240 ON THE GENUS LORICULUS. 



'^ C. regulus differs from its near ally, C culacissi (Wagl.), from Luzon, 

 in having the crown bright golden yellow and a much darker orange-red 

 patch on the nape. The female (not previously described) resembles very 

 much the female of (7. culacissi^ but may be distinguished by the darker nape- 

 patch, and the narrow light blue line round the mouth and lower mandible, 

 which in C culacissi is of a more decided blue and much broader, covering 

 the whole loral region and chin. 



" This species inhabits the islands of Negros and Panay, where it has 

 been collected by Dr. Meyer, to whom w^e are indebted for the knowledge of 

 the exact habitat. Mr. L, C. Layard seems not to have observed it during 

 his stay on the island of Negros, as it is not included in the valuable list of 

 his birds published by Lord Walden (vide Ibis, 1872, pp. 93-107)/' 



Dr. Finsch also adds " that there is another specimen in the British 

 Museum labelled L. regulus^ and also described by me (Papag. p. 711), which 

 shows not only the vertex and occiput yellow, but also the hind neck and 

 nape. In this respect it comes near to C chrysonotus, Scl. (Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 324, t. xi.), from Cebu; but this latter has no orange-red spot on the 

 nape ; so that the specimen in the British Museum without exact locality may 

 possibly turn out to belong to another, undescribed species of this group.'' 



Dr. Meyer remarks thus : — ♦ 



" The islands of Panay and Negros are inhabited by the same species of 

 Loriculus, viz. L. regulus ; whereas the neighbouring island of Cebu has a 

 species of its own, L. chrysonotus^ Sclater. The latter is reared from the nest 

 by the natives of Cebu ; and I could easily procure living ones. One pair I 

 intended to bring over to Europe, but only succeeded with a single specimen ; 

 the other escaped, in the month of May 1872, from on board the steamer, in 

 the neighbourhood of the island of Sumatra. I do not doubt the least that 

 it reached the shore, because we were quite near the land ; and I think it is 

 not superfluous to mention this fact, as it might be the case, even if it is not 



