimens from other islands. 



With regard to Mantanani it is very interesting to read Everett's letter in the 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 282. 



The amount of blue on the rump also varies considerably, but I have not been 

 able to localise these variations. 



The occurrence of T. lucionensis on the Sangi Islands is in my opinion most 

 unlikely, and evidently due to an error in labelling in the Darmstadt Museum. I 

 do not hesitate to regard falaute/isis as a subspecies of lucionensis and to name it 

 trinomially (cf. Meyer & Wiglesworth, B. Celebes, i. p. 14.5). 



Bolbopsittacus lunulatus mindanensis (Steere). 



This form is evidently a bird of the lowland regions, for it was found at 

 Davao, Daliaon, Piso, Surigao. Butuan, Zamboanga, Ayala, and on the small 

 island of Panaon, liut not on Mt. Apo. 



The three Bolbopsittacus from Luzon (B. lunulatus lunalatus), Leyte and 

 Samar {B. lunulatus intermedius), and Mindanao {B. lunulatus mindanensis) are 

 as typical subspecies as can be, representing each other on three different 

 islands, and being so much alike that they can only be distinguished if they 

 are closely examined. 



B. I. mindaiiriisis was scjiiiriitcd as long ago as ISOO, and duly described in 

 the Catalogue of Birds, xx. pp. 504 and 500. In 1905 (Bull. B. 0. Club xvi. 

 p. IT), Mr. Ogilvie-Grant redescrilied this subspecies as a " new species," fortu- 

 nately choosing the same name as Mr. Steere. He thus had similar luck as I had 

 with my (Ji/miwr/iina tibicen longirostris (anteJi., p. 755). 



Loriculus philippensis dohertyi subsp. nov. 



The late William Doherty sent 3 c? c? and 3 ? ? from Basilan, and I have 

 also examined some specimens collected there by Professor Steere. 



This series shows 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. 



