290 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
252. LORICULUS PHILIPPENSIS (P. L. S. Miiller). 
LUZ@@ COLASISI. 
Psittacus philippensis P. L. S. MULLER, Syst. Nat. Suppl. (1776), 80. 
Loriculus philippensis SALVApDORI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 524; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGrecor and WorcestTER, Hand- 
List (1906), 50. 
Co-la-si-si, Manila. 
Banton (Celestino); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Luzon (Meyer, Heriot, Mél- 
lendorff, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Marinduque 
(Steere Exp.). 
Adult male.—Forehead red, bordered behind by a narrow line of 
yellow; crown faintly tinged with yellow; a narrow golden orange band 
or spot on nape. Length, 160; wing, 92; tail, 42; culmen from cere, 15. 
Adult female.—Differs from the male in having the cheeks blue and 
under parts yellowish green with no red breast-patch. Length, 152; 
wing, 93; tail, 45; culmen from cere, 13. 
“The habits of the Philippine representatives of this genus agree so 
closely that a description of one species will suffice for all. The eight 
Philippine species at present known are all peculiar to the group. They 
are common in the deep forests of the wilder islands, but are most readily 
observed and easily obtained in the coconut groves near and in the native 
villages, where they feed on the young blossoms and drink the ‘tuba.’ 
The latter article of diet is the palm juice which the natives obtain by 
cutting off the blossom stalks of the coconut trees and fitting a joint of 
bamboo over the cut ends. The Loriculi are inordinately fond of this 
juice, and many of our specimens were shot from the ‘bombons’ (bamboo 
tubes), as they drank it. They are by all odds the commonest cage birds 
of the Islands, and are frequently carried by the natives from place to 
place. ‘The various native names ‘colacici,’ ‘cucci,’ ‘culanci’ are all at- 
tempts to imitate the note. They have the peculiar undulating flight of 
-woodpeckers, and give their shrill whistle at frequent intervals when on 
the wing. Usually very shy in the woods, but exceedingly bold in the 
coconut groves. Almost never seen in’ flocks.” (Bourns and Wor- 
cester MS.) 
253. LORICULUS MINDORENSIS Steere. 
MINDORO COLASISI, 
Loriculus mindorensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
6; SALVApDoRI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 526; SHARPE, Hand- 
List (1900), 2, 36; McGrecor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 50. 
Co-la-st-si, Mindoro. 
Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Everett, Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor, Porter). 
