2() AVES. 



tail-covers, black ; rest of the body, wings, and tail, cbesnut ; beak 

 lead colour. 



Young birds are ashy brown. 

 Length, 4§ inches. 



,, of bill from gape, 5 lines. 



„ of bill from front, 6 lines. 



„ of wings, 2 inches. 



„ of tail, 1 inch 4 lines. 



„ of tarsus, 6^ lines. 



„ of middle toe, 9 lines. 



„ of hallux, 7 lines. 



In Labuan, which is comparatively but little cleared and 

 cultivated, this pretty Finch is rare ; on the main-land of 

 Borneo, however, it is a very common species, and immense 

 flocks of them assemble and often clear a paddy-field in a 

 single day ; when feeding they are never still for a moment, 

 and it is very amusing to watch them hanging on the leaves 

 and stalks of the grass in every possible direction. Their 

 nests, one of which is figured in the accompanying plate, are 

 built in long grass by the sides of streams. 



Order Scansores. 

 Fam. Psittacidae. 



Sub-fam. Pezoporinae. 

 Gen. Palaeornis. 



Palaeornis Malaccensis (Vig., Zool. Journ. 1825). 

 Malacca Ring Parakeet (Selby, Nat. Lib.). 



Crown of the head green ; from the bill a broad band of a salmon- 

 red colour passes under each eye, and covers the nape, where it 

 assumes a tinge of delicate lilac colour ; below this again on either 

 side a black band extends from the lower mandible to the side of the 

 neck, where it terminates. Body ; below, light yellow green, above, 

 light blue green, rump light blue, tail-covers bright green. Wings ; 

 scapularies, and covers bright green, quills, inner webs dusky black, 

 very narrowly edged with yellowish white, the outer webs blue 

 edged with green ; the outer quill is all black. ; Tail ; blueish green 

 above, dull yellow below ; the two centre feathers grayish blue. 

 When fresh, the beak is scarlet and the irides verdigris green. 

 The long centre feathers are wanting in the young of the year. 

 Length, about 17 inches. 



„ of bill from gape, 9 lines. 



„ of bill from front, 11 lines. 



„ of wings, 5^ inches. 



„ of tail, 10^ inches. 



