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Type of L. philippensis dohert>/i : No. llsOS, Basilaii, .Tiimiary IHIIS, William 

 Uoherty coll. 



It is somewhat dillicult to decide how many ol' the Loricnli should be 

 considered as snbspecifically related. There can be little donbt that the smaller 

 forms — i.e. exilig, ainahilis, auranfiifro//s, tener, and others — are not subspecies 

 of the larger ones, because they stand apart by coloration and size, and one 

 form, L. cxilis, occurs together with a large one, L. stiymatus, on Celebes. 

 /,. i/i(//c/i.<, of C'eylon, with its high beak, stands by itself, and so does galgulus, 

 with its dri-p bine patch on the crown, tenmlin with a blue throat-jjatch, and 

 pusiUits from .Java. On the other hand, there is good reason to link the 

 Philippine forms together into one group of representative forms, at least those that 

 I am acquainted with, and to call them L. phiUppenKis philippensis, L. philippensis 

 mindore/isis, L. p/iil/ppi'/isis (ipicnlis, L. philipp:Vtsis tvor'ccsti'ri, I,, pliilippensis 

 regulus, L. p/iilippcnsis (/oke/i>/i, etc. 



I cannot see that the black bill of bonapartci and stigmatiix is anything 

 more than a subspecific character, according to my treatment, and I should 

 even link sclateri and ruber to this series of forms. Meyer & Wiglesworth's 

 considerations in their Birds of Celebes, i. p, 160, fF., are most interesting, 

 though I cannot agree to their wide separation of a " northern " and " southern " 

 group. 



Loriculus philippensis apicalis Souance. 



Lnrinihis apicalis Souance, Rci\ and Mnij. Zunl. 18.5G. pp. "220, 221 (Mindanao). 



I have before me in the Tring Museum 9 adult specimens from Mindanao. 

 Mr. Goodfellow obtained it at Daliaon, Dovao, Piso, and Tandaya, and on 

 Mt. Apo at 8000 feet. Mr. Waterstradt sent specimens from Santa Cruz, 

 from 2000 feet on Mt. Apo. Steere obtained a series near Ayala. All these 

 specimens show some golden-yellow tinge on the back, very faint in most 

 females, but distinct in the males. 



Rhipidura nigTOcinnamomea Hart. 



(Plate II. fig. 1.) 

 IhiU. /}. 0. Ch,h xiv. p. 12 flilO.'?). 



This fine and ]>erfectly new Uhipiilnra was obtained by Mr. Goodfellow at 

 an elevation of <S0O0 feet, and Jlr. Waterstradt sent a specimen from a similar 

 height. Its wing measures only 73-5 mm., while the type had a wing of 

 80 mm. 



Goodfellowia miranda Hart. 

 (Plate II., fig. 2.) 



am. IS. 0. ciiiii .xiv. p. 11 (100.^). 



Mr. Goodfellow obtained several fine specimens during his first c.xpeilition, and 

 a large series on his second trip; while Mr. Waterstradt did not j)rocure it, 

 probably because he depended mostly on native hunters and did not ascend to 

 such elevations as Mr. Goodfellow. 



(To he continued in Nov. Zool.. 1907.) 



