Banton (Celestino); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Luzon (Meyer, Heriot, Möllendorff, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.).

Adult male.—Forehead red, bordered behind by a narrow line of yellow; crown faintly tinged with yellow; a narrow golden orange band or spot on nape. Length, 160; wing, 92; tail, 42; culmen from cere, 15.

Adult female.—Differs from the male in having the cheeks blue and under parts yellowish green with no red breast-patch. Length, 152; wing, 93; tail, 45; culmen from cere, 13.

“The habits of the Philippine representatives of this genus agree so closely that a description of one species will suffice for all. The eight Philippine species at present known are all peculiar to the group. They are common in the deep forests of the wilder islands, but are most readily observed and easily obtained in the coconut groves near and in the native villages, where they feed on the young blossoms and drink the ‘tuba.’ The latter article of diet is the palm juice which the natives obtain by cutting off the blossom stalks of the coconut trees and fitting a joint of bamboo over the cut ends. The Loriculi are inordinately fond of this juice, and many of our specimens were shot from the ‘bombons’ (bamboo tubes), as they drank it. They are by all odds the commonest cage birds of the Islands, and are frequently carried by the natives from place to place. The various native names ‘colacici,’ ‘cucci,’ ‘culanci’ are all attempts to imitate the note. They have the peculiar undulating flight of woodpeckers, and give their shrill whistle at frequent intervals when on the wing. Usually very shy in the woods, but exceedingly bold in the coconut groves. Almost never seen in flocks.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

253. LORICULUS MINDORENSIS Steere.
MINDORO COLASISI.

Co-la-sí-si, Mindoro.

Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Everett, Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter).

Adult male.—Red of forehead sharply defined against the bright green of crown; no yellow band on nape or with a faintly indicated spot. Length, 152; wing, 99; tail, 46; culmen from cere, 15.