292 MAXIAL OF rillLIPriXK HIRDS. 



25.). LORICULUS APICALIS Smianco. 

 MINDANAO COLASISI. 



Loriculus apicalis Souance, Rev. et Mag. ile Zool. (1856). 220, 221; 

 Salvadori. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 528; Sharpe, Hand-List 

 (1000), 2, 30; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906). 50. 



Loriculus hartlauhi Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. 8oc. (1877). 819, pi. 82. 



Bazol {Everett); Dinagat {Everett); Mindanao {Cuniiup. Everett, Koeh tf- 

 8chadenber(], Hieere Exp., Bourns d- Worcester, Celestino. (ioodfeUo-w, M'nter- 

 stradt). 



"Adult mole. — Green; crown red, changing into orange on the nape; 

 back and scapulars washed more or less with golden ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts rich crimson ; sides of the rump tinged with bluish ; cheeks and 

 under parts j'ellowish green ; a red patch on the throat, witli the V)ase 

 of the feathers yellow; quills black, dark green on the outer web, blue on 

 the inner web below; tail above green, the lateral feathers blue toward 

 the tip, and tipped with pale bluish green; tail underneath blue. 'Iris 

 brown, bill red-orange, cere and feet orange.' (Everett.) Length, 147; 

 wing, 91; tail, 43; bill, 15; tarsus, 10. 



"Female. — Differs from the male in liaving the lores, cheeks, chin, and 

 upper throat pale blue, and no red patch on the lower throat and u))per 

 breast. 



"Young. — t'rown-feathers green at the base and tipped with orange 

 instead of red ; the back pure green, not suffused with yellow, the 

 uropygium less intense crimson, mixed more or less with green ; cheeks, 

 chin, and throat green, but in a sec-ond stage these parts become more and 

 more tinged Math blue.'* (Salvadori.) 



"Abundant in Zamboanga. The Panay rec^ord made by Count Salva- 

 dori for this species on the strength of a specimen collected by Mr. Wor- 

 cester and marked from that island is certainly an error, probably due 

 to the misplacing of a label, as Mr. Worcester never shot L. apiraliK in 

 Panay." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



250. LORICULUS DOHERTYI (Hartert). 

 DOHERTY'S COLASISI. 



Loriculus apicolis Salvadori. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 528 (part) : 

 Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36 (part^; McGreoor and Worck.ster, 

 Hand-List (1906). 50 (part). 



Loriculus philippeiisis dohertyi Hartert, Novit. Zool. (1906). 13, 757. 



Basilan {Steerc Exp.. Everett, Bourns tC- Worcester, McGregor) . 



"Adult. — Three nuiles and three females from Basilan show at a glance 

 a much stronger and more reddish golden yellow wash on the hack than 



