LORICULUS. 289 
Guimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns 
& Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Hxp., Whitehead, Bourns 
é Worcester, Keay); Panay (Murray, Steere, Steere 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 with 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, 42; culmen from cere, 14. 
“Exceedingly abundant 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. philippensis 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. philippensis and L. regulus may eventually be discovered in 
Banton and the other islands which connect the Tablas-Romblon-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.) 
251. LORICULUS BOURNSI McGregor. 
BOURNS’S COLASISI. 
Loriculus regulus WorcESTER and Bourns, Proce. U. 8. Nat. Mus. Wash. 
(1898), 20, 557, no. 265 (part). 
Loriculus bournsi McGrecor, Bur. Govt. Laboratories, Manila (1905), 25, 
16; McGrecor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 50. 
Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor); Tablas (Bourns ¢& Worcester, Celestino). 
Male.—Similar to L. regulus but the yellow patch on crown much 
smaller. Wing, 97; tail, 46; culmen from front margin of cere, 14. 
Female.—Similar to the female of L. regulus. 
This form which is merely a subspecies of Loriculus regulus is abundant 
in Romblcn, Tablas, and Sibuyan. 
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