35. PAL^ORNIS. 4Q3 



/, [/■ d ? ad. sk. Ceylon, Aug. & Sept. W. V. Le™ e Es< 



Legge, Esq. 



h v. d 2 ad. sk. Ceylon Jan., April, March, & iSdale Coll 

 n . t)ec. (S. Chapman). 



tf fh»A 1 P ey l° n ' ??Y ( ¥ e f rs - SaH )' ,hllue Coll. 



*-« . 6 2 ad. sk. Ceylon Feb. & March (H. Tweeddale Coll. 

 Nevill). 



h\ Ad ? sk ' Sk ' Ceyl ° n ' Feb ' ( ^ ^'^ Hume Co11 



Gould Coll. 



16. Palaeornis derbyana. 

 Palaeornis derbyanus Fraser, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 245, pi. 2.3; Gould 



18/3 , p. 690 (Moupm) ; Hume, Str. Feath. ii. p. 9 (1874) ; Blvth 



p. 1, pi. 1 (18/ /) ; Hume, Str. Feath. vii. p. 164 (1878) • 7?rW> 



>«*»../. O™. 1881, p. 240 (Consp. P,itt. p? 128) ° ' " 



Be^™ pondicerianus, part., Souanct, Rev. et Mcuj.de Zool. 1856, 



Belocercua pondicerianus, part., Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Ptitt. 



Paheornis vibrissa, part. Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 85 (1864) 

 PaWus melanorhvnchus, part, Finsch, Papay. ii. p. 70 (1868); 

 ■„;?'■ Hand-list, n. p. 143, n. 8067 (1870) ; Wald Ibis 187'? 

 P. 227 partim) ; ft fa /%^'s 7>'. of Burma, p. 55 (1875) . ifr/// "' 

 (mo llayl.) Voyelbild. in the text of pi. v. f. 4 (1878-83).' 



%>«. Green ; forehead lores, and a broad moustache on the 

 lower part of the cheeks velvety black ; fore part of the crown and 

 round the eyes verditer-green, rest of the crown and ear-coverts 

 violet-blue; nape bright green; the remaining upper parts the 

 thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts green, more yellow on he 

 centre of the wings ; under tail-coverts narrowly edged with bluish ■ 

 from the hinder part of the ear-coverts, down the side of the 

 neck, runs a narrow line of a light rose-coloured purple or 

 vinous, which colour extends over the whole under surface to the 

 vent ; under wing-coverts vinous like the underpays ; tail above 

 green with he outer web of the lateral feathers slightly tinged 

 with bluish, he central tail-feathers, and also the next pair, blue 

 broadly edged with green towards the base; the underside of the 

 tail-feathers dull go den olive : « bill black ; feet the usual Parrakeet 

 colour; eyes pale straw-colour" (Fraser). Total length about 20 

 inches, wing 875, tail In-5, bill P4, tarsus 0'7. 



Mult male. Has the upper mandible red (David et Outtalet) 

 Hab. Interior of China, on the Upper Yangtze* (David) 

 Thanks to the authorities of the Derby Museum in Liverpool 

 I have been able to examine the type specimen of this species' 

 The much target size distingmshes it at once from P. fasciata there 

 is not much difference in the nape, which is green in both species 

 only the green colour in P. derbyana extends higher up on the 



