460 PSITTAC1D.E. 



14. Palaeornis peristerodes. 



Palseornis columboides, Vig. Zool. Journ. v. p. 274 (1830) ; War/I. 

 Mon. Psitt. p.'519 (1832) ; Lear, Parr, pi. 31 (1832) ; Jerd. Madr. 

 Journ. xi. p. 209, pi. 3 (1810); id. III. Ind. Orn. pi. 18 (1847); 

 Ilartl. Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 85 (1844) ; G. P. Gr. Gen. B. ii. 

 p. 410, n. 9 (1846) ; Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xvi. p. 475 (1847) ; id. Cat. 

 B. Mas. A. S. B. pp. 5, 316 (1849) ; id. J. A. S. B. xix. p. 204 

 (1850) ; Bp. Per. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 152, n. 144; Souauce. 

 Rer.et Mao. de Zool. 1856, p. 158; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. 

 Psltt. n. 143 ; Horsf. $ Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E. I. Comp. ii. p. 614 

 (1856-58) ; Gould, B. of Asia, vi. pi. 7 (pt. x., 1858) ; G. P. Gr. List 

 Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 22 (1859) ; Jerd. B. (find. i. p. 261 (1862) : 

 Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 4 ; Sahleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 83 (1864) : 

 Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 553 ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 15 

 (1869); G.P. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 142, n. 8056(1870): Litres, 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 527 ; Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. 92 ; Hume, Sir. Feath. 

 ii. p. 21 (1874) : Wald. Ibis, 1874, p. 292 ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. 

 Psittaci, Revue, p. 35 (1874); Blyth, B. of Burm. p. 54 (note) 

 (1875) ; Hume, Sir. Feath. viii. p. 86, n. 151 (1879) ; Lai/ard, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 284 (Ceylon !) ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, p. -2S2 (1881) ; 

 Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 457 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 

 8th ed. p. 322 (1883) : Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 (1889) ; Murr. 

 Avif. of Brit. hid. ii. p. 465 (1890) ; Oates, Nests 8f Eygs Ind. B. 

 iii. p. 89 (1890). 



ralreornis rnelanorkynchus, Sykes {nee Wagl), P. Z. S. 1832, p. 96 



(?)■ 

 Psittacus (Conurus) himalavanus, Less, m Belanyer, T oy. aux Ind., 



Zool. p. 239 (1834). 

 Conurus sagittifer colomboides, Bourj. Pen: pis. 3 (<3), 3 bis (J) 



(1837-38). 

 Conurus sagittifer colomboides vel kienerii, Bourj. Perr. p. xlix 



(1837-38). 

 Psittacus melanorhynchus, Sund. Physioyr. Siillsk. Tidskr. 1838, i. 



p. 54. 

 Palseornis peristerodes, Finsch, Papay. ii. p. 74 (1868) ; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. iii. p. 10(1877); Pehnw. Voqelbild. t. xiii. f. 3 (1878-83) ; 



id. Journ. f Orn. 1881, p. 239 {Consp. Psitt. p. 127). 



Adult male. Head, neck, upper back, and breast dove-grey ; fore- 

 head, lores, and region round the eyes green ; the green of the fore- 

 head is slightly bordered behind with blue ; the broad black mandi- 

 bular stripes join a black collar, succeeded by a second one of 

 a bluish green, which widens on the throat ; lower back, uropygium, 

 and upper tail-coverts bluish green ; lower abdomen, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts yellowish, washed with bluish green ; wings and scapu- 

 lars dark green, more or less tinged with blue ; upper wing-coverts 

 with pale edges ; under wing-coverts bluish green ; first primary 

 black, the others blue edged with green ; central tail-feathers blue, 

 washed with green at the base, tipped with yellowish ; the next pair 

 blue on the outer web, greenish near the base, all the others green 

 on the outer web, yellow on the inner one ; the tips of all the tail- 

 feathers yellowish ; tail underneath yellow : " upper mandible red, 

 with the point horny white ; lower mandible dusky or dingy red- 

 dish " (Ilume) : legs greenish plumbeous. Total length 15-5 inches, 

 wing 5-8, tail 9-5^ bill 0-9, tarsus 0-58. 



