280 Mr. ViGORs's aîicl Dr. Horsfield's Description of the ' 



sufficient importance to cause us to separate it from the group, 

 with which it generall}^ accords in habits and external appear- 

 ance. 



1. Pennantii. PL coccineo-sanguinens, dorso scapularibusque 



nigris coccineo-marginatis ; gulâ tectricibus caudcique lazidi- 



7iis, remigibiis nigris lazuUno-tnarginatis. 

 Psittacus Pennantii. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 90. no. 26. 

 Psittacus gloriosus. Shaw, ISlat. Misc. pi. 53. 

 Psittacus splendidus. Id. Lev. Mus. tab. 7. 

 Perruche à large queue. Le laill. Hist, des Perr. pi. 78. juv. 

 Pennantian Parrot. Phill. Pot. Pay, pi. in p. 154. JVhite's Joiirn. 



pi. in p. 174. Lath. Gen. Ilisf. ii. p. 131. 710. 34. 

 Psittacus elegans. Gmel. i. p. 318. no. 59. Kuhl, Nova Acta ^c. 



vol. 10. p. 55. no. 89. 

 Perruche à large queue. Le V aill. Hist, des Perr. pi. 79- 



" This species," saj's Mr. Caley, " is called by the natives 

 Dulang' and Jnlang' . Like the King's Parrot (PL scapulatns), 

 it is found in large Hocks among the ripe Indian corn, both 

 species being intermixed. It varies much in colour : but as the 

 greater part of the flock is of the colour of the female, it niaj^ 

 almost be taken for granted that they are young birds.- — The 

 ■jatives tell me it makes its nest chiefly in the Peppermint-tree 

 Eucahjptus piperita), always in the body, but never in the 

 boughs. Sometimes it enlarges the hole through which it 

 enters. Year after year the same place is frequented for the 

 purposes of incubation. It makes no nest but from the decayed 

 parts of the tree. It has four young ones. The eggs are white. 



" I have met with this bird in November in the most moun- 

 tainous parts of the country : but I apprehend it leaves these 

 parts in the winter." 



2. Fla- 



