238 ON THE GENUS LOMCULUS. 



twice sent an expedition there of some of my hunters — the first time to the 

 island of Siao, the second time to the chief island of the whole group, Great 

 Sangi. Only from here, and not from Siao, did I procure Loriculus catamene, 

 Schl. — a species allied to Loriculus sti^matus (M. & SchL), from Celebes. As 

 no specimen has been recorded from Siao till now, it will be of much interest 

 to become acquainted with the species which, no doubt, occurs here, and to 

 state whether it is identical with the Celebean or with the Sangi bird, or if 

 it is different from both/^ 



The Plate is taken from two birds, now in my collection, received as 

 male and female from Dr. Meyer. 



The habit of hanging with the head downwards, and even sleeping thus, 

 is common in this genus ; and Dr. Meyer tells me he has especially observed 

 it in L. culacissi^ from Luzon. 



LORICULUS REGULUS, Souance^. 

 (Plate LVIIL) 



Loriculus regulus, Souance, Eev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 222 ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. 



p. 135 (1875). 

 Coryllis regulus, Finscli, Ibis, 3rd ser. vol. iv. p. 207 (1874) . 



Dr. Meyer has been so good as to send me two specimens of this bird 

 for my collection, stated to be male and female ; and these form the subjects 

 of the Plate. They were taken, March 1872, on the south point of Negros. 



The species is found in the islands of Negros and Panay, the former of 

 which is only separated from the latter by a narrow channel on the north-west. 

 The length of Negros is 130 miles, and the average width 25 miles ; the centre 

 of the island is said to be little known ; it derives its name from the Negritos, 

 a small race of negros. Panay is the most central of the Philippines, in form 

 nearly a triangle, and about 110 miles long by 100 miles broad. 



^ Charles de Souance. 



