LORICULUS. 291 
Adult male.—Red of forehead sharply defined against the bright green 
of crown; no yellow band on nape or with a faintly indicated spot. 
Length, 152; wing, 99; tail, 46; culmen from cere, 15. 
Adult female—Similar to the male but cheeks slightly blue, throat 
and breast yellow. Length, 152; wing, 97; tail, 47; culmen from cere, 14. 
“Abundant both in the forests of the interior and the coconut groves 
along the coast. Six males measure, 152 in length; wing, 80; tail, 47; 
culmen, 15; tarsus, 11; middle toe with claw, 18. A female measures, 
159 in length; wing, 92; tail, 52; culmen, 15; tarsus, 11; middle toe 
with claw, 20. Iris dark brown; legs and feet orange to dirty yellow; nails 
nearly black; bill scarlet, black at tip.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
254. LORICULUS SIQUIJORENSIS Steere. 
SIQUIJOR COLASISI. 
Loriculus siquijorensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
6; SALVADORI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 526; SHarpr, Hand- 
List (1900), 2, 36; McGrrcor and WorcestER, Hand-List (1906), 50. 
Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino). 
Adult male.—Forehead bright scarlet, ending sharply against the green 
of crown; no yellow on the head and no yellow neck-band; rump and 
upper tail-coverts dark poppy-red; red throat-patch small; all rectrices, 
except central pair, tipped with light blue. Length, 165; wing; 100; 
tail, 55; culmen from base, 16; tarsus, 11. 
Female.—Similar to the male; red spot on forehead smaller and sides 
of forehead, lores, cheeks, chin, and upper throat sky-blue; no red on 
the breast. “Eyes brown; feet yellow; nails black.” (Celestino.) 
Wing, 100; tail, 55; culmen from base, 14; tarsus, 12. 
Young birds resemble the adult female but the red of forehead is much 
reduced and the red breast-patch is wanting in very young males. 
“The Siquijor colasisi is a well-marked species which seems to be 
strictly confined to the little island of Siquijor. There is but little forest 
on this island, and ZL. siquijorensis is found in the coconut groves, fruit 
trees, and bamboo clumps. It is sharply distinct from L. chrysonotus and 
L. regulus, and more resembles L. apicalis. The female shows more blue 
about the head than does that of any other Philippine species, having the 
cheeks, lores, a line over the eye, and entire throat heavily washed with 
» the color. 
“Measurements of two males: Wing, 94; tail, 46; culmen, 14; tarsus, 
11; middle toe with claw, 18. Six females: Length, 162; wing, 98; 
tail, 52; culmen, 13; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 20. Bill scarlet 
to orange; legs and feet pale yellow to orange, nails nearly black.” 
(Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
