1840.] of the Peninsula of India. 209 



This lovely species is never found in the open country, being a 

 denizen of open jungles, and also found in the clearer spaces of the 

 denser jungles. I have seen it in Goomsoor ; also brought from the 

 jungles of the Tondiman's country in the Carnatic ; on the west coast* 

 not uncommon ; and even occasionally in low jungly districts in the 

 Deccan. It has the same habits as others of the genus. The P. 

 flavicollar'is of Franklin, or plum-headed Parakeet is always found in 

 the same localities as the red-headed Parakeet, and is considered as 

 the young bird by shikarees and others ; so, though I have not seen the 

 actual change, yet as the size and structure agree, I have no doubt that 

 it is the same bird. 



The three last species are frequently taken when young and caged, 

 learning to repeat words and sentences with facility, and becoming 

 very tame. 



Irides light yellow; bill reddish yellow above, beneath blackish. 

 Length 14 ; wing u\ ; tail 8 to 8£. 



203. — P. Columboides, Vigors. — P. MelanorJn/nchus, Sykes — young 

 bird. — Muddun Gowr Tot ah, H. — Blue-winged Parrakeet. 



This very elegant and chastely coloured Parrakeet is found only in 

 the dense and lofty forests of Malabar, as well below the ghauts as on 

 them, attaining, as I have observed on the sides of the Neilgherries, 

 a height of nearly 5000 feet. Its usual call is less harsh than that of 

 the other species. I have not yet seen it domesticated. I have shot 

 the P. melanoryhnchus, always in company with the others, and consider 

 it as the young bird. Whether the adult female retains the black bill 

 or not, I do not know, as the specimens with red bills shot by me were 

 all male birds. 



Like the other species it feeds on fruit and berries of various kinds. 



Irides light yellow; feet cinerous ; bill lively red above, dusky be- 

 neath. Length 15— 16 inches; wing rather more than 5i; tail 8£ 

 to 9. 



Sub Family LORIAN^E.— Swains. 



Genus PSITTACULUS.— Khul, Selby.— Lorikeet- Dwarf Parrot. 



204. — Ps. vernalis, Swains. — Bhora or Bhodra,' H. — Red-rumped 

 Dwarf Parrot, or Lorikeet. 

 I am convinced that Swainson was right i-n separating this species 



