ALEXANDRINE RING-PARRAKEET. 



Palaeornis Alexandri VIGORS. 

 PLATE II. 



Palrcornis Alexandri, Vigors, Zool. Jour. vol. ii. p. 4.0 

 Wagler, in Abhand, &c., p. 506. Psittacus torquatus 

 Macrourus antiquorum, Aldrov. Avcs. vol. i. p. 678 ; 

 Icon. p. 679. Psittacus Alexandri, Linn. Lath. t\r. 

 Perruche a Collier des Isles Maldives. Buff. PL Enl. 

 p. 642. Le Grand Perruche & collier, Le Vaill. Hist, des 

 Per. pi. 30. Alexandrine Parrot, Lath. Syn. vol. i. 

 p. 234, No. 37 Ring-Parrakeet, Edwards, pi. 2i> 

 Alexandrine Parrakeet, Shaw's Zool. vol. viii. p. 4'J3. 



IN the figure of this elegant bird, our readers are 

 introduced to a well known and favourite species of 

 modern times, and which is generally supposed to 

 hare been the first, and by many the only one known 

 to the ancient Greeks, having been discovered during 

 the expeditions of the Macedonian conqueror, by 

 whose followers it was brought to Europe from the 

 ancient Tabropane, now the Island of Ceylon. At 

 all events, it is evident from the concurrent testi- 

 mony of various ancient authors, that whatever par- 



