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Oena capensis (Linn^) 



Turtur sp. 



Chalcophaps indica (Linn6) 



Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck) 



Geophaps smithii (Jardine and Selby) 



Leptotila verreauxii (Bonaparte) 



Oreopeleia caniceps leucometopius Chap- 

 man 

 GalUcolumba xanthonura (Temminck) 

 Olidiphaps nobilis Gould (2) 

 Caloenas nicobarica (Linne) 

 Goiira cristata (Pallas) 

 Didunculus strigirostris (Jardine) 



Order PSITTACIFORMES 



Carotids A-1, A-2-s, B-2-s, B-3b-d to B-4-s; type A coracoid 

 artery; type 1 thoracic artery; ligamentum aortae present; ligamentum 

 botalli usually absent, or when present much reduced or remains as a 

 linea botalli; vertebrals and superficial cervicals have a common root 

 from the common carotid artery, with but a few individual excep- 

 tions; an accessory oesophageal artery from the left carotid may be 

 present, but not necessarily so in all of the species. 



References: Beddard, 1898; Bhaduri and Biswas, 1945; Garrod, 

 1873; Glenny, 1940a, 1951c; Mackay, 1887; Meckel, 1826. 



Family Psittacidae 



Subfamily Strigopinae 



Carotids A-1 ; no additional information available. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Strigops habroptilus G. R. Gray 



Subfamily Nestorinae 



Carotids A-2-s; accessory oesophageal artery from the left common 

 carotid artery. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Nestor notabilis Gould 

 Nestor hypopolius — Nestor meridionalis 

 (Gmelin) 



By Glenny 

 Nestor meridionalis (Gmelin) 



Subfamily Loriinae 



Carotids A-1, except in Lathamus discolor (A-2-s). A notable 

 ductus caroticus was observed in a specimen of Trichoglossus haematod 

 forsteni (USNM 319456) (fig. 117). 



