M. Sundevall on the Birds of Calcutta. 407 



This also occurs around Calcutta, but less common than the 

 last species, and I cannot positively assert that I have seen them 

 wild. The specimen described was obtained from a friend. This 

 species is not often seen in a captive state, and it is charged 

 higher than P. torquatus. I could learn no other name for it 

 than kolkottia, which is much like that of many other species of 

 small birds, e. g. Lanius super ciliosus. 



57. Psittacus melanorhynchus. — Palseornis melanorhynchus, WagL 

 Viridis, capite rubicundo-cinerascente ; mento, macula magna ge- 



narum, striaque lorae nigris. Alarum tectrices mediae flavescentes. 



Collum antice rubicundum. Rostrum nigrum. An Ps.pondicerianus, 



junior ? 



Of this species I only saw one specimen, which a Hindoo 

 boatman had sitting in a ring on board his boat. He assured me 

 that he had caught it near Serampore, and a trustworthy well- 

 known Hindoo asserted on the same occasion that he had seen 

 many of these Parrokeets from that country. 



Obs. Many other Asiatic, Javanese and Australian Parrokeets 

 were seen in the shops of the natives, or were carried about for 

 sale. Many of them were said to have been caught in Bengal, 

 but as I did not procure any further information on this point, 

 little attention was given to these assertions. P. sulphur eus often 

 occurred at the price of six or eight rupees, and was generally 

 named from its note, kakatua. A dealer wished to persuade me 

 that this species also was caught far in the interior of Bengal, as 

 he understood from my question that I chiefly valued the pro- 

 ductions of that country. It was offered me for five rupees. 



The large green species with a short tail are called Hadamon ; 

 among which I recognised the American P. astivus. 



Lories, or the red species with short tails, were called Nuri, which 

 is probably the original Indian word, from which Europeans have 

 formed the name Lory. Edwards says (under pi. 170) that he 

 borrowed the name Lory from Nieuhoff. According to Scaliger 

 (see Wagl. Monogr. p. 13) the name Nor is derived from the 

 island Badang near Java, and means shining. These birds are 

 said not to occur near Calcutta, but to be brought thither from 

 the interior. A common name for parrots is Tottah or Tottaw. 



[To be continued.] 



