ORDER SCANSORES. 485 



Alexandrine Parrakeet. P. Alexandri. L. Enl. 642. 



Vaill. 30. Edw. 292. The young of which, ac- 

 cording to Kuhl, is P. Eupatria. L. Vaill. 73. 

 Enl. 239. 



Bright-green, with a red collar on the neck, and a 

 black spot under the throat. 



Yellow-collared Parrakeet. P. Annulatus. Bech. 

 Vaill. 75, 76. 



Above, brilliant green ; beneath, yellow-green ; head 

 of male, blue; collar, yellow; intermediate tail quills, 

 long blue, tipped with yellowish-white. Pondicherry. 



Blossom-headed Parrakeet. P. Erythrocephalus. 

 L. Gingianus. Lath. Vaill. 45. Edw. 233. 



Head, red ; bluish, behind ; chin, black ; with a pale 

 green collar ; rest of the plumage green. Gingi. 



Malacca Parrakeet. P. Malaccensis. Gm. 



Crown and plumage in general, green ; head, red, rose- 

 coloured. Malacca. 



P. Barbulatus, Bech. Enl. 888. Vaill. 72. P. 

 Barrabandi. Swain. 59. 



Green, with forehead and throat, golden yellow ; 

 chest band, red. New Holland. 



Bengal Parrakeet. P. Bengalensis. Gm. Enl. 888- 

 VaiU. 74. 



Like P. Erythrocephalus, with the hind head 

 blue. 



