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lines, which can be raised or depressed at the will of the bird. They in- 

 habit the most remote parts of India; tlie plumage of the greater num- 

 ber is white, and of all the different species they are the most docile. 

 They prefer marshy grounds*. 



There are some species lately discovered in New Holland, whose tufts 

 are more simple, less mobile, and composed of broad feathers of a mode- 

 rate length. They live chiefly on rootsf. 



In others, the crest merely consists of a few pendent feathers, furnished 

 with slender barbs near the tips only, which form a kind of tufted buncli;^;. 



But in the greater number, there is no ornament whatever on the head. 

 The species best known for its aptness in learning to speak is, 



Psitt. erythacus; Jaco ; Eul. 311; Edw. 163; Vaill. 99 — 103. 

 (The Grey Parrot). Cinereous, with a red tail. From Africa. 

 The species with the green plumage are the most numerous!]. 



The name of Loris has been applied to those species, the grouiid of 

 whose plumage is red, which have a tail somewhat wedge-shaped, and 

 which closely approach certain Paroquets. They are only found in the 

 East Indies §. There are some small species with a very short tail, 

 PsiTTAcuLus, Kuhl, which are also, but improperly, called Paroquets **. 



All this variety of size and colours can hardly authorize any generic 

 di.sti]ictions. There are only the 



* Ps crislntus, Enl. 265;— P*. philippinanim, Enl. 191; — Ps. 7nalarrens/s, Enl. 

 49fi;—Ps. svlfnreiis, Enl. 14;— P.«. gaJeritus, White, 237;— P*. nasicus, T. Col. 331. 



t Ps. Banfcsii, Lath. Syn. Supp. 109, Shaw, Misc. 50; — Ps. fu/ierens, Shii\v, Misc. 

 IPf):— Ps Cookii, Tem., or Leuchii, Kuhl, pi. iii;— Ps. roseus, Kuhl, Col. 81. 



This division has become the genus Calyptorhynchus of MM. Vigors and Hors- 

 field. 



X Ps. gnleaius, Lath , Suppl. 



II Ps. melmwcephahis, Enl. 527; Vaill. 119, \2(i;—Ps. signatns, Vaill. 105;— Ps. 

 menstruus, Enl. 384; Vaill. 114, ox fluvirosiris, Spix, xxxi; — Ps. piirpureiis, Enl. 40S; 

 Vaill. 115;— Ps. sordidus, Vaill. 104;— Ps. amazonicus, Enl. 13, 120, 312; Vaill. 98, 

 99;— Ps. asfivus, Enl. 547, 879; Vaill. 110 and 110 bis ,—Ps. ccerulifrmis, Sh., Edw. 

 230; Vaill. 135;— Ps. ci/amtis, Tem., or brasiliensis, Lin., Edw. 161; Vaill. 106; — 

 Ps. dominicensis, Enl. 792, or viiiaceus, Pr. Max., or columbinus, Spix, xxvii; — Ps. 

 Dufresninniis, Kuhl, Vaill. 91 ; — Ps. aitfiimn'ilis, Edw. 164; Vaill. Ill; — Ps. hava- 

 veiisis, Enl. 360; Vaill. \22;—Ps. leitrocephalus, L., Enl. 335,548, 549; Vaill. 107, 

 108. lOS bis, 109;— P.«. albifrons, Mus. Carls. 52-- Ps. pulvcrnlentus, Enl. 861; 

 Vaill. 92;—Ps.festiviis, Enl. 840; Vaill. 129;— Ps. acci/,itri>ius, Enl. 520, and Spix, 

 xxxii, a;— Ps. senega//us, Enl. 288; Vaill. 116, 118;— Ps. LevtiUln>,/ii, Lath., or /»- 

 fuscatus, Sh.; Vaill. 130, U\\—Ps. grimaneiis, Enl. 862; Vaill. 121;— Ps. sinensis, 

 Edw. 231, Enl. 514, Vaill. 132;— Ps. Geoffroii, Vaill. 112, 113, or Ps. persovalus, Sh.; 

 —Ps. xanthops, Spix, xxvi; — Ps. vtitratus, Pr. Max., Col. 207, or mditaca, Spix, 

 xxix and xxx; — Ps. diadema, Spix, xxxii. 



§ Ps. unicolor, Vaill. 125; — Ps. domicelln, Enl. 119; Vaill. 94, 95;— Ps. I ri, 

 Enl. 158; Vaill. 123, 124;— Ps. ffarru/us, Enl. 216; Vaill. 96;— Ps. cyanuius,Sh. ; 

 Vaill. 97. 



*• Ps. passerinus, Enl. 455, 1; Shaw., Misc. 893, and Spix, xxxiii; — Ps. tui, Enl. 

 456, 1; Vaill. 70;~Ps. melanoplerus, Enl. 591, 1; Vaill. 69; Sh. 132;— Ps. pileatus, 

 Enl. 744; Vaill. 135;— Ps. Barrabandi, Vaill. 134;— Ps. cavus, Enl. 791, 2; Sh. 

 42.5; — Ps. swinderniunus, Kuhl, pi. ii ; — Ps. galgidus, Enl. 190, 2; — Ps. phitippeiisis, 

 Enl. 520;— Ps. vernalis, Mus. Carls. 29;— Ps. indicus, Edw 6;— P.s. torqiiatiis, 

 Sonner., N. Guin., 393;— Ps simpler, Kulil, Sonner., lb. 38, 1;— P.s-. pullaris, Enl. 

 60; — Ps. mirro;iter>is, Sonner. 41; — Ps. taitianus. Cm. Enl 455, 2; \s.\\\. 65, or Ps. 

 pnriiki/rus, Sh. Misc. 7; — Ps. sparm(mni, Mus. Carls. 27; V'aill. QG; — Ps.frivgilluceus, 

 Vaill. 71, or porph rocephulus, Sh. Misc. 1; — Ps. pliigy, VailL 64; — Ps. lanlhupteri' 

 giu.'!, Spix, xxxiv, 12; — Ps, gregarius, Spix, xxxiv, 3, 4 



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