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Show 340 AVES. PAROQUETs, with a tail widened near the end:(l) And the J1:' ourt l1 , th a t of the CoMMON PAROQUETs, who.s e tail is equally cune1·r1 orm. (C-J) To these mav· be adde.d , those spec1es whose tal.l I. S square; t h e t wo m iddle quills of wluch are elongated·, the lengthened part l1 oweve r being without barbs, exce.p t .a t th.e bt lph.( 3) Among the s l1 ort an d equal-tailed Paroquets we d1stmgu1s t e CocKAToos.( 4·) Marke(I b y a cres t 1l'' ormed of long and narrow feath• ers, placed• on two h·n es, w 1u ·c h can be raised or depressed . at the will of the fb 1rd. The inhabit the most remote parts of India; the ~)lumage o the greayt er num b er 1· s w h1't e , and of all the different species they a1·c the most docile. They p!·efer marshy grounds.\ s) There are some spec1· es lately discovered In New Holland, whose . E 1 500 Ed 5·-Ps. vasa Vaill. 51;-Ps. mascarinua, 3, En!. (1) Ps. mger, n • ' w., 1 ' • p eximius Vaill 5 V ·u 1 "9·-Ps. erythropterus, Shaw, Nat. M.lscell., 653;- s. ' . ' al ., " I J Wh't 174 and 175 or elegam, CIS 29 Sh. Misc. 93·-Ps. Pennanti, Lath., · I el P· . • p .4 ' ' 1 G V· '11 78 79 or gloriostts Shaw, 53 ;-p s. B rowm.z. , Kuhl ' Va11l ., 80' ·- a. m. ai ., , ' . ' , 1 240·-Ps. tabuensis, Lath., or atropurpu-scapulatus, Bechst. Vai!l., 55, 56, En ., ' d J White P· reus, Sh., Lev., Mus., 34;-Ps. amboinensis, Gm., Enl., 240, an · ' 168, 169. 1 d their genus It is from this division that MM. Vigors and Horsfield 1ave ma e ' PLATYCEncus. . .fl. f a carolirue Spix, (2) Ps guaruba Kuhl, or luteus, Lath., Vatll. 20, or ra zng . . ' E I xii·-Ps. ' guyanens~'s. , Gm., or macrogna th os, S pi· x, xx.vI ·-Ps• ludov'w11a n"u4s , 37n·- • 499, or carolinensis, Wi1s., III, xxvt., 1; -p 8• Pe r tinax' Enl · 528 ' Va.t . <> ' , 11 40 p 8 Ps 'aureus L Vaill 41 Edw., 235;-Ps. canicularis, Enl. 767, Val ., ;-V 'II. rer·u ginosus' .E·'< lw. 1·'7 7;'- Ps. bucca/is, Vaill. 67;-Ps. v~·r escens, E'n l · 359p ' at · 59;-Ps. so' aova, F' .nl. 456, 2, Vaill .' 58, 59, an d p s. t ovt·, .E nl ·. 190' p1, ·- 8•t homsao-- rinus, Enl. 768, Vaill. 38;-Ps. ponticerianus, Enl. 5~7, Va1~·· 3 1~ :~.~~s. or· mus Bechst. Vaill. 61·-Ps. capistratus, Bechst., Edw., 2.>2, V' ·. ' E ' ' ' ' · v ·n 60 or olwaceus, n1 · natus, :Enl. 552, Vai1l. 52, Edw. 174;--Ps. margznatus, .a' . ' 18 d 683· bet· 287;-Ps. macrorhync!tus, Enl. 713, Vail!. 83;-:---Ps. grandzs, Enl. 5 v::~l. 44;~Ps. ter, Vaill. 126, 127, 128;-Ps. incarnatus, Va11l. 46;-Ps. borr:e:r.ts, . 6 ,·-Pao Nom13-Guinere Vaill. 49;-Ps. concinnus, Vaill. 48;-Ps. pus~llus, Vatlpl. "; ysoa· humeralis, Va' ill. 50;-Ps. discolor, v. 62;-p s. und u lat us, S• h · 673, ·- 8• C/lT0 tomus, Kuhl, pl. 1;-Ps. pulchellus, Vaill. 68;-Ps. zonarius, Sh. 657. (3) Ps. setaritts, Temm. Col. 15. ( 4) Vieillot has named this division Pr.:rcToLoPnus. laccenSil, (5) Ps. cristatus, Enl. 265;-Ps. pltilippinarum, Enl. 191;-Pps. ma 'cus T, Enl. 498;-Ps. sulfureus, Enl. 141-P s. gal en' t us~ Wh1't e , 2o3 7' ·- s. nan 1 Cpl, 331, SCANSORIJE. 