44. I.OIUCTTLUS. 517 



1. Loriculus vernalis. 



Psittacus vemalis, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t, 29 (1787) ; Lath. Ind. 



Om. i. p. 1.30, n. 147 (1790) ; Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 105 ( 1-1 1 | ; 

 VktiLN.D. xw. p. 375 (1817); id. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1407(1823); 



Voifft, Cuv. Uebers. p. 717 (1831 ). 

 Vernal Paxiakeet, Lath. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 95, u. 26 (1802) : id. Gen. 



Hist, ii. p. 266 (1822). 

 Psittacus indicus, fern., Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 65 (4820). 

 Psittacula galgulus, fern., Wagl. Mm. Psitt. p. 026 (1832). 

 Psittacula minor, fern., Wagl. op. cit. p. 529 (1832). 

 Psittaculus galgulus, Selby, Nat. Libr., Parrots, p. 107 (1836) (syn. 



emend, et sola descr. $ ?). 

 Psittaculus pendulus, Pears. Jown. A. S.B. x. p. 654 (1841). 

 Psittaculus vemalis, Blyth, Journ. A. 8. B. x. p. 921 (1841) : Jerd. 



Madras Journ. xi. p. 209 (1840). 

 Psittacula pyrhopyga v. vemalis, Sodas. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 



(1844). 

 Psittacula vemalis, G. B. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 423, n. 15 (syn. emend.) 



(1846) ; id. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 113 (1840). 

 Loriculus vemalis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. A. S. B. p. 10, n. 46 (part.) 



(1849) ; id. Journ. A. S. B. xviii. p. 801 (1849), xix. p. 230 (1850) ; 



Bp. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 155, n. 239 ; F SouancS, Bev. et 



Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 219; Bp. Naumannia, 1850, Consp. Psitt. 



n. 246 ; Sorsf. 8>- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Comp. ii. p. 627 



(1858); G. B. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 54 (syn. emend.) 



(1859) ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 265 (1862) ; Gray, Cat.' Hodgs. Coll. 



B. Mus. 2nd ed. p. 62, u. 465 (1863) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 6 (part.) ; 



id. App. Zool. of the Andam. 1st. in Mount's Arch. Andam. 1st. 



p. 355 (1803) :' Wald. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 538; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 



]>. 295: Bear. Ibis, 1867, p. 320 (Andaman Isl.), 1869, p. 412; 



Ehres, Ibis, 1870, p. 527; G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 152. n. 8172 



(1870); Ball, Joum. A. 8. B. xli. p. 279 (1872); Wald. Ibis, 



1873, p. 298; Ball, Str. Feath. i. p. 62 (1873) ; Hume, Nests $ 



Eggs, p. 119 (1873) ; Wald. Ibis, 1873, p. 298 ; Hume, Str. Feath. 



ii. pp. 57, 185, 471 (1874), iii. p. 57 (1875) ; Bh/th §• Wald. B. of 



Burm. p. 58 (1875); Gieb. Thes. Om. ii. p. 499 (1875): Fairb. 



Str. Feath. iv. pp. 255, 265 (1876) ; Armstr. ibid. p. 309 I 1876) ; 



Hume, ibid. p. 388 (1876), v. p. 25 (1877) : Fairb. ibid. p. 395 



(1877): Meyer, Bowl. Om. Misc. ii. pp. 231, 234, n. 1 (1877); 



Hume % Davis. Str. Feath. vi. pp. 120, 500 (1878); Hume, Str. 



Feath. viii. p. 87. n. 153, p. 153 (1879) ; Vidai, Str. Feath. x.p.52 



(1880); Bingh. ibid. p. 161 (1880); Butt. ibid. p. 384 (1880); 



Oates.Str. Feath. x. p. 190 (1882) ; Sale. Cat. B. Strickl. ( 'oU. p. 459 



( L882); Oates, Ii. of Brit. Burm. ii. p. 146 (1883) ; Sahad. Ann. 



Mus. Cir. Gen. (2) "v. p. 500 (1888). vii. p. 370 < 18-iM: Tristr. 



Cat. Coll. B. p. 26 (1889) : Murr. Avif. of Brit. Ind. ii. p. 463 



(1890) : Oates, Nests \ Eggs Tnd. IS. iii. p. 92 (1890). 

 Loriculus indicus (part.). Souanci, Bev. et Mao. de Zool. 1850. p. 220 



(A, femelle). 

 Loriculus apicalis (part). Souance, ibid. (R, femelle). 

 Coryllia vernalis, Ftnsch, Papag. ii p. 721 (1868) ; Sehnw. Vbgelbild. 



t. xv. f. 4 (1878-83); id. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 226 (Consp. Psitt. 



p. 114) ; Mull. Journ. f. Om. 1882, p. 428 (Salanga). 



Adult male. Green, paler beneath, the head brighter, a slight 

 tinge of orange on the interscapular region ; rump and upper tail- 



