from the Andaman Islands. 297 



highlands of India south of the Himalayas and west of the 

 Brahmapootra, rather than that of the Indo-Malayan or 

 Indo-Chinese countries. 



1. Palaornis etjpatrtus (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 140. no. 7 , 

 ex Briss; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 11. no. 89. 



Psittaca ginginiana, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 343, ex " Ginginiano 

 regno." 



Palaornis alexandri, auct., nee Linn. 



Palceornis magnirostris, Ball, J. A. S. B. xli. p. 278, "An- 

 damans" (1872). 



"S. Andaman, $, iris straw-colour, a yellow rim round 

 each eye." 



Two females, do not differ from Ceylon, Indian, and Bur- 

 mese examples of that sex. Bill not so large as in Ceylon 

 and Candeish individuals. 



2. Palaornis melanorhynchus, Wagler, Monogr. p. 511. 

 no. 4 (1832) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 70. no. 98, ? adult. 



Palaornis nigrirostris , Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85, 

 "Nipaul" (1844), $ juv. 



Palaornis derbyanus, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 245, pi. 25, 

 ex patr. incog. $ adult. 



Palaornis javanicus (Osbeck), Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 262. 

 no. 152, nee Osbeck ; Ball. J. A. S. B. xli. p. 279. no. 14, tf . 



Palaornis lathami, Finsch, torn. cit. p. 66. no. 97, 6 adult 

 (1868). 



Six examples in perfect plumage. Two with the maxilla 

 red, noted as males ; two with both mandibles black, as fe- 

 males. I agree with Dr. O. Finsch in considering P. alex- 

 andri, Linn., = P. javanicus, Osbeck, known with certainty as 

 an inhabitant of Java and Borneo only, totally distinct from 

 the Indian, Burmese, Cambodjan, and Andaman Parrot ; but 

 I cannot concur in his opinion that the black-billed birds 

 belong to a species different from those with a red maxilla. 

 These Andaman examples clearly belong to one species, the 

 totally black bill being the chief distinguishing characteristic 

 of the female. 



