114 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



PSITTACIFORMES. 

 Paruots. 



1 



f Tail square . . . . . . • • • • . . 2 



( Central tail feathers elongated . . . . • • • • . . 4 



rt ( Wing coverts uniform green 



t Wing coverts not uniform green.. .. Psitfiniis ci/nnitrns ci/onurm. 



(Both mandibles black .. .. Loriculiis galgnlus. 



t Both mandibles orange .. .. Loriculiis re nialis. 



. f Crown green .. .. Palaeoniis lonfjicanda. 

 \ Crown not green 



e (No frontal black band reaching to eyes .. Palaeornis ci/anocci)hala rasa. 



1 A frontal black band reaching to eyes .. Palaeornis alexandri fnsciata. 



175. Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus (Forst.). 



Psittacus cyanurus, Forst., Faun. Tnd. 1795, p. 6 (ex. Latham, 



Gen. Syn. Snppl. 1, p. 66, 1787, Malacca). 

 Psittinus Incertus, A,, pp. 120, 500 (Tavoy to Malewoon) ; C ii, p. 



501 ; D., p. 76 (Patani). 

 Psittinus vialaccensis, E., p, 112 (Patani). 



Seeing that it is common in Tenasserim, as far south as 

 Tavoy, it is probable that it will be found quite abundant in Penin- 

 sular Siam. The species, however, like P(ila<iorni>i longicatula, 

 though connnon in a district at one time may suddenly disappear for 

 years. At present the only specimens on record are : — two males 

 and a female, all obtained at Biserat, Jalor, in Patani, one by 

 the Skeat expedition in June 1899, and two by Robinson in July 

 and October 1901. We have specimens also from Pelarit, Perlis. 



" Male. Iris red ; upper mandible red, lower greenish ; feet 

 greenish. Female. Iris pale green with an outer ring of white ; 

 bill yellowish horn, darker on upper mandible ; feet pale sage green." 



Mr. Williamson's collector also obtained two females and a 

 male at Naihoot near Langsuan in November 1921. He records the 

 iris of -all three as "yellowish white". Total length, c^ 190, 9 180, 

 175 mm. 



A. numc, A: Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. (). (irant, Fas(ti<'uli Malaycnscs, iii (Birds), 1905 



B. Miillcr, Die Ornisder Insel Halanga, 188-2. F. lloliinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oales, Birds Brit. Burinah, Vols. i. vV ii, 1883. C (iairdner, .Toiirn. N.H. Hoc. Siam, i, 191.5. 



D. Bonhole, 1'. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i H. Uobinson, Journ, F. M. S. Museums, v, 1015. 



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