Ps. harhatulatus, Beclisteiii. 



Barong Bay an, Sumatra (Raffles). 

 Hab. Malacca ; Sumatra. 



A. Male. Presented by Jas. Mackey, Esq. (1842). 



B. C. Males. Obtained fresh (1843-5). 



23. P. ERYTHROGENYS, Blytll.* 



Hab. Nicobar Islands. 



A. Male. Presented (fresh) by Mr. Halfhyde, and de- 

 scribed J. A. S. XV, 368 (1846). 



B. Female? Presented by Capt. Lewis (1846). 



24. P. CANiCEPS, Blyth.f 



Hab. Nicobar Islands ; Malayan Peninsula (latitude of Penang). 

 A. Male (tail wanting). Presented by Capt. Lewis (1846). 



25. P. barbatus, (Swainson's 7//. Orn., 2nd series, pi. 16; Daviben- 

 ton's PL Enl. 517). 



Syn. Psittacus barbatus, Ps. pondicerianus,X et Ps. borneus, 

 Gmelin. 



Ps. bimacidahis, Sparrman. 

 Ps. javanicus, Osbeck. 

 Ps. Osbeckii, Latham. 



PaJceoniis nigrirostris, Hodgson (the female). § 

 P. viodestus, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 16 (young female). 

 Madna (charming, pleasing, the red-billed bird : Kajld (as having 

 the black pigment, kdjaJ, applied to the eyebrows ; alluding to the black 

 loral line), — the black-billed: Hind. /y;<;'«Y J5Ae/rt, Nepal (Hodgson). 

 Bettet, Javanese. 



Hab. Hilly parts of Bengal, Nepal, Assam, Sylhet, Arracan, Te- 

 naserim, Malayan peninsula (to latitude of Penang), Sumatra, Java, 

 and Borneo. 



A. INIale (very fine, tail 10 In.). From Arracan (Ramree). 

 Capt. J. R. Abbott, 51st N. I. (1844). 



B. Male, (very bright.) Arracan. Capt. Abbott (1844). 



C. Female (ditto, black-billed). Purchased (1846). 



D. E. F. Females, different ages. Bill black, and changing 

 to red. 



G. Young male, green-breasted, with red bill. — H.. Young 

 female (the P. modest us, Fraser). Purchased (1846). 



* J. A. S. XV, 23, 51, 368. t J- A. S. XV, 23, 51. 



i It is extremely doubtful as an inhabitant of the Pondicherry coast, or any other 

 part of peninsular India. 



§ In a presumed female observed in captivity, the upper mandible changed from 

 black to coral-red when the l)ird was about 18 months old. 



