LORICULUS. 291 



Adult male. Eed 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. 

 SIQTJIJOR COLASISI. 



Loriculus siquijorensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere ' Exped. (1890), 

 6; SALVADOBI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 526; SHABPE, Hand- 

 List (1900), 2, 36; MCGREGOR 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 L. 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.) 