341 tufts are more simple, less mobile, and composed of broad feathers of a moderate length. They live chiefly on roots.( I) In others, the crest merely consists of a few pendent feathers, furni6hed with slender barbs near the tips only, which form a kind of tufted bunch .(2) But in the greater number, there is no crest whatever. The species best known fot· its aptness in learning to speak is, Psitt. erythacus; Jaco; Enl. 311; Edw. 163; Vaill. 99-103. (The Grey Parrot.) Cinereous, with a red tail. From Africa. The species with green plumage are the most numerous.(3) The name of Lonrs has been applied to those species, the ground of whose plumage is red, which have a tail somewhat wedge-shaped, and which closely approach certain Paroquets. They are only found in the East Indies. ( 4) There are some small species with a very short tail, PsrTTACULus, Kuhl, which are also, but improperly, called Paroquets. ( 5) (1) Ps. Banlcsii, Lath., Syn. Supp. 109, Shaw, Misc. 50;-Ps. funereus, Shaw, ,Misc. 186;-Ps. Cookii, Tern., or Leacltii, Kuhl, pl. iii;-Ps. roseus, Kuhl, Co]. 81. Thisdivision has become the genus CALYPTOIUIYNcaus ofM. Vigors and Horsfield. (2) Pa. galeatus, Lath., Suppl. (3) Ps. melanocephalus, Enl. 527; Vaill. 119, 120;-Ps. signatus, Vaill. 105;~ Pa.merl8iru1ts, Enl. 384; Vaill. 114·, or jlavirostris, Spix, xxxi;-Ps. purpureus, Enl. 408; Vaill. 115;-Ps. sordidus, Vaill. 104;-Ps. amazonicus, Enl. 13, 120, 312; Vaillo 98, 99;-Ps. cestivus, Enl. 547, 879; Vaill. 110 and 110 bis;-Ps. crerulifrons,. Sh., Edw. 230; Vail!. 135;-Ps. cyanotis, Tern. or 'brasiliensis, Lin., Edw. 161~ Vaill.I06;-Ps. dominicensis, Enl. 792, or vinaceus, Pr. Max., or co(umbinus, Spix, xxvii;-Pa. !Jufresnianus, Kuh1, Vaill. 91;-Ps. autumnalis, Edw. 164; Vaill. 111; Pa havanensis, Enl. 360; Pail!. 122;-Ps. leucocepltalus, L., Enl. 335, 548, 549; Vaillo 107, 108, 108 bis, 109;-Ps. albzfrons, Mus. Carls. 52;-Ps. pt~lverulentus, Enl. 861; Vaill. 92;-Ps. festivus, Enl. 840; Vail!. 129;-Ps. accipitrinue, Enl. 520, and Spix, xxxii, a;-Ps. senegal/us, Enl. 288; Vaill. 116, 118;-Ps. Levaillantii, Lath., orinjuscatus, Sh.; Vaill. 130, 131;-Ps.gramineus, Enl. 862; Vaill. 121;Pa. linensia, Edw. 231, Enl. 514, Vaill. 132;-Ps. Geojfroii, Vaill. 112, 113, or Ps. peraonatus, Sh.;-Ps. xanthops, Spix, xxvi;-Ps. mitratus, Pr. Max.; Col. 207, or mai'taca, Spix, xxix, and xxx;-Ps. diaderna, Spix, xxxii. (4) Ps. unicolor, Vaill. 125;-Ps. domicella, Enl. 119; Vai11. 94, 95;-Ps. lori, En~. 158; Vaill. 123, 124;-Ps. garrulus, Enl. 216; Vaill. 96;-Ps. cyanurus, Sh., VatU. 97. ~5) Ps. passerinus, Enl. 455, 1; Schaw., ~lise., 893, and Spix, XXXlii;-Ps. tu~ En!. 456, 1; Vail!. 70;-Ps. melanopterus, Enl. .591, 1; Vaill. 69; Sh., 132;hpileatus, Enl. 744; Vaill. 125;-Ps. Barrabandi, Vail1. 134;-Ps. canus, Enl. 79 1, 2; Sh. 425;-Ps. swindernianus, Kuhl, pl. ii;-Ps. galgulus, Enl. 190, 2;Pa. philippensis, Enl. 520;-Ps. vernalis, Mus., Carls., 29;-Ps. indicus, Edw. 6;h torquatus, Sonner., N. Guin., 393;-Ps. simplex, Kuh1, Sonner., lb. 38, 1;4P55a. pu/larius, Enl. 60;-Ps. micropterus, Sonner., 41;-Ps. taitianus, Gm. Enl. ' 2; V.aill. 65, or Ps. p~Yrphyrus, Sh. Misc. 7;-Ps. sparmanni, Mus., Carls,, 27 |