294 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



258. LORICULUS GALGULUS (Linnseus). 



BLUE-CROWNED COLASISI. 



Psittacus galgulus LiNN.^us, Sj'st. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 103. 



Loriculus galgulus Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 531; 

 Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs 

 (1903), 3, 17; Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 90; Mc- 

 Gregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50. 



Cagayan Sulu {Mearn^}. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Banka, Nias. 



"Adult male. — Green; a deep blue spot on middle of crown; a golden 

 yellow triangular spot on interscapular region ; a bright yellow band across 

 lower back; rump and upper tail-coverts scarlet-red; a large scarlet-red 

 patch on throat; wings and tail above green; greater under wing-coverts, 

 inner web of quills underneath, and tail below verditer-blue ; tail tipped 

 with yellowish green. 'Bill and cere black; iris deep brown; feet buffy 

 brown.' (Davison). Length, about 132; wing, 84; tail, 36; bill, 11; 

 tarsus, 10. 



"Adult female. — Green of under parts duller and more yellowish; blue 

 crown-spot duller; orange patch nearly obsolete; no yellow band across 

 lower back; rump and upper tail-coverts duller red, the coverts shorter 

 than in the male ; no red patch on throat. 



"Young. — Dull green, all the feathers with narrow dusky edges; fore- 

 head gray, with a bluish tinge on the sides; no blue spot on crown; 

 no orange patch on interscapulars; rump green, with edges of feathers 

 dull red. 'Bill, cere, legs, and feet dull yellow; bill shaded dusky.' 

 (Davison.)" (Salvadori.) 



This species is included in the list of Philippine birds on the evidence 

 of a pair of cage birds obtained by Mearns, in Cagayan Sulu. These were 

 probably brought from Borneo. 



259. LORICULUS BONAPARTEI Souance. 



BONAPARTE'S COLASISI. 



Loriculus bonupartei SouANcfi, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1856), 222; Sal- 

 vadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 53; Ibis (1891), 48, pi. 3; 

 Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester, Hand- 

 List (1906), 50. 



Bongao (Everett); Sulu {Guillemard, Platen, Bourns d- Worcester); Tawi 

 Tawi {Bourns & Worcester, Everett). 



"Adult male. — Green, under parts a little lighter; head above red, 

 scarlet on the forehead, shading off into a rich orange on the occiput; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts red ; a large patch on the throat also red ; 

 outer web of the primaries and tail-feathers dark green, the last tipped 

 with lighter green ; inner webs of the quills underneath and under surface 

 of the tail-feathers verditer-blue. Bill horny black; feet in the dried skin 

 dusky, nearly black. Length, about 152; wing, 94; tail, 49; bill, 15; 

 tarsus, 11. (Museum Eothschild.) 



