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birds. Their predominating colour is a bright grass-green, relieved 

 by different distinctive markings. 



LARGE BURMESE PAROQUET 



May be known by its large size, being about 22 inches in length. 

 Head all green, a dark red patch on the wings, the male having a 

 rosy collar round the back of the neck, and a black line from the 

 bill to the collar, bill deep red. This is a common bird of the 

 dry-zone, and is found in all open low-lying parts of the country. 

 It is an early breeder, beginning operations soon after the end of 

 the rains and is very partial to nesting in holes of toddy-palms, 

 laying in January and February. 



Burmese name — Kyet-tau. 



(No. 1136. Palccornis indo-burmanicus ) 



ROSE-RINGED PAROQUET. 



Another common bird of the dry-zone and open country. I have 

 not seen it near Rangoon, but no doubt it is to be found there, as 

 parrots are in a way migratory, collecting together in large flocks, and 

 doing an immense amount of damage to standing crops. It is very 

 like the last, having its head all green, but has no red patch on the 

 wings, and is a smaller bird, being about 16 inches in length. It has 

 the snme rosy collar and black line in the males. They breed early 

 in the year, many nesting in holes in the Fort walls, and in the roof 

 of the Palace at Mandalay. 



Burmese name — Kyet-tama. 



(No. 1 138. P. torquatus.) 



BLOSSOM HEADED PAROQUET. 



A smaller bird and keeps to the hills, and to forest land. Head 

 a rosy pink, passing into lilac in the males, and slaty-coloured in the 

 females ; a narrow black collar from the chin round the neck, red 

 patches on the wings, bill orange above and black below. In length 

 about 13 inches. I have got this bird near Rangoon. 



Burmese name — Kyei-yoke and Kyet-lien. 



(No. 1 140. P. rosa.) 



BURMESE SLATE-HEADED PAROQUET. 



Very like the last but larger, the males having plum-coloured heads 

 with a narrow black collar, red patches on the wings, bill red above 

 and yellow below, and are about i 7 inches in length. The females 

 have the head the same but want the red patch on the wings. This 

 is a bird of the hills and not found in the plains. 



Burmese name — Kyet-kala. 



(No, 1 142. P. finschi) 



