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the Pacific, which appear closely allied to tie Lo- 

 rianae, and which, in all probability, will be found to 

 enter that subfamily; most of these were included by 

 Kuhl, in his section or genus Psittacula> a group 

 apparently established to receive all the smaller Par- 

 rots, without regard to geographic distribution, or 

 the peculiar characters exhibited by the various indi- 

 viduals composing it, and consequently forming an 

 assemblage purely artificial. Want of materials to 

 institute the necessary analysis, as well as a defi- 

 ciency of information respecting the natural habits 

 of many of these birds, precludes us at present from 

 entering more fully into their true affinities, or speak- 

 ing with more confidence of the situations they re- 

 spectively hold ; but we have no hesitation in at once 

 admitting into the present division, that group 

 which embraces the Psittacus porpkyrio of Shaw ; 

 the Psittacula Kuhlii of Vigors, and several others, 

 of which Wagler has constituted his genus Cori- 

 philus. 



We commence our illustrations of this subfamily 

 with examples of the genus Lorius, which may be 

 characterized as follows : Bill moderate, compressed, 

 the inner side of the tip of the upper mandible 

 smooth ; the under mandible lengthened, conic, 

 with the tip narrow and entire. Tongue tubular, 

 silky. Tail of moderate length, rounded or gra- 

 duated, the feathers broad, with obtuse tips. Legs 

 stout. For the present, we arrange under this genus 

 all the Scarlet-coloured Lories, natives of continental 



