1858.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 83 



far southward as Province Wellesley. In Africa found from Abyssinia to Sene- 

 gal, where stated by the late H. E. Strickland to be " identical with specimens 

 from India." Col. Chesney also notices this species in Syria, as abounding in 

 the spring (Journal of Euphrates Expedition, I, 443, 537). But Swainson states 

 that Senegal specimens are smaller, with closed wing " not quite 6 in." In In- 

 dia the ordinary length of wing is 6| in., and in fine old males 7 in. The late 

 Prince of Canino would separate " the race of Senegal" by the name P. DOCius, : 

 (Vieillot). Comptes Eendus, March 1857. 



3. P. BiTORQUATUS ; Psittacus bitorquatus, Kuhl : Ps. bicollaris, Vieillot ; 

 Pal. borbonicus, C. L. Bonap. Inhabits Mauritius and Bourbon. 



4. P. columboides, Vigors .: P. melanorhynchos, Sykes (nee Wagler), the fe- 

 male or young. Figured in Madr. Journ. XI, 209, and in Jerdon's ' Illustra- 

 tions of Indian Ornithology,' pi. XVIIL Inhabits the Nilgiris and Malabar 

 ghats. 



5. P. Calthrap^e, Layard : P. Gironieri, Verreaux ; P. viridieollis, Cassin. 

 Peculiar to the mountain region of Ceylon ; being the only species met with at 

 Newera Elia. 



6. P. SCHISTICEPS, Hodgson : Conurus himalayanus, Lesson. Common in 

 the middle and lower region of the Himalaya, extending eastward to the Kas'hya 

 hills, where also common ; but never seen in the plains. Westward, the late 

 Dr. Griffith observed it in flocks at Pushut. Captive specimens are not unfre- 

 quently brought to Dacca, but seldom to Calcutta. 



7. P. CYANOCEPHAltts ; Psittacus eyanocephalus, L. (the female) : Psittaca 

 bengalensis, Brisson ; Psittacus signatus, Scopoli ; Ps. erythrocephalus, Gmelin ; 

 Ps. ginginianus, Latham ; Ps. rhodocephalus, Shaw : lutino var. — Ps. narcissus^ 

 Latham (with coloured figure) : Ps. jlavitorquis, Shaw, Ps. annulatus, Kuhl, 

 and Pal. jJavicollaris, Franklin, — the female. Figured in Edwards's Birds, pi. 

 233. Inhabits the upland jungle districts of all India proper, with Ceylon, 

 Asam, Arakan, and the Tenasserim provinces ; replacing in the lower hills, for 

 the most part, the P. torqttatus of the plains. When the rice is ripening, 

 flocks visit the neighbourhood of Calcutta ; but probably return to their hill 

 roosting-places by sunset, however great the distance. Though figured by Son- 

 nerat from the Philippines, it is probable that captive specimens only are there 

 known ; and the same with China. Immense numbers are taken from Calcutta 

 in the shipping. 



The rest of the genus have a broad black moustachial mark, arid constitute the 

 Belocercus of the Prince of Canino. 



8. P. caniceps, nobis. Figured in Gould's 'Birds of Asia.' A male 

 obtained in the Nicobars, and a female in Province Wellesley ; the only examples 

 as yet known. 



9. P. JAvanicus ; Psittacus javanicus, Osbeck : Ps. bimaculatus, Sparrman ; 

 Ps. pondicerianus et Ps. borneus, Gmelin ; Ps. Osberfcii, Latham ; Ps. mystaceus, 

 Shaw ; Pal. melanorhynchos, Wagler (nee Sykes), et P. nigrirostris, Hodgson, — 

 the female ; P.. modeslus, Fraser, — the young. Figured in Swainson's Zool, III. 

 2nd series, pi. 16. The most common species of the Indo-Chinese countries 

 generally ; but not seen wild on the western side of the Bay of Bengal (though 

 pondicerianus is one of its synonyms) ; neither, according to Dr. S. M tiller, does 



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