THE RED-BREASTED PAROQUET. 143 



and I think it open to doubt which of the two species occurs in Arrakan. 

 In any case I do not think it necessary to include both these closely allied 

 species in my work. 



P. schisticeps is a larger bird, the wing being about 6* 5 ; the tail-feathers 

 are very broad, being about '5 at the middle of the centre rec trices, 

 whereas in P. finschii they are never more than *3 in breadth, measured 

 at the same place ; and the coloration of the upper plumage is greener and 

 less tinged with yellow. 



Finsch^s Paroquet has hitherto been procured only in Burmah. Mr. 

 Davison met with it in the hills of the main Tenasserim range in the 

 northern and central portions of the Division ; Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay got 

 it on the Tonghoo hills ; and Capt. Bingham remarks that it is common in 

 the Thoungyeen valley. The Paroquet which I found on the Pegu hills 

 (S. F. iii. p. 56), and which was provisionally assigned by Mr. Hume to 

 P. schisticeps, was probably this species ; and one or both species occur in 

 Arrakan. 



Mr. Davison remarks : " It occurs in small parties, frequenting the 

 edges and thinner portions of the forest, and the banks of streams. Its 

 voice is very similar to that of P. schisticeps of India. In its habits it 

 much resembles other Paroquets. I found it feeding on the large red 

 flowers of a silk-cotton tree (Bombay?) north of Pahpoon, and about 

 Myawadee on the large crimson flowers of a huge creeper." 



The bird I met on the Pegu hills was very common, frequenting the 

 higher trees on the ridges. Many young birds were about in the month 

 of April. 



525. PALJEORNIS FASCIATUS. 

 THE RED-BREASTED PAROQUET. 



Psittacus fasciatus, P. L. S. Mutter, Natursyst. Suppl. p. 74. Psittacus vibrissa, 

 Bodd. Tall. PL Enl. p. 30. Palaeornis melanorhynchus, Wagkr, Mon. Psitt. 

 p. 511 ; Finsch, Die Papageien, ii. p. 70 ; Wald. Ibis, 1873, p. 297, 1874, p. 290; 

 Bl. B. Burm. p. 57 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 308 j Hume, S. F. v. p. 21 ; Ward- 

 law Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 453 j Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 120. Palaeornis 

 javanicus (OsbecJc), apud Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 262. Palaeornis lathami, Finsch, 

 Die Papageien, ii. p. 66. Palaeornis fasciatus, Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 118 ; 

 id. S. F. ii. p. 20, iii. p. 56, vii. p. 163, viii. p. 86; Scully, S. F. viii. p. 243 ; 

 Bingham, S. F. ix. p. 160 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 190. 



Description. Male. A narrow band of black at the base of the upper 

 mandible ; forehead, crown, nape, cheeks and ear-coverts dull lilac ; chin 

 and upper throat nearly naked ; on each side of these a very broad black 

 patch reaching to beyond the ear-coverts ; a collar occupying the hind 

 neck, and extending down on each side to the end of the black patches, 



