Loriculus mindorensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 6; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20,
526; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 50.
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.
Adult female.--Similar to the male but cheeks slightly blue, throat and
breast yellow. Length, 152; wing, 97; tail, 47; culmen from cere, 14.
"Abundant both in the forests of the interior and the coconut groves
along the coast. Six males measure, 152 in length; wing, 80; tail, 47;
culmen, 15; tarsus, 11; middle toe with claw, 18. A female measures,
159 in length; wing, 92; tail, 52; culmen, 15; tarsus, 11; middle
toe with claw, 20. Iris dark brown; legs and feet orange to dirty
yellow; nails nearly black; bill scarlet, black at tip." (Bourns and
Worcester MS.)