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colour becoming decided as the birds grow older, and this again 
giving way to the red head-dress. I have met with these birds in 
the woody ravines and recesses amongst the lower ranges of hills in 
the Deccan, also in the thickly-wooded garden-land near the canton- 
ments of Ahmednuggur ; in this latter spot, I have often watched 
them, in the hope of securing one of the richly-coloured red-headed 
birds. They fly in flocks like P. torquatus^ visiting the grain-fields, 
and carrying off the ears to the neighbouring trees. Their cry is not 
so loud and harsh as that of their larger brethren, and they may 
thus be distinguished when not seen. I scarcely ever saw more than 
two or three red-headed birds amongst a flock of .plum-heads. I 
have not met with the nest or eggs, but from the very immature 
plumage of young birds which I shot in January, I should say they 
breed in November and December." — (Lieutenant Burgess.) 
In Ceylon, it is "found throughout the island, except in the 
northern province. It is very commonly seen in confinement in the 
native houses, and is easily domesticated. Nestles in hollow trees ; 
eggs four, pure white and rounded." — (Layard.) 
It is stated in the Eev. T. Phillips's MS. Notes, that it "feeds on 
the fruit of the Peepul-tree." 
901. PALJEOBNIS LONGIGAUDA, Bodda'ert Sp. 
Psittacus longicauda, Bodd.^ TaU. des PI. Enl. d'Aub. 
p. 53 (1783). 
PalsBornis longicauda, G. B. Gray, Gen. of B. II. p. 410. 
Psittacus malaccensis, Gmel., S. iV". I. p. 325 (1788). 
(PZ. Bnl 887. Le Vaill., Berr. t. 72. Bourj. iSf. 
mil Berr. t. 1.) 
Belurus malaccensis, Bonap., Bev. Zool. (1854), p. 152. 
PalaBornis malaccensis, Vigors, Zool. Journ. II. p. 52. 
Selhy, Nat. Lihr. Bsitt. p. 75, t. 3. Blyth, J. A. S. 
Beng. XI. p. 788 ; XIX. p. 233 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. 
Beng. p. 5. Motl. and Dill., Nat. Hist, of Lab. p. 26. 
Psittacus erubescens, ^Jiaw, Zool. YIII. p. 437 (1811). 
Baffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 231. 
Psittacus ginginianus, var. C, Lath., Ind. Orn. I. p. 99 ; 
Gen. Hist. ofB. II. p. 165. 
Psittacus barbatulatus, Bechstein. 
Psittacus barbatulatus, Kuhl, Monog. Bsitt. No. 38 
(1820). 
