OR 
ing-Wecked 
• ENGAL -SaRRAKEET. 
Psittacus torquatus, Russ, 
Synonyms: Psittacus Ahxandri; Psittacus torquatus macrourus antiquorum; 
Psittacus minor macrovius viridis; Psittacus manillensis? Bchst.; 
Psittacus docilis; Paloeornis to'rquatus,YQRS.; etc. German: Per Kleine 
Alexander sittich. 
T his pretty little bird is^ like the preceding species^ a native of 
India^ but is also found in Africa; the difference between the 
Asiatic and African varieties being too slight to warrant their being 
separated into two distinct species. 
The Ring-necked Parrakeet bears a general resemblance to its larger 
relative the Alexandrine, but the green head has a decided bluish 
tinge rnnning through it; the beak is red, with a black tip, the wing 
spot is much smaller, and the pinky rose crescent on the back of the 
neck in the latter bird, dwindles down to a narrow line in the one 
under consideration. 
There is no difference between the African and Indian Ring-necked 
Parrakeets, except that the former is perhaps a trifle the larger of the 
two, and has a black instead of a reddish beak. 
In the London Zoological Society’s catalogue, the African bird is 
called the Rose-ringed Parrakeet [Palceornis docilis), and the Indian, 
the Ring-necked Parrakeet {Palceornis torquatus); but, as we have 
already remarked, the differences are so very trifling as to be really 
immaterial; and to make two species of them, is, in our opinion, creating 
a difference for the sake of multiplying species, where too many have 
been already made. 
A smaller variety still is found in the Island of Mauritius, and differs 
