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rsiTTACIDJE. 



on the outer web dark green, beneath verditer-blue like the greater 

 under wing-coverts ; the other under wing-coverts green ; tail above 

 dark green, tipped with light green, beneath verditer-blue : " bill 

 orange-red ; cere orange ; feet lighter orange " {Everett). Total 

 length about 6-2 inches, wing 3-5 to 3 - 6, tail 1-8, bill 0-6, tarsus 0-4. 



Adult female. Like the male ; the forehead also red, but the 

 vertex green, with a very slight tinge of yellow near the forehead ; 

 cheeks and feathers near the base of the lower mandible tinged 

 more or less with light blue : an orange patch on the lower nape as 

 in the male ; no orange-red patch on the throat, which is yellowish 

 green ; bill and feet as in the male. 



Young. Duller green ; head entirely green, no yellow patch on 

 the nape; the rump and upper tail-coverts duller red, the last 

 shorter than in the adult birds ; no bluish tinge on the sides of the 

 rump : " feet dirty ochre-yellow " (Everett). 



Hah. Negros and Panav. 



a. Ad. st. 



b, e. cJ ad. et 



irnm. sk. 

 d-i. c? $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 k. c? imm. sk. 

 /, m. J ad. sk. 



n-q. S 2 ac h et 



2 imm. sk. 

 r. 6 juv. 

 s. 3 ad. sk. 

 t, u. 6 9- ad. sk. 



Philippine Is. 



(Type 



types 



Negros, March (A . B. Meyer) . 



Masseua Coll. 

 of species, and one of the 

 of C. occipitalis, Finsch.) 



Gould Coll. 



Negros, March {A. B. Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 



Negros. 



Valencia, Negros, August 



(A. H. Everett). 

 Dumaguete, Negros, August 



(A. II. Everett). 

 Dumaguete, Negros, Feb. 

 Panay, March (A. B. Meyer). 

 Ilo-lio, Panay. 



A. B. Meyer [C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



E. L. Moselev [C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 (Types of L. panayensis.) 



7. Loriculus philippensis. 



Psittacula philippensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 392, pi. xxx. f. 1 (17G0); 



Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 144 (1826) ; Meyen, Nov. Act. C. L.-C. 



Nat. Cur. xvi. Suppl. prim. p. 94 (1834); Buiirj. Pen: pi. 89 



(lower fig.) (1837-38) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 71 (1854). 

 Perruche des Philippines, Dcmbent. PI. Enl. 520. f. 1. 

 Psittacus philippensis, L. S. Mull. S. A. Suppl. p. 80, n. (38 (1770) 



(ex Buffon?); Voigt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 747 (1831); Kuhl, Consp. 



Psitt. p. 04 (1820). 

 ? Petite Perruche de l'isle de Lu^on, quatrieme espece, Sonner. Voy. 



a la Nouv. Guin. p. 77, tab. 40 (upper figure, 5 ) (1776). 

 Le Coulacissi, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 169 (1779). 

 ? La Perruche a ailes noires, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 174 (1779) 



(ex Sonnerat). 

 Philippine Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. i. p. 311 (1781) ; id, Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 206 ( 2 ) (1822). 

 Luzonian Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. i. p. 318 (1781) {ex Sonnerat) : id. 



Gen, Hist. ii. p. 271 (1822). 

 P Psittacus melanopterus, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun, Insubr. p. 80, 



n. 23 ( $ ) (1786) (e.r Sonnerat). 



