BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Genus CORACOPSIS, Wagler. 

 C. nigra (Edwards, pL 5.) 



Syn. Psittacus niger, L. 

 Inhabits Madagascar. 

 Genus TANYGNATHUS, Wagler. 



T. macrorhynckoi (Daubenton's PI. Enl., 

 713). 



Syw. Psittacus macroTliynchos, Gmelin (the male). 

 Ps. sumatrauas, Raffles (the female). 

 Ps. pileatus Seopoli t ^ ^^^^ P 

 Ts. marginatus, Gmelm \ ° 

 Kiki, Sumatra ^Raffles). 



Inhabits Sumatra ? Celebes ; N. Guinea. 

 T. malaccemis (Swainson's 111. Orn., 1st 

 series, pi. 254). 



SYN. Psittacus malaccensis, Latham (nec Gmelin). 

 Tana, Malayan. 



Inhabits Malayan peninsula • Sumatra. 



Genus PAL^OKNIS, Vigors. 



P. Alexandri (Edwards, pi. 292 ; Nat. Lihr., 

 Psitlacidce, pi. 2.) 



Syw, Psittacus Alexaudri, L, 



Ps eupatria. L. _ I .j-fae female. 



Psittaca gmginiaiia, tinsson. y 



Psittacus guiuneeiisis, Seopoli (nec gaineensis, 



Gmelin). 

 Pb. somieratii, Gmelin. 



Palaeornis nipalensis, ilodgson. As. Bes, XIX, 

 177. 



PJiandana (sandal-wood coloured, alluding 

 tb the yellowish tinge of the under-parts and 

 upper portion of the backl, Beng. : KarGH 

 s^ga and Kararia of Nepal (Hodgson) ; Raee 

 Totah (Royal Parrakeet), Hind. (Jerdon) : 

 Kyai Phoungkha ? Arracan. Inhabits the Hil- 

 ly refjioiis of ail India Proper, from the sub- 

 Himalayas to Ceylon inclusive Assam ; Sylhet ; 

 Arracan ; Tenasserim. 



P. torquattcs (Daubenton's PI. Enl. 551). 



Syn. Psittaca torquata, Brisson. 



Psittacus Alexandri, var. B., Latham. 



Ps. cubiculiiris, Hasselquist. 



P5. docilis, Vieillnt. 



Var. Sulphur Parrakeet, Shaw. 



Tya, or Teeah (imitative of voice), Hind. : 

 Tent'hia suga, Nepal (Hodgson) : Lybar Totah, 

 S. India (.Jerdon) Kyaigyot, Arracan. Inha- 

 bits the Plains of India : Arracan, Tenasserim, 

 and Malayan peninsula to the latitude of Pen- 

 ang. W. Africa (apud Swainson) : smaller 

 variety. 



P. bitorquatus (? ) 



SIN, Psittacus bitorquatus (?), Knh!. 



Ps. torquatus, var. B. (?). Latham (2nd, edif.) 

 Psittaca borbonica torquata (?), Brisson. 



' Ring Parrakeet' of the Mauritius. Inhabits 

 Mauritius. According to Latham P. Bitorquatus 

 (i. e. his Ps. torquatus, var, B.,) " inhabits the 

 Isle of JBourboD, aad other parts of the same 



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latitude both in Africa and Asia." The last 

 named habitat is extremely doubtful. 



P. columhoidcs, Vigors, (Jerdon's III. Ind. 

 Zool. pi. 18 ; and figured also in Madr. Journ. 

 XI, 209.) 



Syn, Psittacus melanorhynchus. sykes, P. Z. s. 1833, 

 p. 86, (The female.) 



Muddun Gowr Totah, Hind. (Jerdon). In- 

 habits Nilgiris ; Malabar. 



P. schisticeps, Hodgson, As. Pes. XIX, 178. 



Syn. Conorus himalayauus (?), Lesson, in Belanger's 

 Voyage . 



Madhana suga, Nepal, Hodgson. The same 

 name, sliL'htly modified, which is applied to 

 P. barbatus, and in S. India to P. colom- 

 boides. 



Inhabits the Sub-llimalayan region, exclu- 

 sively. 



P. cyanocephalus (Edwards, pi. 233 ; Daub- 

 enton's Pl. Enl. 264). 



Syn, Psittacus cyanocephalus, L. 

 Ps. flavitorquis Shaw, 

 Ps annulatus, Kubl. 

 Palaeornis flavicollaris, Franklin., 

 Psittaca bengalen^is, Brisbon. 

 Psittacus erythrocephalus, Umelin. 

 Ps. ginginianus, Latham, 

 Ps. rhodocephaius, Shaw. 



Var. Ps. narcissus, Latham ("with coloured figure) 



Faridi, and Fariadi (Plaintive), Bengal. 

 TuLsuga (the first or specific name imitative of 

 cry), Nepal (Hodgson). Tooeeah Totah, S. 

 India (Jerdon). Totd hangdli, Punjab. Kyai- 

 ta-ma, Arracan, Inhabits the Hilly regions of 

 all India Proper, Assam, Sylhet, Arracan Tenas- 

 serim, It occurs also in open jun>dle, in the 

 Bengal Sundarbans. To the westward leaving 

 the alluvial soil, it seems entirely to take the 

 place of P. torquatus, which abounds through- 

 out the Ganges delta. 



P. Malaccensis (Daubenton's PI. Enl. 887 ; 

 Levaillant, pl. 72 ; Nat. Lihr. Psittacida, pl. 3 ) 



Syn. Psittacus malaccensis, Gmelin, (nec Latham). 

 Ps. erubescens, Shaw. 

 Ps. ginginianus, var. C., Latham. 

 Ps. barbatulatus, Bechsteiu. 

 Barong Bayan, Sumatra (Raffles). 



Inhabits Malacca ; Sumatra. 



P. erythrogenys, Blyth. 

 Inhabits the JJi-cobar Islands. 

 P. caniceps, Blyth. 



Inhabits the Nicobar islands ; Malayan Pen- 

 insula (latitude of Penang). 



P. barbatus, (Swainson's III. Orn., 2nd 

 series, pl. 16 ; Daubenton's Pl. Enl. 517. 



Syn. Psittacus barbatus, Ps. pondicerianus, et Ps, 

 borneus, Gmelin. 

 Ps, bimacnlatus, Sparrraan. 

 Ps, javanicus, Osbeck, 

 Ps. Osbeckii, Latham. 



Palaeornis nigrirostris, Hogdson (the female). 

 Ps, modestus, Eraser, P, Z, 6, 1845, p, 16 

 (young lemale). 



