340 AVES. 



Paroquets, with a tail widened near the end:(l) 



And the fourth, that of the Common Paroquets, whose tail is 

 equally cuneiform. (2) 'J'o these maybe added, those species whose 

 tail is square; the two middle quills of which are elongated, the 

 lengthened part however being without barbs, except at the tip.(3) 



Among the short and equal-tailed Paroquets we distinguish the 



Cockatoos. (4) 



Marked by a crest formed of long and narrow feathers, placed on 

 two lines, which can be raised or depressed at the will of the bird. 

 They inhabit the most remote parts of India; the plumage of the 

 greater number is white, and of all the different species they are, the 

 most docile. They prefer marshy grounds. (5) 



There are some species lately discovered in New Holland, whose 



(1) Fs. niger, Enl. 500, Edvv.> 5; Ps. vasa, Vaill.. 51; Ps. mascarinus, 3, Enl. 

 5, Vaill.,. 139; Fs. erythropterus, Shaw, Nat. Miscell., 653; Fs. eximius, Vaill. 

 28, 29, Sh. Misc. 93; Ps. Fennanti, Lath., J. White, p. 174 and 175, or ekgans, 

 Gm. Vaill., 78, 79^ or gloriosus, Shaw, 53; Fs. Brownii, Kuhl, Vaill., 80; Fs. 

 scapulaius, Bechst. A'aill., 55, 56, Enl., 240; Fs. tabuensis. Lath., ov atropurpu- 

 reus, Sh., Lev., Mus, 34; Fs. ambolnensis, Gm , Enl, 240, and: J. White, p. 

 168, 169. 



It is from tliis division that MM., Vigors and Horstield have made their genus, 

 Plattcercus. 



(2) Fs. guaruha, Kuhl, arluteus. Lath., Vaill. 20, or Jratinga carolinas, Spix^ 

 xii; Fs. guyanensis, Gm., or macrognathos, Spi.x, xxv; Fs. luduvicianus, Enl. 

 499, or caroUnensts, Wils., Ill, xxvi,. 1; Fs. pertinax, Enl. 528, \vC\\\. 34, 27:, 

 Fs. aureus,!.., Vaill., 41, Edw., 2.55; Fs. canicularis, Enl. 767, Vaill., 40; Fs. 

 seriighiosus, Edw., 177; Fs. buccalis, YaW]. 67; Fs. virescens, Enl. 359, Vaill. 

 59;_P5.. sosova, Enl. 456, 2, Vaill , 58, 59, and Fs. tovi, Enl. 190, 1; Ps. ma- 

 rinus, Enl. 768, Vaill. 38; Fs. po-ntlcerianus, Enl. 517,. Vaill, 31; Fs. xanthoso- 

 mus, Bechst., Vaill., 61; Fs. capistratus, Bechst., Edw., 232, Vaill. 47; Fs. or- 

 natus, Enl. 552, Vaill. 52, Edw. 174; Fs. marginatiis, Vaill. 60, or olivaceus, Enl. 

 287; Fs. macrorhynchus, Knl. 713, Vaill 83; Ps. grandis, Enl. 518 and 683; bet- 

 ter, Vaill. 126, 127, 128; Fs. incarnatus, Vaill. 46; Ps. borneus, Vaill. 44; Fs. 

 Novse-^Guinex, Vaill. 49; Ps. condnnus, Vaill. 48; Ps. pusillus, Vaill. 63; Fs. 

 humeralis, Vaill. 50; Ps._ discolor, V- 62; Fs. undulatus, Sh. 673; Fs. chrysos- 

 tomus, Kuhl, pi. 1; P.S. pukhellus, Vaill. 68; Fs. zonarhis, Sh. 657. 



(3) Fs. setarius, Temm. Col. 15. 



(4) Vieillot has named this division Pi.tctglophus. 



(5) Fs. crisfatus, Enl. 265; Fs. philippinarum, Enl. 191; Fs. malaccensis, 

 Enl.. 498; Ps. sulfurms, Enl. 1.4; Ps. gahritus. White, 237; P.f nasiais, T., 

 9l'.. 331, 



