THE ROSE-RINGED PAROQUET. 
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523. PALiEORNIS TORQUATUS. 
THE ROSE-RINGED PAROQUET. 
Psittacus torquatus, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 32. Palaeornis torquatus, Jerd. B. 
Ind. i. p. 257 ; Finsch, Die Pajxigeien, ii. p. 17 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 116 ; id. 
S. F. ii. p. 13 ; Wald. Ibis, 1874, p. 282 ; Bl B. Burm. p. 55 ; Hume, S. F. iii. 
p, 56; War dlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 453; Oates, S. F. v. p. 144 ; Legge, 
Birds Ceylon, p. 171 Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 118; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 86 ; 
Scully, S. F. viii. p. 240 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 189. 
Description. — Male. Forelieadj crown^ nape and sides of the head gTeen_, 
the hinder part o£ the head with a bluish tinge ; a fine black line from the 
nostril to the eye ; chin and throat blacky produced upwards as a semi- 
collar on the sides of the neck ; a pinkish-red collar encircling the whole 
neck except in front ; remainder of the plumage green^ darkest on the 
wings_, paler and tinged with yellow on the lower plumage ; central tail- 
feathers dull bluCj tipped with yellowish ; the others yellow on the inner 
webs and greenish on the outer ; all the feathers tipped with yellow. 
The female wants the black loral line^ and the black and pinkish-red 
collars as well as the black on the chin and throat are absent ; the whole 
plumage is green_, of the same tinge as in the male ; an indistinct collar of 
emerald-green round the neck. 
Bill red^ brownish at tip ; cere grey ; legs ashy ; iris pale yellow ; edges 
of the eyelids pale orange ; claws horn-colour. The female has the same 
colours. 
Length 16*5 inches_, tail 10^ wing 6*8^ tarsus 55^ bill from gape -8. 
The female is a little smaller. 
The Rose-ringed Paroquet is abundant over the greater part of Pegu ; 
but Dr. Armstrong does not note it from the Irrawaddy Delta, and possibly 
it does not occur in that portion of the Division ; it is^ however, abundant 
near Rangoon. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay met with it on the Karin hills 
east of Tonghoo_, and states that it was rare in that part of the country. 
Mr. Davison and Capt. Bingham did not observe it in any part of Tenas- 
serim, which is remarkable^ for it extends to the east as far as Cochin 
China, where Dr. Tiraud states that it is quite common. I can find no 
instance of its occurring in Arrakan ; but it is likely to be very abundant 
in the plains of that Division. 
It extends through the Indo-Burmese countries, and is found over the 
whole peninsula of India and Ceylon. It is stated to have occurred in the 
Malay peninsula, but probably without foundation. A Paroquet which 
inhabits the greater part of the African continent is said to be identical 
with the present species ; but I have not had an opportunity of testing the 
correctness of this assertion. 
