PAL/EORNIS. 467 



web. Bill with the upper mandible vermilion, tipped yellowish ; lower 

 mandible pale yellow ; irides straw yellow ; legs dirty green. 



Length. 16 to 1 8 inches; tail 9 to 12 ; wing 6 to 6-5 ; tarsus o'6; bill 

 from gape O'8 ; height nearly the same. 



Hab. The lower ranges of the Himalayas as far as Darjeeling, Assam, 

 Sylhet and Arracan. Occurs also in abundance throughout British Burmah. 

 Breeds throughout the Himalayas south of the first snowy range at heights of 

 from 4000 to 7000 feet. The majority, according to Hume, lays during the 

 latter half of March and April. They nest in holes of trees excavated by 

 themselves, making the egg chamber deep and large. Eggs generally 4 5 in 

 number, pure white and glossless, often much soiled. In length they vary from 

 roSto 1-17 inch, and in breadth from 0-89 to 0-94 inch. Palaornis erylhro- 

 genys is found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 



1093. Palaeornis torquatus (Bodd.}, Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 257, 



No, 148; Finsch, Die Pap age ten ii. p. 17; Hume, Nests and Eggs p. 1 16; 

 id., Sir. F. ii. p. 13 ; Wald., Ibis, 1874, p. 282 ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 55 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. iii. ' p. 56; War dlaw- Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 453; Gates, 

 Sir. F. v. p. 144; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 171 ; Hume and Dav., Str t F. vi. 

 p. 1 1 8 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 86 ; Scully, Sfr. F. viii. p. 240 ; Oates, Sir. F. x. 

 p. 189; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 141 ; Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 112. 

 Psittacus torquatus, Bodd., Tabl. Enl.p\. p. 32. The ROSE-RINGED PAROQUET. 



Adult Male. Head and face emerald green ; a dark line from the nostrils 

 to the front of the eye, indistinct round the base of the narrow cere ; hind neck 

 and nape glaucous or light ashy, succeeded on the sides of the neck by a black 

 demicollar meeting under the chin and followed by another of a peach-rose 

 colour ; back, scapulars, and tertiaries dull green ; upper tail coverts emerald 

 green ; entire under surface pale green, yellowish towards the vent ; primaries, 

 their coverts, and secondaries, dark green, their inner webs and under surface 

 dusky ; tail feathers dark green, their inner w'ebs and under surface yellowish ; 

 the two centre feathers dark green at their base, bluish for the remaining two- 

 thirds, and tipped yellowish ; all black shafted; under wing coverts greenish- 

 yellow. The female is entirely green, and wants the rose collar. Bill coral 

 red ; irides pale yellow ; feet cinereous. 



Length. 15-5 to 16-5 inches; wing 6*5 to 7 ; tail 9*5 ; bill at gape i. 



Hab. Throughout India, part of Burmah, Ceylon, Punjab and Sind ; extends 

 to the lower Himalayas, Upper Pegu, and Nepaul. Occurs abundantly in the 

 Concan and Deccan, Eutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, and N. Guzerat. Breeds 

 throughout India in colonies. Eggs, pure white, 4 in number. 



1094. PalseorniS CyanOCephaluS (Linn.}, Finsch, Die Papageien 

 ii. p. 40 (part); Wald., Ibis, 1874, p. 284; Blyth and Wald., B. Burm, 

 p. 55 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 1 18 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 86 ; Bingham, 



