84'0 Notes on the Parroquets of India. 



chin ; this blaek demi-collar is met on the sides of the neck by 

 another demi-collar from behind of a bright brick-red ('not rose) , 

 the ends of the two collars a little overlapping each other. Bill 

 coral red above^ the edges bordered with a dusky black stripe, 

 extending from the gape to the tip ; the lotoer mandible, entirely 

 dmhy hlaclc. A narrow black bristly line from the nostril to the 

 eye. Iris, watery blue ; eyelid, granulated and pale red. Fore- 

 head, top of the head, the cheeks, flanks, and thighs, pale light 

 emerald green ; the nape and neck as far as the red ring, and 

 the sides of the head and neck within the black ring overlaid 

 with soft cornelian or azure blue. Top of the throat in front 

 beneath the chin-patch, pale canary yellow ; breast, faint dusky 

 green, as also the back, the feathers of which are marked with 

 many lines like watered silk ; rump, bright soft green ; centre 

 tail feathers, faint bluish green for the basal third, dull blue for 

 the remainder, but narrowly bordered and tipped with faint 

 yellowish ; the next feather on each side also dull bhie above ; 

 the others full green on the outer webs, which are narrow and 

 yellowish on the inner and broader w^ebs ; tail beneath, dull 

 canary yellow ; wing quills, dark green, the shaft blackish, the 

 external webs faintly tinged yellow at the extreme edge ; 

 tertiaries and greater wing coverts, d^ill yellowish green, overlaid 

 on the coverts in some individuals with a bluish tinge ; wing 

 lining, canary yellow; wing from bend, 6" 75 inches; length 

 over all, 15 '6 inches ; tail, 10 inches; feet, grey. The female wants 

 the collar, but there is a faint yellow ring instead ; length 

 16 inches; tail, 10 to 10'25 inches; wing from bend, 6'5 inches ; 

 no azure blue tint on the head. 



Bennett when speaking of P. torquatus of Ceylon, says it is 

 " far more common than the Alexandrine bird, and appears to 

 be dispersed over a much greater exterit 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.^^ (Gard. Menag. Zool. Soc.) 



Unfortunately, however, it appears that ''''the reports of 

 travellers" are not. to " be credited," the African bird being 

 now recognised as distinct under the name o£ Palceornis docilis 

 (Gray) this being the true rose-ring, while that of Ceylon and 

 Southern India is the ring-necked Parrakeet. It is at present, 

 I think, very doubtful whether our North-Western bird is P. 

 torq^iatus. No doubt Jcrdon has described it as such, but at 



