On a group of Psittacidce known to the Ancients. 53 



JBlossom-headed Parrakeet. Lath. Syn. Vol. I. p. 24. No. 39. 

 var. C.Malacca Parrakeet.— Vol. II. p. 164. No. 74. var. C. 

 Ed. 2-^% 



Habitat in Malacca, Sumatra, &c. 



I have seen several specimens of this beautiful species, which 

 have been lately brought to this country from Sumatra, by Sir 

 Stamford Raffles. M. Bechstein has altered the original name of 

 this bird into that of harbatulatus, in consequence of the term 

 Malaccensis having been also applied to another species of Par- 

 rot. But the latter bird belongs to a totally distinct subfamily 

 from that before us ; and, thus disposed in different generick 

 groups, they may each possess the same specifick name without 

 interfering with each other. 



7. Erythrocephalus. Gmel. P.viridis^subtusjlavescenti-vindis, 

 capite roseo jiostice violaceo^ torque nuchali gulaque nigris, 

 macula humerali rufa^ rectricibus cwrulescentibus. 



Psittacus erythrocephalus. Gmel. Vol. I. p. 325. 



Psittaca Ginginiana erytbrocephalos. Briss. Vol. IV. p. 346. 



pi. 29. f. 2. 

 Psittacus Ginginianus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 99. No. 50, 

 Psittacus erythrocephalus. Kuhl. Nova Acta, &c. No. ^7. 

 Perruche a tete rouge. Buff. Tom. VI. p. 144. 

 Perruche a, tete rouge de Gingi. Pi. Enl. 264. 

 Rose-headed ring Parrakeet. Edw. Glean, t. 233. 

 Blossom-headed Parrakeet. — Lath. Gen. Syn. Vol. I. p. 239. 



No. 39.— Vol. II. p. 164. No. 74. Ed.2-a. 

 Perruche a collier noir. Le Vaill. pi. 45. 



Habitat 



I have never had an opportunity of examining a specimen of 

 this bird, and accurately observing the difference between it and 

 the next species, which is not uncommon : but from the figures 

 of both, given in the above quoted plates, and from the observa- 

 tions of M. Kuhl, who seems to have investigated the point with 

 much attention, they appear to be decidedly distinct. 



