268 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Order PSITTACI. — The Parrots, Macaws, 

 Paroquets, etc. (Page 2.) 



Families. 

 (Characters same as those given for the Order) ... Psittacidae. (Page 268.) 

 Family PSITTACIDAE. (Page 268.) 



North and Middle American Genera. 



a^. Tail graduated, the feathers narrowed toward tips. 



h^. Cheeks naked; tail longer than wing, graduated for more than half its 



length; very large (wing more than 12.00) Ara} 



IP-. Cheeks densely feathered ; tail shorter than wing, graduated for less than 

 half its length ; small or medium (wing not more than 12.00). 

 &. Wing more than 3.50 ; upper mandible very little if any broader than 

 high at base. 

 d^. Second or third quill longest. 



&. Tail more than two-thirds as long as wing ; wing more than 

 5.00. 

 p. Bill very large, much compressed, the tip of lower man- 

 dible much produced, truncated, and flattened ; gonys 

 flattened ; tail graduated for only about one-third its 

 length; cere densely feathered, concealing the nostrils ; 



wing 8.00, or more Rhynchopsitta. (Page 269.) 



p. Bill smaller, less compressed, with tip of lower mandible 

 less produced, and gonj^s rounded ; tail graduated for 

 much more than one-third its total length ; cere naked 

 in some species, densely feathered in others; wing less 

 than 8.00 in all North American species. 



Conurus. (Page 269.) 

 e^. Tail less than two-thirds as long as the wing ; wing less than 

 5.00. 



Cere naked on top.... Brotogeris.^ 



d". First quill longest. 



Tail (in northern species) less than two-thirds as long as 



1 Ara Brisson, Orn. iv. 1760, 184. Type, A. brasiliensia Briss., = ^. chloroptera GeAY. For synopsis of 

 Mexican species, see Appendix. 



'^ BrotoffeHa ViG., Zool. Jour. ii. 1825, 400. Type, Psittacus pyrrhoiiterus Linn. 



One Mexican and Central American species, B. tori (Linn.) ; color uniform green, paler below, upper wing- 

 coverts olive-brownish, and spot on chin orange ; length about 6.50 inches. 



