BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 571 



Pf. Alexandri. Amoen. av. iv. 26. Muf. ad. frid. i!. 14. Scop. an. i. 29. n. 26. Lath. ind. orn. 

 i. 97. n. 46. — Pf. cubicularis. Haffelqu. voy. 235. — Pf. torquatus. Aldr. orn. i. 678. Raj. av. 33. 

 n. 1. — Pfittaca torquata. Briff. av.. iv. 323. n. 55. — Perocello. Olin. ucc- 1. 24. — Grande Perruche 

 a collier rouge-vif. Buff. oif. vi. 141. — Perruche a collier des Maldives. PI. enl. n. 642. — Ring 

 Parrakeet. Will. orn. angl. 115. Edw. av. t. 292. f. 1. — Alexandrine Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 234. 

 n -37- 



Inhabits Afia, and the Indian iflands. — This fpecies derives its trivial name from having been firft 

 noticed during the Indian expedition of Alexander of Macedon. The body is about the fize of a 

 Pigeon, and, with the tail, meafures fixteen inches long ; the bill is red ; the nape of the neck is 

 red, which furrounds the neck like a collar ; at the bafe of each wing is a purple mark ; the tail is 

 yellowifh on its under furface ; the legs and feet are dufky. 



37 2 jS. Rofe-ringed Alexandrine Parrot. — 30. /3. Pf. Alexandri rofeocollari. 



The collar is rofe coloured. Lath. ind. orn. i. 98. n. 46. fi. 



Perruche a collier roface. Buff. oif. vi. 152. PI. enl. n. 551. — Rofe-ringed Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. 

 i. 255. n. 37. a. 



Inhabits Africa. — Is fifteen inches and a half long ; the hind head is bluifh green ; the bill is 

 blood red, with black tips to both mandibles ; the irides are yellow ; the general colour, as in the 

 former variety, is green, with a black chin ; the collar confifts of a very narrow line of pale rofe co- 

 lour furrounding the neck ; the legs and feet are afh coloured. 



373 y- Purple-ringed Alexandrine Parrot. — 30. y. Pf. Alexandri purpureocollari. 



The collar is purple. Lath. ind. orn. i. 98. n. 46. y. 



Pfittaca indica torquata. Briff. av. iv. 326. n. 56. — Eaft-indian Bracelet Parrakeet. Albin, av. 

 ii. t. 18. — Purple-ringed Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 236. n. 37. b. 



Inhabits India. — Is feventeen inches long ; the upper mandible of the bill is orange, and the lower 

 mandible black ; the crown is bluifh green ; the throat and breaft are pale rofe colour ; the orbits 

 are brown. 



374 ^« Double- ringed Alexandrine Parrot. — 30. /. Pf. Alexandri duplocollart. 

 The collar is double. Lath. ind. orn. i. 98. n. 46. I. 



Pfittaca borbonica torquata. Briff. av. iv. 328. n. 57. t. 27. f. 1. — Perruche a double collier. 

 BufF. oif. vi. 143. — Perruche a collier de Bourbon. PI. enl. n. 215. — Double-ringed Parrakeet. 

 Lath. fyn. i. 236. n. 37. c. 



Inhabits the ifle of Bourbon. — Is thirteen inches and a half long; the throat and breaft are ftreak- 

 ed with yellow ; the general colour is green ; the collar round the neck is rofe coloured, and double, 

 being wider at the fore part ; the fides of the neck, immediately below the under mandible of the 

 bill, are black. 



