Psittacus galgulus Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 103.
Loriculus galgulus Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20,
531; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds'
Eggs (1903), 3, 17; Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18,
90; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 50.
Cagayan Sulu (Mearns). Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Banka,
Nias.
"Adult male.--Green; a deep blue spot on middle of crown; a golden
yellow triangular spot on interscapular region; a bright yellow
band across lower back; rump and upper tail-coverts scarlet-red;
a large scarlet-red patch on throat; wings and tail above green;
greater under wing-coverts, inner web of quills underneath, and tail
below verditer-blue; tail tipped with yellowish green. 'Bill and
cere black; iris deep brown; feet buffy brown.' (Davison). Length,
about 132; wing, 84; tail, 36; bill, 11; tarsus, 10.
"Adult female.--Green of under parts duller and more yellowish;
blue crown-spot duller; orange patch nearly obsolete; no yellow band
across lower back; rump and upper tail-coverts duller red, the coverts
shorter than in the male; no red patch on throat.
"Young.--Dull green, all the feathers with narrow dusky edges;
forehead gray, with a bluish tinge on the sides; no blue spot on
crown; no orange patch on interscapulars; rump green, with edges
of feathers dull red. 'Bill, cere, legs, and feet dull yellow; bill
shaded dusky.' (Davison.)" (Salvadori.)
This species is included in the list of Philippine birds on the
evidence of a pair of cage birds obtained by Mearns, in Cagayan
Sulu. These were probably brought from Borneo.