6U 
CATALOGUE. 
of Calcutta ; but iu jungle districts becomes replaced by P. e^ano- 
" This Parrakeet is one of the most common birds in India, fre- 
quenting the cultivated ground and gardens in all parts of the 
country, even the most bare and open. It is very destructive to 
various kinds of grain and frait. It associates in flocks of various 
size, sometimes very numerous, roosting in the holes of old trees, 
and flying forth to their various feeding-haunts early in the morning. 
"When the grains are cut and fruit is scarce, it often takes long flights 
iu search of any fruit-bearing trees, skimming close to the large 
trees, and when successful in its search, in general not alighting 
suddenly, but taking a short circle, and changing its usual mode of 
flight, viz., a swift and continued flapping of their wings, to a steady 
sailing, with wings spread and turned obliquely downwards ; and thus, 
alighting on the tree, speedily commences its meal. Its flight is very 
swift, and it generally keeps up a harsh scream when in motion ; it 
is, however, at all times, a noisy bird. It breeds in holes of trees 
during the hot weather, laying, as I am credibly informed, three or 
four white eggs." — (Jerdon.) 
898. PAL^ORNIS COLUMBOIDES, Vigors. 
PalsBornis columboides, VigorSj Zool. Journ. (1830), 
p. 274. Lear, Psitt. t. 31. JBourj. St. Hill. Ferr. 
tt. 3, 3a. Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. p. 209, t. 3 ; 
Illust. Ind. Orn. t. 18. G. B. Gray, Gen. of B. II. 
p. 410. Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. XYL p. 475 ; XIX. 
p. 204 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 5. Bonap., 
Bev. Zool. (1854), p. 152. Souance, Bev. Zool. 
(1856), p. 158. 
Psittacus melanorhynchus, Sgkes, P. Z. S. (1832), p. 9G 
(the female). 
Elue- winged Parrakeet, Jerdon. 
Mad-an-Gowe Totah, Hind., Jerdon. 
A. $. Madras. From Wight's Collection. 
B. ? . Dukhun. (P. melanorhynchus ^ Sykes.) Pre- 
sented by Colonel Sykes. 
" I first procured this elegant-coloured Parrakeet at Trichoor, and 
afterwards in various other localities on the west coast, and on the 
sides of the Neilgherries, up to a height of 5,000 feet. It probably 
extends along the range of AVestern Ghauts for some distance. It 
