Arbow-taii,ed Paroquets, 

 Where the two middle quills extend far beyond the others*. 



Such is the first species known in Europe, where it was brought 

 by Alexander; Psittacus Jlexandrf, L,, Enh 6i2. It is of a ftnt 

 green, with a red collar on the neck, and a black spot under thi 

 throat. The third subdivision of Le Vaillaat is the 



PABoauETs, with a tail widened near the endf. 



And the fourth, that of the Common^ Paboqubts, whose tail is almost 

 equally cuneiform :|:. To these may be added, those species whose tail is 

 square ; the two middle quills of which are elongated, the lengthened part, 

 however, being without barbs, except .at the tips IJ, 



Among the short and equal-tailed Paroquets, we distinguish the 



Cockatoos % 

 Marked by a crest formed of long and narrow feathers, placed on two 



» It in tWs division whisb furnished MM, Vigors and Hon&eli with thm gesiw 

 PaIz-eornis, We shouM place in It, 



Ps. iorquatus, BrJss,, Enl 551 -—Ps. Akxandrl, L., Enl 642. Vsill 30; Edw. 202, 

 tbeyowng of wWeh, according to Kubl, h Ps.eupatria, h,, VsJJl 73, Eat i^di^Pt. 

 annulatus, Beeljst., Vaill, 75, 76}— P#, enjlhrocephahs, h., gingianus, Lstjj,, VaiU, 

 45, Ed«r, 233i--P*, malaceends, Gnielj — Ps, harrahandi. Swains. Ill, 59, or barbu- 

 latus, Beehst,, Bnl, 8S8, Vaill 72;— Ps. benguhmis, Gm,, Enl, S8«, Vajll. 74j— 

 ps. papuensh, Sonner, Nouv. Guin, lll',^^Ps. rufirostris, EnU 5W',-^Ps, hmmatodm, 

 Bnl. 61, or cyanoeephalus, En). 192, or mpluccanus, Enl, 743, or cijanoga-Unr, Shaw, 

 Gen. Zool. VIIJ, pblix, and J. White, p, 140, ail varieties of age. MM, Vigor* 

 8nd Horsfield having observed in this last eertain setse under the tip of the tongne, 

 erected it into a genus by the nar/ie of TRicHOGt-ossus. It would be a matter of 

 some interest to sscertaia if many other Paroquets do mt possess this same cJm- 

 racter. 



f Ps. niger, Esb i500, Edw, 5;— P«. msa, Vaill. 5\',—Ps, masmrinus, 3, Enl. 5, 

 Vaill, ISd'.^Ps, erythropeterus, Shaw, Nat. Miscejl,, 6535--P*. eiimlus, Vaill 28, 29, 

 gh. Misc. 9d;—Pi; Pennanti, Lath,, S. White, p, 174 and 75, or ehgans, Gm., Vaill. 

 78, 79, or gbrloms, Shaw, 5^',—^Ps. Brownii, Knlil, VaJll BQ',^Ps. seapulatus, 

 Bechst, Vaill, 55, 56, Enl 240;-=-P«. tuhuensis, Lath,, or at/opurpurcus, Sb,, Ler,, 

 Mus., 34;--P.'. amboinmm. Gib,, Enl. 240, and J. White, p. J 68, 169. 



It js from this division that MM. Vigors and Horsfleld kave made their genua 



pLATYCEBeUS. 



X Pa. guaruba, Kohl, or lutew, Lath,, Vaill 20, or Aratinga caroling, Spix, xiif— 

 Ps, guyammk, Gm,, ox ma-crognathos, Spix, xxv; — P?, ludomelanu.s, Enl. 499, ot carO' 

 llmisli, Wits. Ill, xsvi, \;-^Ps. pcrtinax, Enl 528, Vaill 34, 37;— P«. aureus, l> , 

 Vaill 41, Edw. 2^5-— Ps, ca«/c«/«rf<(, Enl 767, Vaill 40^— F». eruginosug, Edw, 

 J77;-'P5. buecaUs,V Hill 61',— Ps. vlrescens, Enl 395, Vaill 59;=-P*. sosova, Enl, 

 456, 2, Vaill 58, 59, and Ps, tovi, Enl J90, !;=-/>«, mnnus. Bnl 768, Vaill 38;— 

 Pg. ponticerianns, Enl 517, Vaill. 31;— P«, xnnlhosomus, Bechst,, Vaill, 61;— Pi, 

 mpistratm, Bechst,, Edw, 232, Vaill 47;— Ps. onuitm, Enl 553, Vaill. 52, Edw, 

 XTi-j-^Ps. marginatus, VaiJl 60, or oUvaceus, Enl.287;--P«, tmcrorhi/ncfius, Enl 

 713, or Vaill 8d;—Ps. graudis, Enl 518 and 683; better, Vaill 126, 127, 123;— 

 Ps. inearnalus, Vaill 46;-=-P*. borneus, Vaill 44;— Ps. Mova-Ouinea, Vaill 49;^' 

 P$. eonelmius, Vaill 48;™Ps. pusjllus, Vaill 63{— P/». humeraUs, Vaill 50;=^P*, 

 <:f/sco/or, V. 62;— P* mdnktus, S)i. 673{— Ps, chrysQ§tomus, Kubl, pi J^=^Prf, ;;«/- 

 (pW/u», Vaill 68;^P»-. zonarius, Sh. 657, 



t) Ps. si-tmus, Tern. Col 15. 



^ VjeSilot has named this division P.f,ycTotofWt'g, 



