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MALACCA RIN G-PARR AKEET. 
PnlcBornis Malaccensis — V igors. 
PLATE III. 
Palreornis Malaccensis, Vig. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 52; Wag- 
lev, Mon. Psit. in Abhand. &c. p. 514. — Psittacus Malac- 
censis, Gmel. vol. i. p. 325, No. 74 Psittacus erubescens, 
Shaw's Zool. vol. viii. p. 437. — Psittacus barbatulatus, 
Bechst. Kuhl. Nov. Acta. Ac.. No. 38. — La Peruche a 
nuque et joues rouges, f.c Vaill. pi. 72 Blossom-cheek- 
ed Parrakeet, Shaw. 
A drawing of tliis beautiful species Laving been 
made by mistake, instead of a bird belonging to a 
different division, but bearing the same specific title, 
is the cause of a third illustration of this genus being 
given. In its form and aspect it appears eminently 
ypical, the two intermediate tail-feathers being very 
long, and extending far beyond the others, narrow, 
but equal in breadth towards their tips, which are 
blunt or slightly rounded. As its name imports, it 
was first observed and introduced from Malacca. 
Its distribution, however, is not confined to that part 
of India alone, as Mr Vigors mentions in his obser- 
vations on this group of the Psittacidse, that several 
