PSITTACI. 
PSITTACIDiE. 
palaiornina. 
Genus PALAORNIS. 
Bill rather short ; upper mandible evenly curved from the base, the tip moderately produced ; 
the margin furnished with a rounded indentation ; the cere small, nostrils pierced close to the 
culmen ; under mandible short. Wings moderately long ; 2nd quill the longest, 1st and 3rd 
slightly shorter. Tail very long, the central feathers usually produced much beyond the next 
two. Tarsus very short and finely reticulated. Outer anterior toe longer than tarsus ; outer 
posterior toe longer than the inner anterior one ; claws rather straight and short. 
PALJEOKNIS EI7PATKIUS. 
(THE ALEXANDRINE PARRAKEET.) 
Psittacus eujpatrius, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 140, $ (1766). 
Psittaca ginginiana, Brisson, Orn. iv. p. 343, pi. 29. fig. 1, $ (1760). 
Palceornis alexandri, Vigors, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 49 (1825) ; Jerdon, Cat. B. S. India, Madr. 
Journ. 1840, xi. p. 208 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 4 (1849) ; Kelaart, Pro- 
dromus. Cat. p. 127 (1852) ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 262 ; Horsf. 
& Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 610 (1856) ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. p. 256 (1862) ; 
Finsch, Papageien, p. 11 (1868) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 425 ; Hutton, Str. Feath. 
1873, p. 333; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 14. 
Palceornis eupatrius , Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 297 ; Hume, Str. Feath. 1873, p. 433; Ball, 
Str. Feath. 1874, p. 389; Legge, ibid. 1875, p. 199; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 282. 
Palceornis magnirostris, Ball, Str. Feath. 1873, p. 66; Hume, Str. Feath. 1874, p. 176. 
The Bing Parrakeet, Edwards, Glean, vol. vi. pi. 292 (1760); The Alexandrine Parrakeet, 
Latham ; Grande Perruche awx ailes rougeatres , Buffon, Hist. Ois. vi. p. 156 ; Pose-band 
Parrakeet of some. 
Ea-i-tota, lit. “ Eoyal Parrakeet,” Hind, in south of India ; Pedda chilluka, Tel. ; Peria killi, 
Tamils in India and Ceylon ; Chundanon , in Maunbhoom (Beavan). 
Taboo girawa, Sinhalese. 
Adult male. Length to front of cere 1 8‘0 to 19 - 5 inches ; culmen from cere l - 55 ; wing 7‘8 to 8 - 2 ,• tail 11*0 to 12 - 0 ; 
tarsus 0-75 ; outer anterior toe 1*0, its claw (straight) 045 ; depth of upper mandible at cere 073 to 078. 
The bill varies in depth ; in old birds the lobe gets worn away, and in others I have observed that one side of the 
bill is higher than the other. 
Jris yellowish white or very pale yellow, with a bluish-grey inner circle; eyelid dull reddish ; bill deep cherry-red, paler 
on the lower mandible, and the tips of both somewhat yellowish. 
Legs and feet greyish sap-green, or greenish plumbeous, or plumbeous grey ; claws dusky. Above grass-green, brighten- 
ing to emerald-green on the forehead and lores, and darker on the wings ; a faint blackish stripe from the nostrils 
