Birds of Celebes; Loriidae. 
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“Parkitje” (from the Dutch), IVIiiiahassa, Meyer 12. 
“Kerut”, inland najnc, Minaliassa, Meyer 12. 
“Ulolito”, Grorontalo, Eosenh. 6, 11\ Joest. 
“Dorra”, Tjamba, S. Celebes, Platen 16. 
“Burong nuri”, Bonthain, S. Celebes, Eibbe & Kiihn in Mus. Dresd. 
“Koloje”, Tonkean and Balante, E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 
•‘Kaleki”, Pehng and Banggai, Nat. Coll. 
For synonymy and further references see Salvad. 19. 
Figures and descriptions. Mivart^X/F; Shaw a Jl; Levaillant h Eeichenow. JNF, 14; 
Meyer N:F/ZI (skeleton); Finsch 6\ Brliggemann JO; W. Blasius 1G\ Salvador! 19. 
Adult male. Head above and ear-coverts hyacinth-blue; occiput poppy-red with duslry 
blue tips to tlie 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- 
tenninal yellow spots on the feathers of the mantle, terminal foiu-th of the tail-feathers 
— cxcej)t the two middle ones — yellow-red below where concealed by the under 
tail-coverts, etc.; cheeks and chin popj^y-red; throat and breast irojjpy-red with 
broad terminal margins of dusky blue, giving a barred appearance; rest of under 
surface parroh-green becoming yellow-green on the lower abdomen and mider 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 J6). 
E-is blackish blue and black; bill yellow-orange and red with black; feet greyish green 
and greenish (Eibbe & Kiiliu). 
Female. Ldre the male, probably not smaller, the smallest wing-measurement (122 mm) of 
14 examples in the Dresden Museum being that of a (J*. 
Young. Eed feathers of occiput nearly absent; paiTot-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; culmen from cere 19—20.5 
(C 1031, Nr. 1947). 
Skeleton. 
Length of cranium .... 
. 43 
nim 
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 stei’ni . . 
. 14 * 
Length of manus .... 
. 38 
Length of pelvis .... 
. 43 » 
Length of femiu’ 
. 29 
Greatest width of jjelvis . 
. 22 » 
Egg. MHiite, 25 X 17 mm (Moyer 12). 
Breeding season. Near Manado, February (^J2/ As Finsch remarks, i\\Q Trichoglossidae n&Bi 
in holes in trees, laying 2 — 4 eggs. 
Variation. Cases of xanthochroism in this Parrot are apjoarently not rare. Specimens dis- 
playing a completely or partially yellow plumage are mentioned by Briiggemann 
(11), Meyer (12) and Gruillemard (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 (Eosenh. 8, Meyer J2); Banka and Mantehage 
Meyer & Wigles worth , Birds of Celebes (Oct. I5th, 1897). jg 
