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FROM the Maccaw division we now proceed to 

 the subfamily Psittacina, containing a numerous as- 

 semblage of species, distinguished by their compa- 

 ratively stout and generally even tail. The largei 

 species of this division answer to M. Kuhl's fourth 

 section Psittacus, and are usually known among us by 

 the special title of Parrots. These by Wagler, in his 

 Monographia Psittacorum, have since been divided 

 into several groups, and constitute his genera Eclcc- 

 tus, Psittacodis, Psittacus, and Pionus. In this 

 subfamily, the bill, though very powerful and strong, 

 is more elongated than in the Maccaws and Cocka- 

 toos, the head is large, and the face, with some few 

 exceptions, covered with feathers. The tail is short, 

 with the end even, or else slightly rounded ; and the 

 wings are generally ample and long. It forms the 

 typical group of the family, and is nearly allied to 

 the Cockatoos, or subfamily Plyctolophina, by some 

 interesting forms, among which may be mention- 

 ed Nestor kypopolius, Wagler, and by some of its 

 smaller members, to the short-tailed diminutive spe- 

 cies of the Lory division ; while their connection 

 with the MacrocercincB is supported by the forms 

 previously adverted to. The species are found dis- 

 tributed in Asia, Africa, and America, and are all 

 inhabitants of the torrid zone. Many are gregarious, 

 except during the period of incubation. They breed 



