LORICULUS. 287 



females and immature males with blue cheeks; young in first plumage 

 with scarlet rump and tail-coverts, but neither blue nor red on head. 



Species* 



a 1 . Bill orange red. 

 & 1 . No blue on crown. 



c 1 . Red on head confined to the forehead. 



rf 1 . Rectrices dark green above, with very little if any blue. 



e 1 . Interscapular region golden yellow, more or less tinged with orange; 

 in the adult male a red patch on throat and cheeks green; in female 

 no red patch on throat ; cheeks and chin bluish. 



chrysonotus (p. 288) 

 e 2 . Interscapular region green, with no golden orange tinge; cheeks green 



in the male, bluish in the female. 

 / 1 . A golden-orange band on hind neck, more or less orange-yellow on 



the crown. 



g 1 . Vertex bright orange-yellow, sharply defined in the male ; sliglitly 

 tinged with orange and cheeks blue in female. 



h l . Orange crown-patch larger regulus (p. 288) 



h 2 . Orange crown-patch smaller j bournsi (p. 289) 



g 3 . Vertex and hind neck with a very slight yellow tinge, both in 

 males and females ; female like that of regulus. 



philippensis (p. 290) 



/*. No orange band on hind neck or at most only a trace; red of forehead 

 ending sharply against bright green of crown. 



mindorensis (p. 290) 

 d a . Rectrices dark green above, lateral rectrices deep blue toward the tips. 



siquijorensis (p. 291) 

 c 2 . Red on head continuous from forehead to nape and becoming orange on 



nape. 

 dP. Crown-patch wider, spreading out posteriorly and ending broadly. 



e 1 . Back less heavily washed with golden yellow........ apicalis (p. 292) 



e 2 . Back more heavily washed with golden yellow dohertyi (p. 292) 



(Z 2 . Crown-patch narrower, tapering sharply to a point posteriorly. 



worcesteri (p. 293) 

 a 2 . Bill black. 



6 1 . A deep blue spot on middle of crown galgulus (p. 294) 



6 2 . No blue on crown ... bonapartei (p. 294) 



* The status of the following is doubtful : 



Loriculus sp. Salvadori. 



Loriculus sp. SALVADORI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 530 (foot note) ; 

 SHABPE, Hand-List ( 1900), 2, 36; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List 

 (1906), 50. 



Mindanao ( Cumin g ) . 



( *It is about the size of L. siquijorensis; in coloring it comes near the female 

 of L. apicalis, but has the red of the crown not reaching the occiput; the tail above 

 shows much blue towards the tip of the lateral feathers. I add the description of 

 the specimen, which is not in very good condition: Green; forehead and vertex 

 red; nape with a slight tinge of orange; cheeks and throat blue; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts red; tail green above, the lateral feathers blue towards the tip; tail 

 underneath deep blue; bill orange. Length, 165; wing, 98; tail, 44." (Salvadori.) 



