270 MANUAL OF rillLirrJNK lUUDS. 



235. PRIONITURUS VERTICALIS Sharpe. 



EVERETT'S RACKET-TAILED PARRAKEET. 



Prioniturus vcrtwalis Siiarpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1893). 3, 10; Ibis 

 (1894), 248, pi. 6; Hand-List (1900), 2, 29; McGregor and WorcEvSter. 

 Hand-List (1906), 48. 



Bongao (Everett); Sibutu (Everett); Tawi Tawi (Everett, Bourns tC- 

 M^orcester) . 



Male. — Crowu light blue with a small scarlet patch in the center; 

 forehead, nape, and sides of head grass-green; neck and sides of neck 

 yellowish green; remainder of upper parts, including exposed edges of 

 wing- and tail-feathers, dark grass-green; lower parts greenish yellow, 

 breast clearer yellow, abdomen, flanks, and crissum more greenish. A 

 male from Tawi Tawi measures: Wing, 180; tail with rackets, 150; 

 culmen from front margin of cere, 21. 



Female. — "Differs from the male in being emerald-green all over, and 

 wanting the verditer-blue on the head as well as the scarlet spot on the 

 latter." (Sharpe.) 



"Discovered by us in October, 1891; it is the finest of the Philippines 

 representatives of the genus. Found in deep forest, but especially 

 abundant in the high mangrove trees south of Tataan. The amount of 

 red on its head is exaggerated in the plate in The Ibis, and it is too light 

 in color. 



"Eight males from Tawi Tawi measure, 268 in length; wing, 171; 

 tail, exclusive of racket, 90; culmen, 22; tarsus, 15; middle toe with 

 claw, 29. Four females measure, length, 255 ; wing, 165 ; tail, 96 ; cul- 

 men, 21 ; tarsus, 16 ; middle toe with claw, 28. Iris varies from pale 

 3^ellow to hazel; legs and feet gray; nails gray to black; bill gray to 

 white." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



236. PRIONITURUS MONTANUS Grant. 



MOUNTAIN RACKET-TAILED PARRAKEET. 



Prioniturus montanus Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1895), 4, 41; Ibis 

 (1895), 466; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 397; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 

 2, 29; McGregor and Worce.ster, Hand-List (1906), 48. 



U-lis', Benguet. 



Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor, Mearns.) 



Male. — Forehead, lores, and face blue, bases of the feathers largely 

 green; a large red spot on vertex, surrounded by blue; hind head, neck, 

 and sides of neck grass-green; mantle, back, and rump duller and more 

 yellowish green; wings, upper tail-coverts, and middle pair of rectrices 

 grass-green; lower parts green, slightly yellowish. Iris gray; bill, legs. 



