LORICULUS. 289 



Guimaras (Stecre Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns 

 & Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns 

 & Worcester, Keay) ; Panay (Murray, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; 

 Ticao (McGregor). 



Adult male. A wideband 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 BOURXS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash. 



(1898), 20, 557, no. 265 (part). 

 Loriculus bournsi MCGREGOR, Bur. Govt. Laboratories, Manila (1905), 25, 



16; MCGREGOR 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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