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latter is merely a short process in Ara, Psittacus, and 

 String ops (fig. 131) ; in Lorius, Eos, and Trichoglossus the two 

 parahyals (figs. 13'2, 133) unite and form a single Y-shaped 



FIG. 132. HYOID or Lorius flavopalliatus (AFTER MIVAKT). 



A. DORSAL ASPECT. B. VKNTKAL. C. LATEHAL. 

 e, cup-like excavation ; //. syiupln >fs "f ininihyals. Otliur letters as in fig. lol. 



bone inclined obliquely upwards. The only bird which 

 seems to present much resemblance to the parrots is the 

 eagle, which, according to the figure in BRONX'S ' Thierreich,' ' 



1 Arcs, PL xxxi. tic;. 23. 



