132 VISCOUNT WALDBN ON THE BIRDS 



PSITTACI. 



PLYCTOLOPHID^. 



Cacatua, Vieillot. 



1. *'CaCATUA H^MATUEOPTGIA. 



Cacatua minor, Brisson, Orn. iv. p. 212, no. 11, "Philippines/' 



Le petit Kakatoes a bee couleur de chair, Buffon, Hist. Nat. vi. p. 96 [pair, non indie.) . 



Petit Kakatoes des Philippines, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 191. 



Psittacus haemaiuropygitis, L. S. Miiller, S.N. Suppl. p. 77, no. 51 (1776) ex Buffon; Walden & 



Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 96. 

 Psittacus pMHppinarum, Gm. S.N.i. p. 331, no. 95 (1788) ex Brisson; O. Finsch, Monogr. Papag. 



i. p. 310; V. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 21, no. 112. 

 Lophochroa minor (Briss.), O. Finsch, Nederd. Tijdschr. Dierk. Berigten, 1863, p. xxiii, " Luqon." 



Hah. Luzon, Guimaras, Negros {Meyer). 



No discernible distinction between the sexes, except that in the male {fide Meyer) 

 the wing exceeds by about half an inch that of the female. 



Dr. B. Meyer has kindly obliged me ^vith the following remarks:— '-The Philippine 

 Cacatua is unUl on all the different islands I visited. All my specimens were shot in 

 the forest. It abounds on Luzon, Guimaras, Negros, in the forests; there I saw it 

 myself; but I do not doubt it will be the same on the other islands," 



PSITTACID^. 



Peionitueus, Wagler. 



2. * Peionitueus discueus. 



Psittacus discurus, Vieillot, Gal. des Ois. i. p. 7, pi. 26, "Mindanao" (1825)'. 

 Psittacus spatuliger ( ? ), Bourjot, Perr. pi. 53, "Mindanao" (1837-8). 

 Pionias discurus (VieUl.), O. Finsch, Monogr. Papag. ii. p. 401. 

 Urodiscus discurus (Vieill.), G. E. Gray, Hand-list, no. 8047, "Philippine Isl." 

 Urodiscus spatidiger (Bouijot), G. R. Gray, torn. cit. no. 8048, "Manilla." 



Hob. Luzon, Guimaras {Meyer) ; Mindanao {Cuming). 



An example from Guimaras ( ? fide Meyer) has the top and back of the head turning 

 to blue, as in the male, and closely resembles a male fi-om Luzon. 



A Luzon individual ( <? fide Meyer) has the entire body-plumage bright yellow-green 

 without any traces of blue or verditer about the head. All the lateral rectrices have a 



• Species with an asterisk prefixed are peculiar to the Philippines. 



' Dr. 0. Finsch {I. c.) gives 1834. 1825 is the date on the titlepage of the first volume ; but as the work 

 appeared in parts, the date of the second part is probably earlier than even 1825. The plate is quoted in the 

 Tableau Encyclopedique, vol. iii. p. 13G9, published in 1823. 



