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than the outer ones, which measure only two inches and a half; 

 colour olive green, fringed with blue ; and all of them white for some 

 length at the ends. 



The female has the whole head pale lilac blue, below this the 

 neck is surrounded with a yellow collar ; the rest of the bird green, 

 but more dull than in the male, and the spot at the bend of the wing 

 pale reddish brown ; bill and tail as in the male. 



Inhabits India — common at Futtehghur — breeds in the forests of 

 Rohilcund — in various parts of Bengal. — M. Sonnerat says, it is 

 found in the Philippine Islands, in which the birds have the spot on 

 the wings bright red. 



B. — Psitt. Borneus, Gm. Lin. i. 325. 74. y. 

 Bornean Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 240. 39. B. 



LENGTH fifteen inches. The whole head the colour of peach- 

 blossom, front greenish ; from eye to eye, passing over the cere, a 

 narrow black line ; from the lower mandible a streak of black, placed 

 obliquely on each side of the neck, growing wider backwards ; from 

 the nape wholly light green, except the middle of the wing coverts, 

 which incline to yellow ; from the chin to the middle of the belly 

 reddish blossom-colour, inclining to chestnut ; middle of the belly, 

 thighs, and vent green ; tail greatly cuneiform, green, but the two 

 middle feathers incline to blue. 



Inhabits the Isle of Borneo. 



C— Psitt. Malaccensis, Gm. Lin. i. 323. 74. J. 



Perruche a mique et Joues rouges. Levail. Perr. pi. 72. 



Grande Perruche a longs brins de Malac, Buf. vi. 155. PI. enl. 887. 



Blossom-cheeked Parrakeet, Shaw's Zool. viii. 437. 



Malacca Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 241. 39. C. Id. Sup. p, CO. 



This is sixteen inches in length, and differs from var. A. in the 

 green having a tinge of yellow ; the whole head is not rose-coloured 



