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the lower surface of the body vinaceous red tinged with peach bloom ; from the 

 lower throat to upper abdomen next the black .collar, lower abdomen, vent and 

 under tail coverts blue green. Upper mandible of bill coral red, yellowish at tip ; 

 lower mandible dusky black ; irides pale yellow ; legs dusky greenish yellow. 

 In the female the upper mandible is black and the lower orange brown. 



Length. 16 to 17*5 inches; tail 9 to IO ; wing 6*4; tarsus 0*5 ; bill from 

 gape i. 



Hab. The sub-Himalayan region as far as Kumaon, extending into Assam, 

 Sylhet, Arracan, the whole of British Burmah nearly, and southward to the 

 Malay Peninsula and Java. It has been procured in some parts of Lower 

 Bengal as Goruckpore and Rungpore. It affects well-wooded districts, and is 

 usually found in small flocks, till the rice is nearly ready for cutting, when 

 they descend to the fields in large numbers and cut the ears of corn. They 

 breed on the tops of lofty trees, in holes and crevices, during March and April. 

 The eggs are dull glossless white in colour, as are those of all the species. The 

 young are taken before they are able to fiy and sold in the markets ; they are 

 much prized by the natives as being good talkers, and easily taught to repeat 

 long sentences, and incantations. P. caniceps, P. nicobaricus, and P. Tytleri 

 are found in the Nicobars and Andaman ; P. Calthropce in Ceylon and P. 

 erythrogenys in the Andamans and Nicobars. 



1090. Palseornis columboides, Vigors, P. z. S. 1830 ; Lear, 



Mon. Psiit. pi. 31 ; Jerd., III. Ind. Orn.pl. 18 ; id., B. Ind. i. p. 261, No. 151 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. ii. p. 21. The BLUE-WINGED PAROQUET. 



Head, back of neck and interscapulars pale dove grey; forehead, lores, 

 and below the eye verdigris green ; a black collar edged with verdigris 

 green continued round and meeting at the chin ; lower back, rump and 

 upper tail coverts blue green ; wing coverts and scapulars the same, but the 

 feathers edged paler ; primary coverts and quills dark blue externally and 

 dusky on the inner webs ; centre feathers of the tail blue, tipped with yellowish 

 white ; the next pair blue on the outer web, greenish near the base and tipped 

 with yellow ; rest green externally and yellow internally ; lower tail feathers 

 yellow ; neck in front and breast pale dove grey ; rest of the under surface pale 

 verdigris green. The female either wants the collar or has only some slight 

 indication of it. In the male it is the same before the adolescent or adult stage 

 is reached. Bill cherry red above, dusky beneath ; legs greenish plumbeous. 



Length. 14*5 to 15 inches; tail 875 ; wing 6; bill at gape 075 ; height 

 nearly 0-9. 



Hab. Southern India, in the jungles of the Malabar Coast from Travan- 

 core up to N. L. 17 or so from the level of the sea to 5000 feet and upwards 

 on the slopes of the Neilgherries. 



1091. Palseornis indo-burmannicus, Hume, Sir. F. vii. 



p. 458 ; viii. p. 86 ; Bingham, Sir. F. ix, p. 159; Qates, Str. F. x. p. 189; 



