402 Count T. Salvadori— Notes 



(pp. 684H391), seems to accept five of the families admitted 

 in my work — Nestoridce, Stringopidce, and Psittacidce without 

 doubt, and Cacatuidce and Loriidce as probably justifiable — 

 while he says that exception may be taken to the Cyclopsit- 

 tucidce. When we know something about the structure of 

 the tongue of the Cyclopsittacidce we shall better understand 

 the value of that group. 



Dr. Mivart, in 1895, published a paper on the hyoid 

 bone of certain Parrots *, describing its peculiarities in 

 different species {Psittacus erithacus, Lorius domicella, Lorius 

 flavo-palliatus, Eos reticulata, E. indica, Trichoglossus ornatus, 

 and Stringops habroptilus) , and shewing that the first and 

 last species have characters which prove that they severally 

 belong to different families, while the other species belong 

 to a third family. 



In two other papers, published in 1895, bearing on "The 

 Skeleton of Lorius flavo-palliatus (taken as the type of the 

 Loriidce) compared with that of Psittacus crithacus ,> (type 

 of the family Psittacidce) f, Dr. Mivart has shown the many 

 differences these species present, and has exhaustively prove! 

 the value of the family Loriidce. 



In a subsequent paper, published by Dr. Mivart in 1896, 

 " On the Hyoid Bones of Nestor meridionalis and Nanodes 

 discolor "X, the right of the family Nestoridce to stand is 

 equally demonstrated. 



Dr. Forbes and Mr. Robinson in 1897 §, and Dr. Sharpe 

 in ]900 ||, have entirely followed my arrangement of the 

 Parrots; the same has been done by Sclateriu 1902 H; while 

 Dr. Dubois in 1899 **, in accepting my six families, has 



* Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895, pp. 1(52-174. 



t T. c. pp. 312-337, 363-399. 



\ Op. cit. 18015, pp. 236-240. 



§ Catalogue of Parrots in the Derby Museum (Bull. Liverp. Mus. i. 

 pp." 5-22). 



|| Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds, vol. ii. 



% "List of the Parrots represented in the Society's Collection in January 

 L902, with remarks on some of the rarer species " (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 1902, pp. L66 171). 



** S\ nopsis A-wuui — Nouveau Manuel d'Ornithologie, fasc.i.pp. 1-34. 



