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Palaeornis magnirostris, apud Hume 8{ Oates, S. F. iii, p. 55 ; Htcme 

 ^ Armstr. S. F. iv, p. 307 ; Wardlmo Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 453 ; 

 Hume ^- Dav. S. F. vi, p. 117 ; nee Ball. 



Palseornis indoburmaniciis, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 459 (1878) ; xi, 

 p. 54 ; id. Cat. no. 147 quat. ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 159 ; Oates, 

 B. B. ii, p. 139 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 573 ; 

 V, p. 559 ; id. Cat. B. M. xx, p. 438. 



Kyet-tau, Kyet-tu-yuay, Kyay-hpounkah, Burm. 



Coloration. Both sexes similar to those of P. eupatria, but 

 considerably larger in size and more brightly coloured through- 

 out. The throat is much yellower, sometimes pure yellow ; and 

 the tarsi are yellow, not grey. From P. nejmlensis the present 

 species is distinguished by brighter coloration ; by having the 

 occiput and sides of the head green like the forehead, not washed 

 with bluish (there is sometimes a narrow bluish-grey baud above 

 the rose collar) ; and by the much narrower black mandibular 

 stripe. 



Iris bright yellow ; cere yellow ; bill bright red, the tip yellow ; 

 eyelids pale pink, the edges orange; legs yellow-orauge {Oates). 



Length 22 ; tail 13 ; wing 8*5 ; tarsus -85 ; bill from cere I'l ; 

 depth of upper mandible '85. Female rather smaller. 



Distributioyi. From the base of the Eastern Himalayas to the 

 Salween valley, but not in Tenasserim south of the neighbour- 

 hood of Moulmein and Kaukarit. This species is found also in 

 Cambodia. Specimens from the Sikhim Terai and Bhutan Duars 

 have the broad mandibular band of P. nepalensis, and are coloured 

 like that species on the breast ; they are clearly intermediate 

 between P. nepalensis and P. indoburmanicus. 



Habits, Sfc. Similar to those of P. eupatria and P. nepalensis. 

 P. indoburmanicus keeps chiefly to the plains and the neighbour- 

 hood of cultivation, it does not ascend the hills to any height, and 

 never frequents dense forests. It breeds in December, January, 

 and February, and the eggs measure about 1-35 by 1*02. 



1137. Palaeornis magnirostris. The Large Andaman Paroquet. 



Palseornis alexandii, apud Blytli, J. A. 8. B. xxviii, p. 413 ; id. 



Ibis, 1863, p. 369 ; Ball, S. F. i, p. 60 ; uec Linn, 

 Palseornis magnirostris, Ball, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 278 (1872) ; 



Hume, S. F. ii, pp. 9, 176 ; id. Cat. no. 147 bis ; Salvadori, Cat. 



B. M. XX, p. 440. 

 Palseornis eupatrius, apud Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 297 ; nee Linn. 



This race is distinguished from P. indoburmanicus by its enor- 

 mous bill, and generally by having the red patch on the wing- 

 coverts brighter red; the narrow blue collar above the rose collar 

 in males is very distiuct as a rule. 



Length about 23 ; tail 14 ; wing 8*5 ; tarsus "So ; bill from 

 cere 1*2 ; height of upper mandible 1. 



Distribution. The Andaman Islands ; Cocos Islands. 



Habits, Sfc. Similar to those of the allied races. 



