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Guiniaras (^tccre Exp., Bourns t£- M'orccster) ; Masbate (Steere Exp.. Bout)is 

 <f Worcester, McGregor) ; Xegros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns 

 tf Worcester, Keay) ; Paiiay iMurrai/. titeere, Bteere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; 

 Ticao {McGregor) . 



Adult male. — A wide band of golden yellow across vertex, touching the 

 scarlet forehead; a narrow band of golden orange on nape; mantle and 

 back grass-green. A male from Ticao measures : Length, 145 ; wing, 93 ; 

 tail, 46 ; culmen from cere, 16. 



Adult female. — Vertex green, tinged wath yellow; a narrow band of 

 golden orange on nape ; cheeks tinged with light blue ; throat and breast 

 yellowish green. A female from Ticao measures: Length, 150; wing, 

 93 ; tail, 4"^ ; culmen from cere, 14. 



"Exceedingly al)undant in the central Philippines, especially in Mas- 

 bate. Though a large series of specimens was obtained from Tablas, 

 Romblon, and Sibuyan, none of the males show so much yellow on the 

 crown as in typical L. regulus. Specimens of L. [jhilippeu.sis from Marin- 

 duque collected by the Steere Expedition show a decided wash of yellow 

 on the crown, and it seems quite possible that other intermediate forms 

 between L. philippeu.sis and L. regulus may eventually be discovered in 

 Banton and the other islands which connect the Tablas-Eomblon-Sibuyan 

 group with Luzon. 



"Ten males from Masbate measure, 149 in length ; wing, 90 ; tail, 47 ; 

 culmen, 14; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 19. Thirteen females from 

 the same locality, length, 147; wing, 91 ; tail, 47; culmen, 13; tarsus, 10; 

 middle toe with claw, 18. Iris brown ; legs and feet orange to brown 

 or yellow ; nails nearly black ; bill deep orange-red to brownish red." 

 (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



•2ol. LORICULUS BOURN SI McGregor. 

 BOURNS'S COLASISI. 



Liiriculus regulus WORCESTER and liorRXS, Proc. V . S. Nat. Mus. Wash. 



I 1S!I8|, 20, 557, no. 2(i5 (part). 

 Loriculus Itaurnsi yivdREdOK, IJur. (Jovt. J.aboratories, Manila ( 1905 i , 25, 



l(i; MctiREcioR and Worcester. Hand-List (190(5), 50. 



Konihlon (Bourns d- Worcester, McGregor) ; Sibuyan (Bourns d- M'orccster, 

 .McGregor I ; Tablas (Bourns d- Worcester. Celestino) . 



Male. — Similar to L. regulus l)ut the yellow patch on crown much 

 smaller. Wing, 97; tail, 4(5 ; culmen from front margin of cere, 14. 



Female. — Similar to tlie female of L. regulus. 



This form which is merely a subspecies of Loriculus regulus is abundant 

 in Romblcn, Tal)las, and Sibuyan. 

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