•258 PSITTACID^. 



breeds in the sal-forests of the Sub-Himalayan ranges about 

 March and April, and lays four white glossless eggs, measuring 

 about 1-15 by '97. Major Bingham found this Paroquet breeding 

 in Tenasserim in J^'ebruary. 



1146. Palaeornis caniceps. Blyth^s Nicohar Paroquet. 

 Palseomis caniceps, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xv, pp. 23, 51, 308 (1846) ; 

 id. Cat. p. 6 ; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. ii, p. 621 ; Ball, S. F. \, p. 61 ; 

 Hume, S. F. ii, p. 178 ; viii, p. 51 ; id. Cat. no. 151 ter ; Salvadori, 

 Cat. B. M. XX, p. 470. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead and a broad stripe to each eye, 

 also chin and a wide mandibular band to each side of the neck, 

 black ; remainder of head, with back and sides of neck, brownish 

 grey (isabelline), slightly washed with bluish behind and passing 

 gradually into the green of the upper parts, which is yellower on 

 the coverts and darker on the quills ; primaries and their coverts 

 black, only bordered with green on the outer webs, bluish towards 

 the base ; middle tail-feathers greyish towards the tips, sometimes 

 bluish near the base ; lower plumage green like the back ; , tail- 

 feathers dark dingy yellow below. 



The female has the grey of the cap tinged with bluish. 



Upper mandible red in the male, black in the female, lower 

 mandible black in both ; iris orange-red ; feet plumbeous green. 



Length about 24 ; tail 14 ; wing &"5 ; tarsus '8 ; bill from 

 cere 1*1. 



Distribution. Nicobar Islands. A skin brought by Cantor fi'om 

 Penang was probably, like some other specimens of Cantor's, both 

 of birds and mammals, derived from a caged individual. 



Habits, ^c. Davison, the only naturalist who has had good oppor- 

 tunities of observing this bird wild, says it is usually found singly 

 or in very small parties, that keep much to high trees, and fre- 

 quently utter a peculiar wild screeching note. The flight is very 

 rapid. 



1147. Palaeornis erythrogenys. Tlie Red-cheel-ed Nicobar Paroquet. 

 Palseomis erythrogenys, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, pp. 23, 51, 368 



(1846) ; id. Cat. p. 6 ; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. ii, p. 620 ; Blyth, Ibis, 



1863, pp. 5, 465 (partim) ; Ball, S. F. i, p. 60 (partim) ; Hume, 



N. ^ E. p. 119 ; id. S. F. ii, pp. 23, 181. 

 Palseomis- nicobaricus, Gould, B. of Asia, vi, pi. 6 (1857) ; Ball, 



J. A, S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 30 (partim) ; Hume, Cat. no. 152 bis ; 



Oates in Hume^s N. 8f E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 91 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. 



XX, p. 472. 



Coloration. Male. Crown green; a black band, the feathers 

 tipped with dark green, from nostril to eye ; lores and sides of 

 head, including ear-coverts, light brick-red ; chin and broad man- 

 dibular stripe to each side of neck black ; nape yellowish green, 

 below the occiput slightly washed with lilac, sometimes so as to 

 form an indistinct collar ; upper back pale greenish yellow, suffused 

 with grey, becoming bluish on the interscapulary region ; wing- 

 coverts yellow-green, except the greater primary-coverts, which, 

 with the quills, are blue with green outer edges ; the inner webs 



