44. LOBlUULUS. 521 



3. Loriculus flosculus. 



? Psittacua vernalis, part., Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 65 (1820). 



Loriculus flosculus, Wall. T. /.. S. ISC.;',, pp. 4*4, 4ss, IS64, pp. 2SS. 



294; G. B. Gr. Sand-list, ii. p. 162, n. 8178 (1870): Wold. 



P. Z.S. 1871, p. 3*3; id. Tr. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 27 (1872); Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. ii. p. 498 (1875) ; J/,-yrv, 7iW/. Ora. Mwc. ii. p. 233, 



n. 16 (1877) ; Tweedd. On,. Works, p. 131 | L881). 

 Coryllis flosculus, Finsqh, Papag. ii. p. 728 (18C8) ; Rchnw. Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1881, p. 226 {Consp. Psitt. p. 114) ; i£. VogelMd. Nachtr. 



n. 44(1883). 



rgrpe. Green, beneath paler ; nape tinged with orange ; elongated 

 .spot on throat red ; ramp and upper tail-coverts crimson ; tail 

 above dark green, the tips of the tall-feathers pale green, slightly 

 stained with red ; quills and tail-feathers beneath margined with 

 verditer-blue : bill red ; feet orange-red. Total length 4'7-3 inches, 

 wing 3, bill n-45, tarsus 0-35. 



llah. Flores. 



a. Ad. ak. Flores. A. R. Wallace [C.]. (Type of species.) 



4. Loriculus exilis. 



Loriculus exilis, Schkg. Ned. Tijdschr. Lierk. iii. p. 185 (18GG) ; 

 (i. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 152, n. 8179 (1870) ; Wald. Tr. Zool. 

 Soc. viii. p. 32 (1*72) ; Schley. M„ s . I'.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 60 

 (1874); Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 498 (1875); Meyer, Howl. Orn. 

 Misc. ii. p. 233. n. 13 (1877 ) ; Meyer Sf Bowl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 243, 

 pi. 59 (1877 ) : Eosenb. Malay. . Irchip. pp. 274, 593 (1878) ; Meyer, 

 Ibis. 1S70, p. 52; Tweed,!. On,. Works, p. 136 (1881); Meyer, 

 rogel-Skelett. t. crii. (1882); Bias. Journ. f. Orn. 1883, p. 134; 

 Guillem. V. Z. s. L885, p. 64 1 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. Ii. p. 70 (1889). 



Coryllis exilis, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 728, t. 5 (18G8) ; Rchnw. VogeL 

 bild. t. xv. f. 6 (1878-83); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 220 {Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 114). 



Adult ,„ale. Very much like L. flosculus, but smaller ; the nape 

 yellowish, but not orange ; the red spot on the throat .surrounded 

 by a broad verditer-green area, and more or less concealed bv the 

 verditer-green edges of the feathers : tips of the tail-feathers 

 greenish yellow, not stained with red : " eyes yellow ; feet orange- 

 yellow, somewhat reddish: bill coral-red" {Meyer). Total length 

 4-2 inches, wing 2-55, tail 1*2, bill 0'35, tarsus 0*32. 



Female. Wants the red spot, surrounded by a bluish area, on the 

 throat : " iris brown ; bill dull red ; tarsus yellow " | Quitt< mard). 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the red colour of the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts less extended : tin re is scarcely a trace 

 of the red spot on the throat. 



Hub. Cclobes. 



a, b, c.Ad.sk. Celebes. A. B. Meyer [0/1. 



d, e. Ad.etjuv. ak. Celebes. Could Coll. 



./'.</. Ad.sk. Bfenado, N. Celebes (A. B. rweeddale Coll 



Meyer). 



