418 PSITTACID-ffi. 



Prioniturus discosurus, Bp. Cons/). Av. i. p. 6 (1850). 



Urodiscus spatuliger, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 155, n. 226 ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 141, n. 8048 (1870) (Manilla). 

 Urodiscus spatulifer, Bp. Naumamiia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 233. 

 Prioniturus discurus, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 18 (1859 ; 



Philippine Isl.) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 224 ; Gould, B. of Asia, vi. 



pi. 15 (pt. xiv., 1862) ; v. Mart. Journ. f. Orn. 1866, p. 22 ; Wald. 



Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 132, 249 (part.) (1875) ; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. 



Soc. (2) Zool. i. p. 312 (1876) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 538, 



756, 817, 1878, pp. 379, 937, 1879, p. 68; Tweedd. Voy. Chall, 



Birds, p. 9 (1881) ; id. Orn. Works, pp. 300 (part.), 410, 461, 462, 



530, 544, 602, 628, 646 (1881); Wardl.-Rams., Tweedd. Orn. 



Works, p. 655 (1881) ; Rchnw. Vogefbild. t. xxvii. f. 3 (1878- 



83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 154 {Consp. Psitt. p. 142) ; Tristr. 



Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 (1889) ; Steere, List, p. 6 (1890). 

 Prioniturus spatuliger, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 18 



(Manilla) (1859); Gould, B. of Asia, vi. pi. 14 (pt. xiv., 1862); 



Wall. P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 294; Mart. Journ./. Orn. 1866, p. 22. 

 Prioniturus, sp., Wall. P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 284. 

 Pionias discurus, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 401 (1868) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 



iii. p. 190 (1875). 

 Urodiscus discurus, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 141, n. 8047 (1870). 



Adult male. Green, the wings a little darker, the underparts 

 yellowish green ; pileum bright blue ; two middle tail-feathers 

 green, with the spatule black, tinged with blue ; lateral tail- 

 feathers blue, more or less green on the outer web and black at the 

 tip ; tail and quills underneath verditer-green : iris grey ; lull 

 whitish ; feet dark grey. Total length from the bill to the tip of 

 the middle tail-feathers 12 to 13 inches, to the tip of the lateral 

 tail-feathers 9 to 10, wing 6 to 6-3, middle tail-feathers 65, lateral 

 tail-feathers 3-1, bill 0-82 to 0-85, tarsus 0-6. 



Female. Smaller, but otherwise not different from the male. 



Young. With no green colour, or scarcely any on the pileum, and 

 probably with the middle tail-feathers not spatulated. 



Hub. The Philippines ; it does not extend to Palawan. 



There is a good deal of individual variation in size. 



Manilla. Gould Coll. 



Manilla. Purchased. 



Philippine Islands. W. 13. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 



Philippine Islands. Purchased. 



Luzon, Feb. (A. B. Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 



Guimaras, March (.4. B. Tweeddale Coll. 



Meyer). 



Cebu,' Apiil (A. H. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



Panaon, Oct. (A. H. Ev- Tweeddale Coll. 



erett). 



Negros, Jan. Steere Coll. 



Mindanao. Gould Coll. 



Surigao, June (A. H. Ev- Tweeddale Coll. 



erett). 



Placer, July (A. II. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



Zamhoanga. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



