MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



No. 27~April 1840. 



1. — Catalogue of the Birds of the Peninsula of India, arranged ac- 

 cording to the modern system of Classification ; uuith brief Notes on 

 their Habits and Geographical Distribution, and description of neur, 

 doubtful and imperfectly described Species :—By T, Q. Jerdon, Assist 

 taut iSurgeoUf 2d Madras Light Cavalry, 



( Continued from No, 26 page 80.} 

 Tribe SCANSORES. 

 Family VSITT ACID M.— Parrots. 



Sub Family MACRO CERCIN^—Zo/ig- iaiM ParrotSi. 

 Genu* FALMORNlS^^Ringed Parrakeet, 



200. — P. torquatus. Vigors, — P. cubicularis, Wagler.— P*. torquatus^ 

 Gmel. — P docilis, Vieill. — Perhaps also P. bicollaris of the same — 

 Lybur Totahf or Totah, H.— Common red-ringed Parrakeet. 



This parrot is one of the most common and abundant birds in India, 

 frequenting the cultivated ground and gardens in all parts of the 

 •ountry, even the most bare and open. It is very destructive to various 



