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tufts are more simple, loss mobile, and composed of broad feathers 

 of a moderate length. They live chiefly on roots. (l) 



In others, the crest merely consists of a few pendent feathers, fur- 

 nished 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 for its aptness in learning to speak is, 



Psitt. erythacns; Jaco; Enl. 511; 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 Louis 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, Psittaculus, Kuhl, which are also, but improperly, call- 

 ed Paroquets. (5) 



(1) Ps. Banksii, Lath., Syn. Supp. 109, Shaw, Misc. 50; Ps. funereus, Shaw,^ 

 Misc. 186; Ps. Cookii, Tern., or Leachii, Kuhl, pi. iii; Ps. roseus, Kuhl, Col. 81. 



Thisdivision has become the genus CALTPTortiixNCHus of M Vigors and Horsfield. 



(2) Ps. galeatus, Lath., Suppl. 



(3) Ps.melanocephalas, Enl. 527; Vaill. 119, 120; Ps. signatus, Vaill. 105; 

 Ps. memtnms, Enl. 384; Vaill. 1 14, or flavirostris, Spix, xxxi; Ps. piirpureus, 

 Enl. 408; Vaill. 115; Ps. sordidus, Y^Wi. 104; Ps. amazonicus, Enl. 13, 120, 312i 

 Vaill. 98, 99; Ps. sestivus, Enl. 547, 879; Vaill. 110 and 110 his,Ps. cseruUfrons, 

 Sh., Edw. 230; Vaill. 135; Ps. cyanotis, Tern, or brasiliensis, Lin., Edw. 161; 

 Vaill. 106; Ps. dominicensis, Enl. 792, or vinaceus, Vr. Max., or colambinus, Spix, 

 xxvu;~Ps. JDufresnianus, Kuhl, Vaill. 91; Ps. autumnalis, Edw. 164; Vaill. Ill; 

 Ps havanensis, Enl. 360; Paill. 122; Ps. kucocephalus, L., Enl. 335, 548, 549; 

 Vaill. 107, 108, 108 bis, 109; Ps. albifrons, Mus. Carls 52; Ps. pulveriikntus, 

 Enl. 861; Vaill. 92; Ps.festivus, Enl. 840; Vaill. 129; Ps. accipitrinus, Enl. 520, 

 and Spix, xxxii, a; Ps. senegallus, Enl. 288; Vaill. 116, 118; Ps. Levailla?itu, 

 Lath., ov infuscatus, Sh.; Vaill. 130, 131; Ps. grammeMS, Enl. 862; Vaill. 121; 

 Ps. sinensis, Edw. 231, Enl. 514, Vaill. 132; Ps. Geoffroii, Vaill. 112, 113, or Ps. 

 personatus, Sh.; Ps. xanthops, Spix, xxvi; Ps. mitrcdus, Pr. Max.; Col. 207, or 

 maitaca, Spix, xxix, and xxx; Ps. diadema, Spix, xxxii. 



(4) Ps. unicolor, Vaill. 125; Ps. domicella, En!. 119; Vaill. 94, 95; Ps. lori, 

 Enl. 158; Vaill. 123, 124; Ps. garrulus, Enl. 216; Vaill. 96; Ps. cyanurus, Sh., 

 Vaill. 97. 



{5) J's. passerinus, Enl. 455, 1; Schaw., Misc., 893, and Spix, XXXin;Ps. 

 tui, Enl. 456, 1; Vaill. 70; Ps. melanopierus, Enl. 591, 1; Vaill. 69; Sh., 132; 

 Ps. pikatus, Enl. 744; Vaill. 135; Ps. Barrabandi, Vaill. 134; Ps. canus, Enl. 

 791, 2; Sh. 425; Ps. swinderniunus, Kuhl, pi. ii; Ps. galgulus, Enl. 190, 2; 

 Ps. philippensis, Enl. 520; Ps. vernulis, Mus., Carls., 29; Ps. indicus, Edw. 6; 

 Ps. torquatus, Sonner., N. Guin., 393; Ps. simplex', Kuhl, Sonner., lb. 38, 1; 

 Ps. puUarius, Enl. 60; Ps. micropterus, Sonner, 41; Ps. taUianus, Gm. Enl. 

 455, 2; Vaill. 65, or Ps. porphyrus, Sh. Misc. 7; Ps. sparmanni, Mus., Carls., 27; 



