AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MYSORE. 353° 
they do not confine themselves to the larger and denser forests, 
but frequent thin tree and bamboo jungle. The following are 
the dimensions recorded in the flesh of three males :— 
Length, 23°5 to 24:3; expanse, 27:0 to 29-0; tail, 9°6 to 
10:0 ; wing, 8-4 to 8'6; tarsus, 1°7 to 1:9; bill from gape, 4°1 
to 4:35 ; weight, 10 to 12 ozs. Irides orange yellow. 
148.—Palezornis torquatus, Bodd. The Rose-ringed 
Parroquet. | 
I have only occasionally come across this species, and that 
was in the Mysore country near Muddur. It does not ascend 
the slopes of the hills, 
149.—Palzornis purpureus, P. L. S. Mill. The 
Western Rose-headed Parroquet. : 
Not uncommon in the Wynaad, and at the base of the hills 
It ascends the slones of the Nilehiris to about 3,500 feet. 
151.—Palzornis columboides, Vig. The Blue-winged 
- Parroquet. 
This handsome species occurs throughout the Wynaad, 
Mysore and Nilghiris. It is perhaps most numerous on the 
slopes of the Nilghiris up to about 5,000 feet; but it occasion- 
ally ascends quite to the plateau. I have shot it on more than 
one occasion quite close to the town of Ootacamund. I ean 
endorse all Jerdon says of it, but must add that it does very fre- 
quently occur at a higher elevation than he states. 
‘The following are dimensions and colours of soft parts of 
three males and a female recorded in the flesh :— 
Males.—Length, 13:9 to 15:2; expanse, 17°8 to 18:4; tail, 
7-5 to 8:7 ; wing, 5’8 to 6:25 ; tarsus, 5°3 to 6:0; bill from gape, 
0°8 to 0°85; weight, 3 to 4 ozs. 
Female.—Length, 13:6; expanse, 166; tail, 7-8; wing, 5°5 ; 
tarsus, 0°6 ; bill from gape, 0°71 ; weight, 3°5 ozs. 
In the male the upper mandible, except the extreme tip, 
which with the lower mandible is dull black, is vermilion red. 
In both sexes the irides in the adults are creamy yellow, and 
the legs and feet glaucous green. 
153.—Loricuius vernalis, Sparrm. The Indian 
Lorikeet. 
Generally spread through the Wynaad, and slopes of the 
Nilghiris, which it ascends to nearly 6,0U0 feet. In some parts 
of the Wynaad, especially along the old avenues of jack ‘trees, 
about Manantoddy, I found it quite common, 
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