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the side of the neck to meet a broad pale rose-coloured crescent 

 at the back of the neck ; bill larg-e, mass-ive, well curved from 

 base to point, of a deep coral red; culmen and sides, well rounded; 

 feet, dull yellowish grey; iris, bluish internally, then yellowish 

 white; eyelids, narrow, granular, pale red. The female similar in 

 coloring-, but having no neck ring, and smaller. 



Cry very loud and harsh. It is said that the collar is not 

 apparent in the parrakeets until the third year, but mine exhi- 

 bited it in the second year. This species arrives in the Dehra 

 gardens every morning in great numbers from the Eastern 

 Dhoon, returning in the afternoon to the forests. The black 

 collar does not unite under the chin, nor is there any black 

 patch on the throat. 



This appears to be the bird which in Oude is also known by 

 the name of the rai totah, and is brought for sale from the Terai 

 jungles , below Nipal; iu a wild state it is said to be rarely seen 

 in that Province, clinging chiefly to hilly regions of the Sub- 

 Himalaya. Lieut.-Col. Tytler, mepistola, described a specimen 

 which he shot in Lucknow, and which he also misnames P. 

 Alexandri. From his description, which however is very loose, 

 it is easy to see that the bird was P. sivalensis, though he says 

 the nuchal collar was coral red like the beak ! The black 

 demi-eollar which in the Dhoon and Kiunaon birds is well 

 defined, is here also given as a black edging I Jerdon^s P. 

 Alexandri was also in all probability this bird. 



No. 3. — Palseornis sacer. Hutton. 



This bird, although common in the forest of Chunda-bun-i 

 along the base of the Sivaliks in the Western Dhoon, appears to 

 be as yet undescribed ; it is known to the natives as the Chunda- 

 bun-i totah, but is by them confounded with the preceding 

 species. Tradition has it that many years ago when the 

 Goorkhas held the district, some female fakir of the name of 

 Chunda died, and was buried in this forest, and she being con- 

 sidered a very holy woman, the forest became sacred to her me- 

 mory. This parrot I have tried for years to obtain, but always 

 without success, although my shikaris have annually found the 

 ne^ts which were sure to be found empty when they returned to 

 take the young ones. That it is distinct from P. sivalensis, 

 there can be no doubt, as, the bird does not begin to cut its nest 

 hole until the first days of April when the other is half fledged, 

 which causes the natives, who cannot distinguish one from the 

 other, to declare that P. sivalensis, with which they confound it, 

 is doiible brooded I The nestling is said to have no wing spot, 

 nor does it show it until the second y^ar. Unlike P. sivalensis 



