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MALACCA RING-PARRAKEET. 
specimens were brought to this country from Suma- 
tra by the late lamented Sir Stamford Raffles. In 
size it about equals the Palce.ornis Bengalensis (Rose- 
headed Ring-parrakeet, a bird of very similar form 
and habit), its extreme length being generally full four- 
teen inches, of which the tail alone measures eight. 
The upper mandible is of a fine lively red, the tip paler, 
the under mandible black tinged with red. The 
crown of the head is sap-green; the cheeks, nape, 
and back part of the neck, are of a beautiful deep 
rose-red, tinged with lilac-purple upon the latter 
part. The oblique mustachio-like collar is deep 
black. The lower part of the neck and mantle are 
fine greenish-blue ; the rest of the upper and under 
plumage is yellowish Bap-green, palest upon the 
thighs and' vent. The quills are margined with 
blue, their under surface being black. The two 
long intermediate tail-feathers are azure-blue, tinged 
with purple towards their tips; the lateral tail-fea- 
thers are yellowish-green. The legs and feet are 
grey, tinged with flesh-red. 
Besides the three species here figured, ten or ele- 
ven more are described by Mr Vigors and Wagler ; 
the latter, in his Monograph of the family, has be- 
stowed much attention in collating the various syno- 
nyms of the species. According to his list, they con- 
sist of, — 1. Pal. Alexandri ; 2. Pal. cubicularis , 
identical with the P. torquatus and bitorquatus of 
Vigors, and the young of which is supposed to be 
the Pal. inornatus of the same author ; 3. Pal. Bor - 
