Descriptive List of the Com7non Birds 



A beautiful grass-green bird, with some blue 

 in the tail and a red patch on each shoulder. 

 The cock has a rose-coloured collar round the 

 back of his neck, which is connected with the 

 bill on each side by a black stripe. 



Found in N. and C. India. Very common 

 in the Punjab. 



133. PaliBornis torquatus : The Rose-ringed 

 Paroquet. (F. 11 38), (J. 148), (-III, but with 

 a tail 10 inches long.) 



A small edition of No. 132, but lacks the 

 red patch on the shoulders. 



The commonest of the green parrots, and 

 found all over the plains of India. (lUus. B. P., 

 p. 18 ; also I. F., p. 220.) 



1 34. Palceornis cyanocephalus : The Western 

 Blossom-headed Paroquet. (F. 11 39), (J. 149), 

 (II, but with a tail over 8 inches long.) 



Cock : General colour bright grass-green. 

 The head is red, tinged with blue, as Blanford 

 says, like the bloom on a plum. There is a red 

 patch on the shoulders, as in the case of No. 

 132. The median tail feathers are pale blue. 



Hen : Differs from the cock in that the head 

 is duller, being of a grey rather than a red hue. 



Not found in N.W. F. P. or the Punjab. 

 Commoner in South than in North India. 

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