MINDANAO GUAIABERO.

Mindanao (Cuming, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Panaon (Everett).

“Adult male.—Differs from that of B. lunulatus in having the cheeks green, the blue round the eyes separated by the green cheeks from the blue of the throat; the collar on the lower hind neck is of a brighter and deeper blue; the green of the head has a yellowish tinge, contrasting with the purer green color of the back. Iris dark brown; bill black, the base of the maxilla light gray; feet greenish.” (Everett.) Length, about 152; wing, 96 to 99; tail, 33; bill, 18; tarsus, 10.

“Adult female.—Exactly similar to the female of B. lunulatus.” (Salvadori.)

“Two males average, 159 in length; wing, 97; tail, 39; culmen, 18; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 20. Six females, length, 154; wing, 96; tail, 41; culmen, 18; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 19. Iris brown; legs and feet light olive-green. Called by the natives ‘guayabero’ from its habit of eating guavas. On the few occasions when we met with this species it occurred in flocks. It is a common cage bird in Mindanao. We searched in vain for it in Basilan, but are by no means satisfied that it does not exist there.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Genus LORICULUS Blyth, 1849.

Length, about 150 mm.; bill compressed; tail short, rectrices slightly graduated and extending a little beyond tail-coverts; general color grass-green, more yellowish below; forehead, rump, and upper tail-coverts scarlet; tail green above, blue below; under surface of primaries black, widely edged with blue on inner webs; adult males with a large, oval scarlet spot on throat and breast; bases of the feathers yellow; adult females and immature males with blue cheeks; young in first plumage with scarlet rump and tail-coverts, but neither blue nor red on head.

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