112 PSITTACIDyfi 



Gen. Ceryle. — Boie. 



Bill long and strong ; keel encroaching on forehead ; edges wider at 

 base ; tarsi short. 



Ceryle rudis, Linn.; P. E. 62,716 ; Jevd. B. Ind. i. p. 232; Hume, 

 Sir. F. i. p. 170; Murray, Ilclbh., ZooL, ^'c, Sind, p. 129. Ispida 

 bitorquata, Sw. Class B. i. p. 336. Ispida bicincta, Siv. B. W. Africa, 

 ii. p. 95. — The Pied Kingfisher. 



Head, hind neck, and a broad streak behind the eye extending down 

 the sides of ueck, black, finely streaked with white; supercilinm white ; 

 chin, throat, sides of the neck, and upper breast white; the latter with 

 a few of the feathers tipped black in some specimens; lower parts 

 white, with a broad band of black, and a narrower one also, in males, 

 across the lower breast, and in some specimens a few dark spots on 

 the abdomen and flanks ; primaries black; edge of the outer web of the 

 first primary and the bases of the others white, forming a conspicuous 

 white band ; primary coverts black ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts 

 and scapulars black, tipped broadly with white ; tail black, the 

 feathers basally and at the tips white ; bill black ; legs dusky brown ; 

 irides dark brown. 



Length. — 10' 5 to 11 inches, wing 5 '5, tail 3, bill at front 2'3. 



Hah. — S. E. Europe, N. B. Africa, Western Asia, Burmah and Malay- 

 ana. Found all over India to Nepaul. In Sind it is a resident and breeds 

 in holes along the banks of the Indus and canals from March to May. 

 Eggs 2 — 4 in number, oval, white. 



ORDER, SCANSORES. 



Toes arranged two in front, and two behind. 



Family, PSITTACID^. 



Bill large and powerful, much arched, with the tip elongated, and 

 the base with a cere, in which are the nostrils ; wings and tail usually 

 long. 



Gen. Pal^ornis. 



Bill large; under mandible small; cere narrow ; 2nd quill of wing 

 longest; two middle feathers of tail very long and slender ; culmeu 

 rounded, toothed. 



Palseornis torquatus, Bodd. P, E. 551; Halin. All. t. 6; Jerd. 

 B. Ind.i. p. 237; Himic, Sir. F. ii. p. 13; Murray, Hdhh., Zool, ^x , 

 Sind, p. 130. ; Var. flava, Lear. Parr. pi. 33; Bourj. Per. t. 2. Tutha, 

 Poput, Hind., Sind.— The Rose-ringed Parroquet. 



Adidt Male. — Head and face emerald green ; a dark line from 

 the nostrils to the front of the eye, indistinct round the base of the 

 narrow cere ; hind neck and nape glaucous or light ashy, succeeded 

 on the sides of the neck by a black demicollar meeting under the chin 

 and followed by another of a peach-rose colour; back, scapulars, and 

 tertiaries dull green ; upper tail-coverts emerald green ; entire under 

 surface pale green, yellowish towards the vent; primaries, their coverts, 

 and secondaries, dark green, their inner webs and under surlace dusky ; 



