Birds of Celebes: Loriidae. 
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“Parkitje” (from the Dutch), Minahassa, Meyer 12. 
“Kerut”, inland name, Minahassa, Meyer 12. 
“Ulolito”, Grorontalo, Rosenb. d, 11] Joest. 
“Dorra”, Tjamha, S. Celebes, Platen 16. 
“Burong nuri”, Bonthain, S. Celebes, Bib he & Kiihn in Mus. Dresd. 
“Koloje”, Tonkean and Balante, E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 
“Kaleki”, Peling and Banggai, Nat. Coll. 
For synonymy and further references see Salvad. 19. 
Figures and descriptions. Mivart NNJF; Shaw a II] Levaillant h I] Beichenow. XV, 14] 
Meyer NF/iJ (skeleton); Finsch 6] Brliggemann id; W. Blasius 16] Salvador! id. 
Adult male. Head above and ear-coverts hyacinth-blue; occiput poppy-red with dusky 
blue tips to the feathers; on side of neck from behind the ear-coverts a band of 
gamboge-yellow; all other upper parts parrot-green, some large, concealed, sub- 
terminal yellow spots on the feathers of the mantle, terminal fourth of the tail-feathers 
— except the two middle ones — yellow-red below where concealed by the under 
tail-coverts, etc.; cheeks and chin poppy-red; throat and breast poppy-red with 
broad terminal margins of dusky blue, giving a barred appearance; rest of under 
surface parrot-green becoming yellow-green on the lower abdomen and under tail- 
coverts, and chiefly gamboge -yellow on the sides; metacarpal edge parrot-green, 
under wing-coverts yellow; basal part of tail-feathers red (C 1028, Limbotto, 
N. Celebes, Aug.). 
“Iris orange; bill light coral-red; cere dark brown; feet greyish green” (Platen 26'). 
Iris blackish blue and black; bill yellow-orange and red with black; feet greyish green 
and greenish (Bibbe & Kiihn). 
Female. Lilie the male, probably not smaller, the smallest wing-measurement (122 mm) of 
14 examples in the Dresden Museum being that of a c^. 
Young. Bed feathers of occiput nearly absent; parrot-green of abdomen much varied with 
yellow; dark bars on chest narrower than in adult; some feathers on cheeks margined 
with yellow (Minahassa, Nr. 3999). 
Measurements. The wings of 17 specimens vary between 119 — 134 mm. Measurements of the 
smallest and the largest specimens; tail 75 — 84; tarsus 16; cuhnen from cere 19 — 20.5 
(C 1031, Nr. 1947). 
Skeleton. 
Length of cranium .... 
. 43 
mm 
Length of tibia 
. 42 mm 
Greatest breadth . . . . 
. 23 
» 
Length of tarso-metatarsus . 
. 15 
» 
Length of humerus .... 
. 27 
» 
Length of sternum . . . . 
. 43 
» 
Length of ulna 
. 29 
Greatest breadth of sternum 
. 22.5 
» 
Length of radius .... 
. 27 
» 
Height of crista sterni . . 
. 14 
» 
Length of manus .... 
. 38 
» 
Length of pelvis .... 
. 43 
» 
Length of femur 
. 29 
» 
Greatest width of pelvis . . 
. 22 
» 
Egg. Wliite, 25 X 17 mm (Meyer 12). 
Breeding season. Near Manado, February As Finsch remarks, ih.Q Tilchoglossidae uQ&t 
in holes in trees, laying 2 — 4 eggs. 
Variation. Cases of xanthochroism in this Parrot are apparently not rare. Specimens dis- 
playing a completely or partially yellow plumage are mentioned by Brliggemann 
(11), Meyer (12) and Guillemard (17). (As to xanthochroism in parrots see Meyer, 
Sitzb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1882, 517.) 
Distribution. Celebes, Togian Islands, Buton. North Peninsula — Minahassa (Forsten 5, 
Wallace 19, etc.); Gorontalo District (Bos enb. 8, Meyer 72); Banka and Mantehage 
Meyer & Wigl es wo rtli , Birds of Celebes (Oct. 15th, 1897). 
