496 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvi. 



PSITTINUS ABBOTTI Richmond. 



Pdttlnus abhoitl Kichmond, Proe. Biol. Soc. AVash., XV, August 6, 1902, p. 188 

 (Simalur Island, west coast of Sumatra). 



Eight specimens, all from Simalur. 



This species is conspicuously unlike the only previously known 

 member of the genus, P. incertus^ differing in having the mantle, i 

 rump, uppei- tail-coverts and lower surface green, a brighter blue head, 

 a greenish patch on the crown, and a black band across the nape. It 

 is also considerabl}^ larger than the conunon species. 



The female is duller in color, has no blue on the head (which is like . 

 the mantle), and no black band on the nape. The upper mandible is 

 brown instead of red. The cere is dull green in both sexes, but in 

 two males is marked as "dark brown." In males the length of the 

 wing ranges from 139 to IJrJr mm. ; in females from 134 to 111. 



"Pretty common, but 1 only obtained them at Sibaboh, Avhere ft j 

 flock used to frequent two or three trees that were bearing a small i 

 wild fruit. The parrots were verj' tame, and would allow me within 

 a few feet. I often used to see them flying over the forest, and saw :i 

 few on Pulo Siumat, but never obtained them again." 



LORICULUS GALGULUS (Linnaeus). 



[Ps-f/toc^.v] rjidgnlm Linn^us, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., I, 1758, p. 103 ("India"). 

 One example, from Pulo Tuangku, where "common." 

 This specimen was sexed as a male, but appears to be in the plum- 

 age of the female, a specimen of which is not available for comparison. 

 In the Tuangku bird there are traces of a' golden band on the lower 

 back, separating the green from the scarlet, and the longer upper tail- 

 coverts extend to the tip of the tail. 



"Cere dark brown; upper mandil)le dark brown, lower one palei 

 brown; tarsi greenish; toes pale fleshy brown." Length, 133 mm. 



Family CUCULID^E. 



CACOMANTIS SEPULCRALIS (S. Miiller) . 



V\uculas] sepulcralis S. MtJLLER, Verb. Nat. Gescli. (Land-en Yolkenkunde). 

 1843, p. 177, note (Java;* Sumatra). 



Two immature birds, male and female, from Simalur. The formei 

 has the "iris gra}" brown; e3"elids greenish yellow; feet yellow, clawt 

 black; bill black, brownish yellow beneath at base; inside of mouth 

 orange;" in the latter the iris is ' ' reddish brown, becoming gray exter 

 nally." Length of the male, 235; wing, 115; of the female, 232; wing 

 113 mm. "Oiu> shot in dense forest and one sitting on a dead tre( 

 in a clear i HP." 



