HISTORY OF THE PARROTS. 77 



its own circle, is the representative of the Raptorial 

 Order. 



The second sub-family is that of Psitticina^ re- 

 presented by the short and even-tailed species usual- 

 ly called par excellence Parrots ; they are found 

 distributed throughout all the divisions of the globe 

 within the tropics. This is the typical group of the 

 Psittacidae, and is analogous to the conirostral tribe 

 of the Insessores. 



The third is called Plyctolophina, or Cockatoo 

 Division, containing the birds familiarly known by 

 that name, as well as the Black, and other nearly 

 allied species. They are natives of India, its islands, 

 and Australia. These represent the Scansores, and 

 consequently the Rasorial Order, in their own fa- 

 mily. 



The fourth is named Loriana y from a group of 

 parrots generally known by the name of Lories, na- 

 tives of India and its islands. It also contains the 

 numerous members of the genus Trichoglossus, Vi- 

 gors, and several other generic forms belonging to 

 Australia, all of which are distinguished from the 

 rest of the Psittacidae by their comparatively slender 

 bill and papillose tongue. This division beautifully 

 represents the Tenuirostres, and is the Grallatorial 

 group of the Psittacidge. 



The fifth is that of the Broad-tails, or sub-family 

 Platycercina, composed of the beautiful genus Pla- 

 tycercusy Vigors, and <^ the other ground or slender- 

 legged parrots of Australia. In it we are also in- 



