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Among those which have a long cuneiform tail, we first distinguish 



Ara, Kuhl. 



The Aras or Maccaws, whose cheeks are divested of feathers. 

 They are American species, most commonly very large, and their 

 plumage extremely brilliant, on account of which many of them are 

 sent alive to Europe.(l) 



The other long-tailed Parrots have the common name of 



CoRNURUS, Kuhl, 

 Or Paroquets. Le Vaillant divides them into the 



Ara-Paroquets, 



Which have a naked space round the eye; they inhabit America 

 like the Ara:(2) and into the 



Arrow-tailed Paroquets, 



Where the two middle quills extend far beyond the others.(3) 



Such is the first species known in Europe, where it was 

 brought by Alexander; Psittacus Mexandri, L., Enl. 642. It is 

 of a fine green, with a red collar on the neck, and a black spot 

 under the throat. The third subdivision of Le Vaillant is the 



(1) Psitt. macao, L., Vaill. 1; Ps. aracanga, Eiil. 12, Vaill. 2; Ps. tricolor, 

 Vaill. 5; Ps. hyacinthinus. Lath., or AnodorhynchusMaximiliani, Spix, XI; Ps. 

 ararawia, Enl. 06:, Ps. militaris, Vaill. 4; Ps. severus, Vaill. 8, 9, 10; Ps. 

 macawuanna, Enl. 864, Vaill. 7; Arara purpureodorsalis, Splx, XXIV. 



(2) Ps. guyanmnsis, Enl. 167, 407, Vaill. 14 15; Ps. squamosus, Shaw, Mis- 

 cell. 1061; Ps. vittatus, Vaill. 17; Ps. versicolor, Enl. 144, Vaill. 16; Ps. 

 sohtitialis, Vaill. 16 19, or Aratinga chryso-cephalus, Spix, XIV. His Jtratinga 

 luteus is a variety. 



(3) It is this division which furnished MM. Vigors and Horsfield with their genus 

 PALiEonisis. We should place in it, 



Ps. forquaiiis, Briss. Enl. 551; Ps. Jllexandri, L. Enl. 642, Vaill. 30; Edw. 

 292, the young of which, according to Kuhl, is Ps. eupatria, L., Vaill. 7o, Enl. 

 239; Ps. aniiulatus, Bechst. Vaill. 75, 76, Ps. erythrocephalus, .1.-, gingianus. 

 Lath. Vaill. 45, Edw. 233; Ps. malaccensis, Gmel.; Ps. barrabandi, S Wains. Ill, 

 69, or barbulutus, Bechst. Enl. 888, Vaill. 72; Ps. hengalensis, Gm. Enl. 888, 

 Vaill. 74; Ps. papueiisis, Sonner. Nouv., Gain., Ill; Ps. rufirostris, Enl. 580; 

 Ps. hasmalodus, Enl. 61, or cyanocephalus, Enl. 192, or moluccanus, Enl. "43, or 

 cyanogaster, Shaw, Gen. Zool., VIII, pi. lix, and J. White, p. 140, all varieties of 

 age. MM. Vigors and Horsfield having observed in this last certain setae under 

 the tip of the tongue, erected it into a genus by the name of Trichoglossus. It 

 woidd be a matter of some interest to ascertain if many other Paroquets do not 

 possess this same character. 



