658 AVK3. 



Ctipito coUaris. — The collared Barbet. Plate xxxvii». fig. 3. Reddish-brown 

 Bhove, with a black collar round the neck ; head black ; throat and under 

 prtPts white ; tail rufous, and barred transversely with a darker culoor. 

 Seven inches and a half long. Inhabits Guiana. 



Genus 15. — BUCCO. — LinntBus, 



Generic Character. — Bill robust, pointed, laterally compressed, and with 

 long nuchal bristles at the base ; upper mandible strong, emarginated, and 

 incurvated; nostrils basal, lateral ; tarsus shorter than the exterior toe,- 

 the anterior toe attached as far as second phalange. 



Bucco niger. — The Black-Throated Barbet. Plate xxix.** fig. 8. Crown, 

 nape, throat, wings, and tail, black ; the upper wing-coverts spotted with 

 white ; front scarlet ; ophthalmic region extending half-way down the 

 throat ; sides of the neck, back, and whole under parts, wliite ; legs and 

 bill dusky. Six inches long. Inhabits the East Indies and Africa, 



Genus 16.— POGONIAS.— /«ig-er. 



Generic Character. — Bill short, robust, with the ridge much arcuated ; 

 edge of upper mandible strongly serrated, sometimes smooth, and at others 

 furrowed ; lower mandible not so deep as the upper one ; nostrils basal, la- 

 teral, with rigid nuchal bristles at its base ; tarsus same length as the exte- 

 rior toe J the anterior one adhering as far as the joint of the second phalange. 



Fogonias sulcirostris. — The Groove-Beaked Pogonias Plate xxxvii*. fig. 8. 

 Body above, wings and tail, black ; back with a white spot ; throat, collum, 

 and abdomen, scarlet, with a paler spot on the wings ; hypochondria straw- 

 yellow ; quills dark burnt umber-brown ; upper mandible with a longitu- 

 dinal groove, and the lower one with several. Nine inches long. Inhabits 

 Africa. 



Genus 17.— PSITTACUS.— iinn^uj. 



Generic Character. Bill short, thick, robust, gibbous, much arcuated both 

 above and below ; upper mandible greatly bent, and hooked at the point, 

 and provided with a notch ; under mandible short and truncated ; having » 

 cere at the base of the bill ; head large ; nostrils roundish, and placed with, 

 in the cere ; legs short, very strong ; tarsus shorter thau the external toe ; 

 the interior toes attached at their base. 



Sub.Genus I. — Psittacus. — Parrots. — Face covered with feathers. 



Psittacus cyanotus. — The Brazilian Parrot. Platexxxvi. tig. 6. Rich yel. 

 low.green above, aud paler on the under parts, the feathers marginated with 

 pi-rple-browu ; cheeks Antwerp-blue; crown yellow; wings edged with 

 red ; quills dull blue; outer tail feathers blue, the second red, and the rest 

 green, tipped with yellow. Inhabits Brazil. 



Sub.Genus 2. — Plyctolophus. — Vieillot. — Cockatoos. — Head with a crest. 

 Section 1. — Crest pendulous. 



Psittacus rosaceous. — The Rose- Crested Cockatoo. White, with an oc- 

 casional tinge of rose-colour ; crest orange-red ; inferior wing and tail-co. 

 verts pale sulphur-yellow ; bill bluish-black ; legs lead-colour. Sixteen to 

 eighteen inches long. Inhabits Sumatra, 



