456 psixtacid-t:. 



</*, h i . [ 2 ] ad. sk. Skuay-g-veen, Brit. Burmah, Pweeddale Coll. 



Jan. (R. G. W. R.). 



i 4 . c? ad. sk. H-touk-yan, Brit. Burmah Tweeddale Coll. 



(R. G. W. JR.). 



& 4 -p*. S 2 ad. et Amherst, Jan., Feb., Mar., Dec. Hume Coll. 



imm.sk. (W.Davison). 



q l -t\ Ad. sk. Cochin China, Aug., Dec. M. St. Pierre [P.l. 



m 4 . [c?]ad. sk. Chefoo, Oct. Swinhoe Coll. 



v i -.v i . Bones of [Nepal.] Perhaps Sikhim. B. H. Hodgson. Esq. 



the trunk. [P.]. 



11. Palaeornis schisticeps. 



Palseornis schisticeps, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 178 (1836) ; Blyth, 

 J. A. S. B. x. p. 925 (1841) ; Hodgs, Grays Zool. Misc. p. 85 

 (1844); Haiti. Syst. Verz. Ges. Mm. p. 8*5 (1844); Gray. Cat. 

 Hodgs. Coll. B. Mm. p. 113 (1846); Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. A. 8. B. 

 p. 5 (1849); G. R. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 19 (1849); Blyth, 

 J. A. S. B. xix. p. 232 (1850); Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 

 p. 152, n. 143 ; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 158 ; Bp. 

 Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 141 ; Horsf. §• Moore, Cat. B. 

 Mm. E. I. Comp. ii. p. 615 (1856-58) ; Gould, B. of Asia. vi. pi. 8 

 (pt. x., 1858) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 491, 1859, p. 173 ; G. R. 

 Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 22 (1859) ; Souance, Icon. Pen: pi. 43 

 (d) (1859) ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 261 (1802) ; Blyth, Ibis. 1863, 

 p. 4 ; Gray, Cat. Hoiks. Coll. B. Mm. 2nd ed. p. 61 (1863) ; 

 Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Psit'taci, p. 82 (1864) : Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 353; 

 Bulger, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 568; Beav. Ibis, 1867, p. 142; ? Swinh. 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 389 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1868, p. 132 ; Pelz. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1868, p. 35; Tytler, Itns, 1868, p. 201; Pelz. Ibis, 1868, p. 319; 

 Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 47 ; Beav. Ibis, 1869, p. 411 ; G. R. Ch: 

 Ha?7d-list, ii. p. 142, n. 8055 (1870) ; ? Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 391 (Upper Yangtsze) : Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 6; Hume, Str. Feath. 

 ii. p. 17 (1874): 1] 'aid. Ibis, 1874, p. 286; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 

 Psittaci, Revue, p. 35 (1874) ; Hume, Str. Feath. viii. p. 86, n. 

 150 (1879) ; Salv. Cat. B. Stride!. Coll. p. 457 (1882) ; Marsh. 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 410 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 (1889) : Murr. Arif. 

 of Brit. Ind. ii. p. 466 (1890); Oates, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 89 (1890). 



Palaeornis hodgsoni, Finsch, Papaq. ii. p. 50 (1868); Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. iii. p. 9 (1877) ; Rchmv. Vog'elbild. t. xiii. f. 4 (1878-83) : id. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 236 (Consp. Psitt. p. 124). 



A (hilt male. Green; underparts lighter and more yellowish ; head 

 slate-black, with a slight bluish tinge ; chin and mandibular stripes 

 black, these joining a uarrow black nuchal collar ; hind neck tinged 

 with verdigris ; on the median wing-coverts a dark cherry-red patch ; 

 primaries with the outer webs dark green, edged very narrowly with 

 yellowish, and with the inner webs dark grey ; under wing-coverts 

 verdigris ; the metacarpal edge yellow ; central tail-feathers blue in 

 the middle, more or less green at the base, bright yellow at the 

 apical half ; the other tail-feathers green on the outer webs, yellow 

 on the inner, and with the tips yellow ; tail underneath yellow : 

 " bill above coral-red, hook and the whole of the lower mandible 

 yellow ; iris straw : orbital skin slaty ; legs and feet dusky green " 



