MALACCA RINaPARRAKEET. 



Palceornis Malaccensis VIGORS. 

 PLATE IIL 



Palaeornis Malaccensis, Vig. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 52; Wag* 

 ler, Mon. Psit. in Abhand. &c. p. 514 Psittacus Malac- 

 censis, Gmel. vol. L p. 325, No. 74 Psittacus erubescens, 

 Shawls Zool. vol. viii. p. 437. Psittacus barbatulatus, 

 Bechst. Kuhl Nov. Acta. &c., No. 38 La Peruche 

 nuque et joues rouges, Le VailL pi. 72. Blossom- cheek- 

 >ed Parrakeet, Shaw. 



A DRAWING of this beautiful species having been 

 made by mistake, instead of a bird belonging to a 

 different division, but bearing the same specific title, 

 is the cause of a third illustration of this genus being 

 given. In its form and aspect it appears eminently 

 ypical, the two intermediate tail-feathers being very 

 long, and extending far beyond the others, narrow, 

 but equal in breadth towards their tips, which are 

 blunt or slightly rounded. As its name imports, it 

 was first observed and introduced from Malacca. 

 Its distribution, however, is not confined to that part 

 of India alone, as Mr Vigors mentions in his obser- 

 vations on this group of the Psittacidae, that several 



