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Birds of Celebes: Psittacidae. 
a sort of pap with bananas or sugar-water. A tame bird of Meyer’s when at 
Manado was very fond of tea. 
The LoricuU according to Dr. Frenzel (see Mtsscbr. des D. Vereins zum 
Schntze d. Vogelwclt 1880, No. 1, 15) are much superior to the other dwarf 
PaiTots in intelligence. The above-mentioned example was taken very young 
and was in the possession of M e y er and his wife for a long time in Celebes, 
and evinced a great affection for the latter. “It followed my wife everywhere 
in the house, and did not rest till it was near her, then, without help, climbed 
up from the ground to her shoulder or her head. It loved best to take food 
from her mouth, and licked up tea from her lips. When we took our tea in 
the afternoon, and the little bird only heard the rattling of the cups, it became 
much excited, and did not rest until its cage was opened and it could come 
near the table ; it then took the tea out of a small basin or a spoon. When in 
its cage, and my wife passed by, it clapped its wings till she let it out. When 
we left Manado for a fortnight on a boat-tour, ... a neighbour reported that 
it had been melancholy all the time. When it saw my wife again, it became 
much excited; this I observed myself. Being placed in the same cage with the 
smaller Loriculus eocilis, it always bit it; they could not remain together. But 
with the larger Trichoglossm meyeri it became anxious; nevertheless it attacked 
the bird as much as possible” (Meyer 10). During a second and longer absence 
of Meyer and Mrs. Meyer from Manado, the bird, though properly cared for, 
died; it was reported to have cried incessantly, and at last was found dead. 
“The man in whose care it was, had seen and knew exactly how we had treated 
the bird; it therefore did not die on account of wwong or improper food, etc. 
I will not decide whether the explanation (of our neighbour) that it died from 
sorrow was the right one or not ; at all events it was an amiable lovely bird for 
whose death we mourned. . . . But the case serves to show tliat even these small 
Parrots are very sagacious and attractive creatures” (10). Although far exceed- 
ing the Dwarf Parrots (Psittacula) in trustfulness and affection for their owner, 
they do not possess the same inseirarable attachment as these for one another; 
on the other hand, they are quarrelsome when together, and Dr. Frenzel 
mentions a case of a young male of L. galgiiliis belonging to Dr. Buss which 
bit an old male to death, while three in his own possession Avould hot let one 
another eat in peace, so that separation was necessary, or two of them would 
have been starved (op. cit. p. 16). 
The genus Loriculus. 
Map VI. 
In 1877 Meyer (10) gave a key showing the geographical distribution of 
the genus Loriculus. The accompanying key is based upon this, modified accor- 
ding to Salvadori’s treatment of the genus and to recent discoveries. 
