476 psittacid^;. 



p. 391 ; Salvad. Tec. Born, p. 22 (1874) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, 



p. 104 (Labuan) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 9 ; Bruggem. Abh. Bremen, v. 



p. 454 (1877), p. 527 (1878); David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 3 



(1877) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 325 ; Hume, Sir. Feath. viii. 



p. 51 (1879); Kelham, Ibie, 1881, p. 387; Bchmv. YogeMld. t. v. 



f. 8 (1878-83); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 243 (Consp. Psitt. 



p. 131) ; Nichols. Ibis. 1883, p. 239 ; Oates, B. of Brit. Burm. iii. 



p. 144 (1883) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 322 (1883) ; Bias. 



Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 23 (1883) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1884, 



p. 223; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdsehr. Ned. Ltd. xlvi. p. 224 (1886), 



xlix. p. 388 (1889) ; ? Hartert, Journ. f. Orn. 1889, p. 373 ; Everett, 



Journ. Str. Br. B. As. Soc. 1889, p. 177 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 1 ; 



Vorderm. Nat. Tijdsehr. Ned. Ind. 1. p. 418 (1890). 

 Palreornis longicaudus, G. B. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 22 



(1859); Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 5 (svn. emend.); Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 207; Wall. P. Z. S. 1864.* pp. 282, 293; Schleg. Mus. 



P.-B. Psittaei, p. 84 (1864); id. op. cit. Berne, p. 36 "(1874); 



Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 587 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 (1889). 

 Conurus (!) malaccensis, Puche r. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 161. 

 Belurus malaccensis, Bp. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 152, n. 148 ; 



Souance, Bev. et Mae/, de Zool. 1856, p. 208 ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. 



Lisb. Psittaei, p. 15 (1869). 

 Belocercus malaccensis, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consj). Psitt. n. 146. 

 Palreornis viridimvstax, Bli/fh, J. A. S. B. xy. p. 446 (young) (1856) ; 



id. Ibis, 1873, p. 80 (note). 

 ? Palreornis aitinis, Gould, B. of Asia, vi. pi. 11 (pt. x., 1858) ; Blyth, 



Ibis, 1865, p. 43. 

 Palffiornis barbatulatus, Bosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, pp. 59, 60 ; id. 



Nat. Tijdsehr. Ned. Ind. xxt. pp. 138, 139 (1863). 

 Palasornis longicaudatus, Finsch, Papaq. ii. p. 77 (18G8) ; Wdld. Ibis, 



1872, p. 362 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1873, p. 80 (note) ; Hume, Str. Feath. 



ii. p. 23 (1874); Wald. Ibis. 1874, p. 278; Blyth, B. of Burm, 



p. 54 (note) (1875); Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 9 (1872) ; Tieeedd. 



Orn. Works, pp. 218, 274 (1881). 

 Belocercus longicaudus, G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 143, n. 8063 



(1870). 

 ? Belocercus affinis, G. R. Gr. I. c. n. 8071 (1870). 

 ? Palseornis javanica, Bosenb. (nee Osb. ?) Malay. Archip. p. 220 



(Nias) * (1878) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) iv. p. 516 (note) 



(1887). 



Adult male. Green, underneath yellowish ; pileum grass-green ; 

 lores darker green ; sides of the head and a broad collar round the 

 nape vinous red ; broad mandibular stripes black ; interscapular 

 region yellowish, washed with light blue ; lower back and uropygium 

 pale blue ; upper tail-coverts green ; quills blue, edged with green, 

 and washed with the same colour towards the tips ; upper wing- 

 coverts olive-green ; axillaries and under wing-coverts yellow ; 

 central tail-feathers blue, edged with green at the base, the others 

 green ; tail underneath dull yellow : iris yellow ; upper mandible 

 red, lower mandible brown ; feet greyish. Total length 16 to 

 17 inches, wing 6, tail 9 to 10, bill 0-83, tarsus 0-5. 



* Yon RDsenberg says that he never found P. javanica in Sumatra, so that 

 roost likely also the bird from Nias is not the Javan species. But conf. 

 Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 3(i2. 



