THE ROSE-RINGED PARRAKEET. 



Palmornis torquatvs. Vig. 



In the preceding article we have already pointed out the 

 principal differences subsisting between the species there 

 described, which naturalists have concurred in regarding 

 as the Alexandrine bird, and the Rose-ringed Parrakeet 

 represented above. The latter is far more common than 

 the former and appears to be dispersed over a much 

 greater extent of territory, being found not only in 

 India and as far eastward as Manilla, but also, if the 

 reports of travellers are to be credited, throughout a large 

 portion of Africa, and even on the coast of Senegal. 

 It would seem indeed to be extremely abundant in this 

 last locality, and to be from thence most frequently 

 imported into Europe. It is consequently known in 

 France by the name of the Perruche de Senegal. 



