N0.1288. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND BIRDS— RICHMOND. H()8 

 Family PSITTACID.E. 



PALiEORNIS MAGNIROSTRIS Ball. 



I\(il:i'<ir)nx'\ )nn(inin>stri>f Ball, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XLl, I't. '1, 1S71^, j). L'7S 

 ( Andamans) . 

 "Common at Lawrence Island and South Andaman. Heard at Little 

 Andaman," At the first-named localit}" it was numerous, ''llAin^ 

 a])out in flocks of three or four to a dozen." 



Five specimens. "Iris pale lemon; bill red, tips of mandibles yel- 

 low; feet yellow to orang-e; eyelids orange.'" Length of males varies 

 from 501.5 to 571.5 mm.; a female measures 458 nun. 



PAL^ORNIS FASCIATUS (Miiller). 

 Psittacus fascintus Muller, Natursyst., Snppl., 1776, p. 74 (Poiidicherry). 

 "Common at all places visited [Andamans]. Visits the cultivated 

 district alK)ut Port Blair in large flocks, causing- great damage to the 

 ripening paddy; large numbers are therefore killed amuially." 



Several specimens, from Henry Lawrence Island, and South Anda- 

 man. 



PAL^ORNIS CANICEPS Blyth. 



Flaliiuniis'] cari'KX'ps Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XV, lS4(j, p. 21!, note 

 (Nicobars). 



"Common on Great and Little Nicobar. It goes about in smaller 

 flocks than the smaller species, generall}^ keeping higher up in the 

 trees, and is harder to get. Usually there are only two or three 

 together. They are ver}' noisy. '"■ 



Ten specimens, varying in length from 5-10 to OOinun. in mali\^, and 

 •144.5 to 533.5 mm. in females. 



"Iris orange red; cere and lower ujandible black; upper mandible 

 red; tip horny yellow; feet dull greenish leaden." 



PALiEORNIS NICOBARICA Gould. 

 Palicurnw nicobaricus Gould, Birds of Asia, VI, 1857, pi. vi (Nicobars). 



"This parrot was common upon all the islands [Nicobars], generally 

 in flocks, sometimes of twenty or thirt}' individuals. Very fond of 

 fruit of the casuarina. Native name, Talleh.'' 



Twenty-six specimens, from Great, Little, and Cav Nico])ar. Kat- 

 chal, Trinkut, and Tillanchong. The males in this series vary from 

 431.5 to 480 mm. ; the females from 368 to 450.5 mm. 



The iris is said to have an inner green circle and an outer yellow 

 one; in some specimens it is noted as greenish white, yellowish white, 

 or pale yellow. 



