462 PSITTACID.&. 



1854, p. 158, B. p. lxiii; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 



p. 22 (1859) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 83 (1864) ; Swinh. 



Ibis, 1864, p. 420 ; Finsch, Pdpag. ii. p. 53 (1868) ; G. R. Gr. 



Hand-list, ii. p. 142, n. 8057 (1870) ; Holdsw. P. Z. 8. 1872, 



p. 426 ; Layard, P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 204 ; Ler/ge, Ibis, 1874, pp. 14, 24; 



Holdsw. Ibis, 1874, p. 125 ; Hume, Str. Feath. ii. p. 18 (1874) ; 



Gould, B. of Asia, vi. pi. 1 (pt. xxvi., 1874) ; Wald. Ibis, 1874, 



p. 288 ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 36 (1874) ; Blyth, 



B. of Burma, p. 54 (note) (1875) ; Legge, Ibis, 1875, pp. 273, 



411; id. Str. Feath. iii. p. 200 (1875); id. Ibis, 1876, p. 128; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 7 (1877) ; Hume, Str. Feath. vii. p. 367 



(1879), viii. p. 86, n. 151 bis (1879) ; Legge, B. of-Ceyl. p. 177, 



pi. 6. ff. 1, 2 (1880) ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, pp. 280, 305 (1881) ; 



Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xiii. f. 6 (1878-83); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 75 (1889; ; Gates, Nests $ Eggs Lid. B. iii. p. 90 (1890). 

 Palseornis gironieri, Verr. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1853, p. 195; Cass. 



Journ. Acad. Philad. iii. p. 156 (1855) : Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. 



ix. p. 138 (1875) ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, p. 305 (1881) ; Rchnw. 



Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 232 (Consp. Psitt. p. 127); id. Vogelbild. 



Bericht. (1883). 

 Psittacus viridicollis, Cass. Pr. Acad. Philad. vi. p. 373 (1853) ; 



Bp. Compt, Rend. xliv. p. 539 (1857). 

 Palseornis viridicollis, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 144. 

 Palreornis calthrapa, Bp. Compt. Rend. xliv. p. 539 (1857). 

 Palseornis calthropite, Schleg. Dierent. p. 72 (1864). 



Adult male. Head, nape, and back bluisb grey, lower back and 

 upper tail-coverts more bluish ;. forehead, lores, region round the 

 eyes, and fore part of the cheeks green ; a broad collar and underparts 

 bright green ; under tail-coverts yellowish green ; a very narrow 

 bluish collar defines the grey head from the green collar ; a broad 

 mandibular black stripe extends on each side of the neck ; scapulars 

 greenish grey ; wings green ; smaller wing-coverts greyish blue, the 

 median one yellowish green ; under wing-coverts green ; tail above 

 blue, underneath yellowish ; tip of the tail-feathers yellow ; the 

 inner web of all the lateral feathers washed and the outer webs 

 finely edged with green : "iris yellow-white, or white, or greenish 

 white, with a bluish-grey outer circle ; cere dusky greenish ; upper 

 mandible coral-red, yellowish at the tip, lower dusky red ; legs and 

 feet dusky greenish, plumbeous green, or plumbeous " (Legge), Total 

 length 11 to 12 inches, wing 5-6, tail 5-6 to 6-5, bill - 85, tarsus 

 0-58. 



Female. Very much like the male ; bill dusky black ; the green 

 on the face duller. Size a little smaller. 



Young. Wants the black mandibular stripes, and all the grey or 

 bluc-grcy colour on the head, which characterizes the adult bird, the 

 whole head being green ; the cap defined by an indistinct brighter 

 green collar (Hume). The lower back and rump greyish blue, in 

 very young birds green ; middle tail-feathers blue ; bill pale orange 

 (Legge). 



Hah. Ceylon. 



a, b, c. Ad. st. Ceylon. Tkwaites Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Near Newara Ellia, Ceylon. Mr. E. Boate [C.]. 



