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still lighter-coloured ring round the neck ; and the upper surface

ar the head becomes of a fine bluish cast, with a yellow
and in the third year the head of the male

uniformly of a pale yellowish green, with a
of the tail exhibits a little blue. In the second ye
collar round the neck, when it becomes the P. cyanocephalus 5 : - oe
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becomes a most beautiful rich peach-blossom, shading off to the black ring into a sort ¢ u the
third year the full plumage of the adult is acquired; and each subsequent year, for some time, only adds to
its richness of colouring.”

Dr. Jerdon observes :—“ It frequents jungly districts in preference to the more open parts of the country,

but occurs in all the more richly wooded cultivated districts; and it generally visits those parts of the

country that are tolerably wooded during the rains. It usually breeds in the jungles ; but I have found its

nest In my own garden at Sangor.”
‘“<It has similar habits to the others,

or, in the stubble-fields, off the ground. It is less noisy,
indeed much more so than in the lastenamed bird and P. alexandri. It breeds in

feeding on fruits and grains, which it picks off the standing corn
and has a much more pleasant call, than P. torquatus.

Its flight is very swift,
holes of trees, from December to March, and has usually four white eggs.”

Mr. Holdsworth writes :—‘‘I have only met with this species in the southern parts of Ceylon, where it is
very destructive to the grain crops ; but it is also found at times on the lower bills generally. I have seen
a flock of fifty of these birds fly down one after another to a field of paddy, and each, biting off an ear of
the green corn, return to a neighbouring tree to devour the plunder ; and this has been repeated again and
again. The three species of Palgorms are constantly caged by the natives; and few native dwellings are
without one or other of these favourite pets.” Mr. Vincent Legge, also writing from Ceylon, says :—“‘ [Pe
rosa is numerous from the low country up to the highest part of the Marowa-Korle, being found in the

greatest numbers in the intermediate hills.”
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