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the mountains of Ceylon, [and P. Layard% Blyth, also peculiar, 
so far as is yet known, to Ceylon, where one specimen only was 
procured by Mr. Layard, and another by Willis Earle, Esq., F.M. ;] 
and P. columboides to those of S. India, P. schisticeps to the sub- 
Himalayan regions, and P. erythrogenys (so far as known) to the 
Nicobar Islands. Of P. caniceps we know of but two examples, one 
procured in the Nicobars, the other at or near Penang \yide p. 621, 
ante'] ; and this may prove to be properly a species of Indo- China. 
In the hilly parts of Bengal, and along the S.E. sub-Himalayan 
regions, in Assam, Sylhet, Arracan, the Tenasserim provinces, and 
the Malayan peninsula, to the latitude of Penang, P. harhatus 
[Osbecki] abounds, and is common also in Sumatra, Java, and 
Borneo, but it is unknown in the Indian peninsula (though having 
for a synonyme the name of pondicerianus) , and it would seem 
equally so in the southern parts of the Malayan peninsula. In these 
latter countries its place would seem to be taken by P. malaccensis ; 
and the range of Tanygnathus [^Psittinus] malaccensis and ofLoriculus 
gulgulus corresponds. In Malacca collections, I have seen only the 
three last-named species, added to which, in Penang collections, I 
have seen P. torquatus, P. larhatus, and one specimen of P. caniceps; 
while another of this last is the only Parrakeet which I have seen 
from the Nicobars, in addition to P. erythrogenys. It is probable 
that both of these also inhabit the Andamans and the northern part 
of Sumatra. Of Loriculus, while L. gulgulus would appear to be 
confined to the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, [Borneo, and Java, 
P.M.,] and L. asiaticus (so called) to Ceylon, L. vernalis ranges over 
the hilly regions of all India, with Assam, Arracan, the Tenasserim 
provinces, and also Java [? P.M.], like Falceornis harhatus, and simi- 
larly, without invading (as it would seem) the regions tenanted by 
L. gulgulus, together with P. malaccensis and Tanygnathus [Psitti- 
nus] malaccensis. It may further be remarked, that the whole of 
these species are such as no zoologist would hesitate in regarding as 
indisputably distinct, with the exception of Loriculus asiaticus, which 
some would consider to be a local variety of L. vernalis ; in which 
case the race of Philippines (i. ruhrifrons), and another we have 
seen figured with the entire head crimson, should likewise rank as 
varieties merely of L. vernalis,^^ — (J. A. S. Beng. 1850, p. 237.) 
June l6th, 1856. 
