Mr. Blyth on the Ornithology of Ceylon. 295 



1853, p. 195 ; Psittacus viridicollis, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 



1853, p. 373, Journ. Acad. Phil. iii. p.l56. 

 The common hill Parrakeet of the island. 



2. LORICULUS EDWARDSI, Uobis. 



Edw. B. pi. 6; L. asiaticus, Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 



1854, xiii. p. 261 ; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. 1852, p. 127 

 {nee Latham, 1790); L. indicus, G. R. Gray, List B. M. Psit- 

 tacidce (1859), p. 55; Schl., Mus. P.-B. Psittaei (1864), p. 132 

 {necGmel 1788). 



This race is wholly peculiar to Ceylon, and therefore is 

 neither the Psittacus indicus of Gnielin, nor P. asiaticus of La- 

 tham ; nor do any of the other synonyms cited by Mr. Gray 

 {ut supra) properly apply to it. Perhaps, therefore, the best 

 name for it would be Loriculus edwardsi, as above given in re- 

 ference to the figure of it by Edwards. It differs from L. 

 vernalis in having the crown deep red, passing to a saffron hue 

 on the nape, and in some specimens over much of the back ; 

 while the fore part of the neck is tinged more or less deeply 

 with verditer. This is little more than a race of L. vernalis, 

 which is confined to Ceylon; whereas L. vernalis is so very 

 widely diffused over India and Indo-China (and, if I mistake 

 not, the Andamans), being replaced in the Malayan penin- 

 sula by L. galgulus. In Java, the L. pusillus, G. R. Gray [P. 

 vernalis, of Kuhl and Swainson, not of Sparrman), is nearly 

 allied to L. vernalis, but is smaller, and is tinged with yellow 

 instead of verditer in front of the neck. It appears to be con- 

 fined to Java, where it replaces L. galgulus of the Malayan pe- 

 ninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. " Kandy, Putlam, Caltura, 

 Galle, Hambantotte, and Gillymalle are the various localities," 

 remarks Mr. Layard, "where I have most plentifully procured 

 this pretty little parrakeet." 



3. Athene castaneonotus, Blyth, Cat. Mus. Calc. p. 39, 

 J. A. S. B. 1851, xix. p. 511 ; A. castanopterus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 XV. p. 280. 



Accepted by Prof. Schlegel as distinct from A. castanoptera 

 of Java. Entire mantle and wings deep chestnut-rufous, more 

 or less obscurely barred with subdued dusky ; primaries light 



