154 
Birds of Celebes: Psittacidae. 
Vogelw. 1880, 12, 23; (2) Echnw., J. f. O. 1881, 230 (Consp. Psitt. 118); (3) 
id., Yogelb. JSTaclitr. 1883, Nr. 51. 
e. “Loriculus Wallace! G-. E. Gray” (!), Wald., Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1872, IX, 398, 
399; id., Orn. Works 1881, 125. 
Figure and descriptions. Wallace a I; Finscli b 1] Salvad. a 10. 
Adult. Parrot-green, quills and tail darker, under surface lighter; mantle and back golden- 
orange, many feathers tipped with scarlet-vermillion ; rump and upper tail-coverts 
bright dark poppy-red; a patch on the throat and the metacarpal edge of 
the same colour; under wing-coverts yellowish green washed with blue, the longer 
ones verditer-hlue; tail below, inner webs of secondaries, and inner webs 
of primaries, as far as they rest upon the sides of the body, bright verditer-hlue 
(Sula Besi — Teijsman 1877 — 0 14519). 
“Bill black; cere and base of the upper mandible yellow; feet yellow; iris 
yellow” (Wall, a I). 
Young. Green colour duller; the patch on the back is dull orange, throat-spot small, red; 
the carpal edge greenish yellow (Sula Besi — Teijsmann — 0 14518). 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Culmen 
from cere 
a. (Nr. 1999) ad. ? Sula Islands 
90 
40 
10 
13 
h. (Mus. Petersh.) ? Sula Islands 
87 
— 
11 
14 
c. (C 14519) ad. Sula Besi 
91 
37 
11 
12 
d. (C 14518) juv. Sula Besi 
89 
— 
— 
12.5 
Distribution. SulaBesi in the Sula Islands (Aliena/, Bernstein a5, Hoedt a5, Teijsman); 
(?) Celebes — Bone and Negri lama, Gorontalo Province (Eosenherg a 5, a 5, a 7). 
Observation. Sula Besi is, up to the present, the only island in the Sula group from which 
this form is known. There are now 25 specimens in the Leyden Museum, many of 
which were obtained by Teijsman in 1877. Its apparent absence from Sula 
Mangoli is surprising. 
-/ 2. Loriculus sclateri ruber M. & Wg. 
Ahh. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 9. 
“Sinsin” or “Sinsing” of the natives. 
Diagnosis. Like the typical form, but the mantle deep scarlet, and the feathers of the 
forehead red, except at the- tips; the red of the rump scarlet like the mantle. 
Size. Wing ca. 90 mm; tail 40; tarsus 12.5; bill from cere 11 — 12. 
Distribution. Peling and Banggai (Nat. Coll.). 
Observation. The young (and perhaps the females) are without red on the forehead and have 
but little red or orange on the mantle, but the green seems to be brighter than in 
the young from Sula Besi. 
Mr. Biittikofer had the great kindness to compare this form with the 25 
specimens from Sula Besi in the Leyden Museum and found that it had more red 
on the forehead and mantle than the bulk of the specimens from that island; one 
specimen, however, which he sent .us for comparison was almost as red on the mantle 
as the new race, though the tint thereof was more orange; a second specimen had 
red on the forehead, though less extensive than in adults from Peling and Banggai. 
There are a number of small intermediate islands between these and Sula, and it 
appears pretty certain that these will furnish birds which intergrade with both races. 
