35. PAL.EORJTIS. 445 



^ot^ a [imi Tr - lV ° ni - P ' 213 (1831) ; Le Mamt ' WsL 



Conurus torquatus, Less. Tr. ffOrn. p. 215 (18311 



PaWus cubicularis, Wagl. Mm. Psitt. p. 507 (1832) (syn. emend.). 



i suttacus torquatus luteo varians, Bourj. Pen: pi. 2 (1837-38). 



. Palawmisbitorquatus, S/y^ („«• aW,/), Cto*. fl. Aft«. A. S. B. p. 4 



PaisBornislayardi, Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. A. S. B. p. 34] (1849) (Oey- 



Ion); Bp Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 152, n. 142: G.R. Or. 



List Psitt Brit. Mas. p. 20 (1859) ; Soma, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Psit- 



Q870) P ' ' } ; & '' IL Gr - Handrl < il P- 143 > »• 80G0 



Palaaornis freuatus (part.), Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 71 (1854) 



PalTorms torquata, ^ /A«, 1869, p. 410;' Layard, Ibis, 1869, 



&*$«& 2r* Pi * * 1873 ' p 634 > lsr4 < * 587 : ***-5 



Adult male Green ; the hind part of the head with a bluish tinge ; 

 a black line from the nostrils to the eye; arose collar encircling 

 the neck, except in front; broad mandibular stripes passing down 

 and across the sides of the neck, where they meet the rose collar ; 

 underpays green tinged with greyisli on the breast ; under wing- 

 coverts yellowish green ; central tail-feathers bluish, the others 

 yellow on the inner web and greenish on the outer one, all 

 tipped with yellow: "bill red, brownish at tip; cere grey; 

 legs ashy; ins pale yellow; edges of the eyelids pale orange " 

 (Oat-es) lotal length 16 to 17 inches, wing 6-8, tail Wo to 10, 

 bill 1, tarsus 0-Go. 



Femah. Wants the black loral line, and also the black and rose 

 collars and the black mandibular stripes; an indistinct collar of 

 emerald-green round the neck. Size a little smaller than the 

 male. 



Hab. The whole peninsula of India, Ceylon, and the Indo-Bur- 

 mese countries, as far as Cochin China (Dr. Tiraud). 



0. 6 ad. sk. Lawrcgepur, Punjab, March Tweeddale Coll. 



a ld d ;k k ' H ,\ derab « d >,Sind.' India Museum fP.1, 



if*QuA A f^Tr^ <***«*»)• India Museum h.{ 



e,f. d? ad.sk. Banks of Indus, near Sukkur, Hume Coll 

 Dec. {A. O. II). 



A«.tf$ ad.sk. Sambhur, July, Aug. Sept, Hume Col] 

 . , , Nov. (B- M.Adam). 



», i?" i , ^ ,,,1,an ' t Gould-Coll. 



imm.^k Gm S*° n > J ™- ( W. X. Chill). Hume Coll. 



SldA* S gra m alley ' May ' HumeCoU. 



" Ad sk " T^ o Gould Coll. 



/•dadsk. Etaw^Octobe, gEgg 



Ad. sk. Kamptee. Dl , B IIimll , - p j_ 



;, a 



