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P. Cookii, Tern. Crimson-tailed Cockatoo. Plumage black, more 

 or less spotted with yellowish ; crest small ; tail bright crimson, 

 the base and tip black. 20 inches long. New Holland Shaw, 

 xiv. pi. 14. 



P. Eos, Tern. Head, neck, all the under parts, and inner surface 

 of the wings rose-coloured ; the rest of the plumage gray, deeper 

 on the wings and tail ; bill yellowish. 12 inches Ions. Tern. PL 

 Col. 81. 



*** Face naked, or striped with feathered lines ; tail long, wedged, 

 acute. MACBOCERCUS, Vieill. 



P. macao, Lin. Scarlet Maccaw. Head, neck, breast, belly, and 

 thighs, upper part of the back, and lesser coverts of the wings 

 bright red or scarlet-colour ; wings blue above, faint red below, 

 coverts yellow ; tail-coverts blue ; tail with the middle feathers 

 red, the lateral ones partly blue ; cheeks wrinkled -and naked. 

 Inhabits S. America. Edw. pi. 158. 



P. Aracanga, Lin. Plumage scarlet, with the greater wing-coverts 

 yellow, tipped with green and blue ; quills above blue, beneath 

 rufous ; cheeks naked. 2 feet 10 inches long. Inhabits Guiana. 

 Vaill Per. pi. 2. 



P. ambiguus, Bechst. Plumage brown-green, with the forehead 

 scarlet, quills and rump blue ; tail rufous above, back yellow, the 

 tip blue ; cheeks naked, with plumose lines. About 2 feet long. 

 Inhabits South America. Vaill. Per. pi. 6. 



**** Tail long, graduated. 



P. pulchellus, Tern. Plumage green, yellow beneath ; wings and 

 frontlet blue ; two middle tail-feathers green, the lateral ones 

 yellow, with a black streak near the shaft. 6| inches long. In- 

 habits New Holland. Shaw, viii. 470. 



P. eximius, Shaw. Head, neck, and breast scarlet ; wings and tail 

 blue ; back black, undulated with green ; abdomen yellowish ; 

 bill horn-coloured. New Holland. Shaw, viii. pi. 57., 58. 



P. scapulatus, Bechst. (P. Tabuensis, Shaw.) Back, wings, and 

 tail deep grass-green; with u paler band across the smaller wing- 

 coverts ; head, neck, and whole under parts bright scarlet. 16 

 inches long. Inhabits New South Wales Shaw, viii. pi. 55. 



P. setarius, Tern. Forehead, cheeks, neck, and all the under parts 

 of the body fine green ; bluish on the forehead, a red spot between 

 the bill and eyes, and an orange band between the neck and back; 

 two middle tail-feathers elongated, with part of the shafts naked. 

 11 inches long. Inhabits Indian Archipelago Shaw, xiv. pi. 16. 



P.formosus, Lath. The Ground Parrot. Plumage green on the back, 

 spotted with black and yellow ; forehead as far as the eyes red ; 

 tail strongly cuneated, and consisting of sharp-pointed feathers 

 of the finest yellow, crossed by numerous arrow-shaped black bars. 

 Size of the Pigeon. Inhabits New Holland Sharv, viii, pi. 66. 



