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number thiin those of India and ^^ciica. The Barbary coasts, I'lom ^ilorouco as lav as 

 Egypt, that is, the entire chain of Atlas, and the northern reverse of that chain, are 

 destitute of them. There are some in Madagascar, but none in the Canary isles. 



In Asia, parrots are found in Hindostan and its dependent islands, in Cochin China, in 

 China, and in the eastern Archipelago. There the liandsomest and lai;gest species, 

 and those most remarkable fcri- their forms, are in abundance. 



In Polynesia, this genus is considerably extended. Australia has species peculiar to 

 itself. These birds are also numerous in New Zealand, the Macquarrie Islands, and in 



UEAD OF MASC.\r,INUS.- 

 LESSOX. 



UKAl) OF rSITTACUS ACCII'lTKINUS.- 

 GMEIJN. 



jiEAD OF :macrooercus HVA- 



CINTUIXUS. — VIELL. 



HEAD OF ENICOGNATIIUS LEPTO- 

 KIlYNCnUS. — KING. 



UEAD OF rSITTACI.'LA PVI, 

 LARIA. — LESSON. 



HEAD OF NESTOR OF NEW 

 ZEALAND. — LESSON. 



TAIL OF THE .MKllOI'sriTA I'YGM.EA. — 

 LESSON. 



i.. I'lj^'m^ 





•\'^ 



TAIL OF LOims. — KlUSSON. 



TAIL OF VAZA.— LESSON. 



the "-roups of the Friendly and Society Islands. The lories are peculiar to the 

 I'hilippines and Xew Guinea, and the psittaeuli, with (lie tongue lenniiiatcd by a 

 pencil of cartilaginous iilanients, belong to the countries wliich extend from. Kcw 

 Holland to the Friendly Islands. 



Europe, all the northern and central regions of Asia, tlie pohii' countries, (irecnhnid, 

 Iceland, the northern and temperate parts of America, Kerguclin's liiiuil, and tlie Soulli 

 Shetlands, are almost the only portions of tlie gloljc in whiili the family of the parrots 

 has no representati\e. 



