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longing to the ancient world. Among these may be 

 particularized an extensive group, mostly consisting 

 of birds of moderate size, in which the immediate 

 orbits of the eyes alone are naked ; these form a 

 part of M. Spix's genus Aratinga, and, as represen- 

 tatives of it, the Psittacus cruentatus, Temminck, 

 and Psitt. leucotis, Lich., may be quoted. From 

 this group we would separate several larger species, 

 as Psitt. Carolinensis, Auctor, &c., under the name 

 of Arara, Spix, reserving the title of Psittacara for 

 another group, in which the bill is much larger, with 

 the tip drawn to a fine point, and having the orbits 

 and part of the face naked, characters which bring 

 it in near connexion with the large bare-cheeked 

 Maccaws. Of this group, the Psittacus nobilis, 

 Linn., Psittacara frontata, Vig., is an example. 

 As the limits of the volume only permit of a certain 

 number of illustrations, we have selected a species 

 of the second or Arara genus, which, from its size 

 and appearance, seems to lead directly to the genus 

 Macrocercus : it is the 



