AVES. 650 



Section 2. — Crest turned upwards. 

 Psittacus sulphureus. — The Yellow-Crested Cockatoo. Plate xxxvi. fi^'. 8. 

 White, crest bright sulphur.yellow ; under surface of the wings and tail 

 etraw-eoloured ; cheeks occasionally the same; bill grayish-black; irides 

 dusky-brown. Length fifteen inches. Inhabits New Holland. 



Sub-Genus 3. — Machocercus. — Maccaws. — Vieillot. — Face divested of fea- 

 thers, or occasionally striated with transverse feathered lines ; tail long, 

 cuneiform, and acute. 



Psittacus Aracanga. — Tlie Red and Yellow Maccaw. Plate xxxvi. fig. 7. 

 Scarlet; quills of a bright cobalt-blue; feathers on the lower part of the 

 neck tinged with green at their edges ; upper wing-coverts the same ; larger 

 vving.coverts light-yellow, tipped with green; face naked, white; upper 

 mandible yellowish-white ; lower mandible, claws, and legs, deep black. 

 Two feet long. Inhabits Cayenne and .Surinam. 



Sub-Genus 4. — Pal^ornis. — Parrakeets. — Vigors. — Cheeks clothed with 

 feathers ; tail long and graduated ; the tno middle feathers greatly length- 

 ened. 



Psittacus A lexandri.— The Alexandrine Parra'.teet. Plate xxxvi. fig. 9 

 Described, vol. ill. p. ".^05. 



Family II.— Bill straight, angular, and generally cuneiform. 

 Genus 18.— PIOUS Linnceus. 



Generic Character. — Bill about the length of the head, straight, eonicai, 

 compressed, angular, and cuneiform at the point ; nostrils basal, oval, open, 

 concealed by the setaceous feathers at the base of the bill ; tongue long, ex- 

 tensile, and vermiform ; legs very strong ; feet large ; two toes before and 

 two behind, armed with strong hooked claws ; anterior toes adhering at 

 their base, the posterior ones divided ; tail with twelve feathers, the lateral 

 ones being very short. 



Picus major. — The Greater Spotted Woodpecker. Plate xxxvii. fig. I. 

 Black above, variegated with white; cheeks, throat, venter, and crissum, 

 white; nape deep red ; bill bluish-black ; irides purplish-red ; legs and feet 

 gray. Nine inches long. Inhabits Europe. 



Picus minimus. — The Lea^t Woodpecker. Plate xxxvii. fig. 2. Upper parts 

 pale umber-brort-n, with white spots on the shoulders ; under parts brown- 

 ish.yellow ; bill and sides of the head black, the latter spotted with white ; 

 crown surmounted by a crest; legs and feet bluish-gray. Three inches 

 long. Inhabits Java. 



Genius 19.— rjALBUL.^.— .ffmiore. 



Generic Character. Bill long, nearly straight, or slightly bent at the tip, 

 uadrangular and pointed ; nostrils basal, ovate, partly covered by a naked 

 membrane; legs short; the taisus shorter than the external toe; feet 

 strong ; the anterior toes united as far as the joint of the third phalange. 



Galbuln viridis — The Green Jacmar. Plate xxxvii*. fig. 6- Iticli golden 

 green above ; venter and crissum reddish ; throat white ; tail long, cunei- 

 form, consisting of ten feathers ; irides blue. Six inches and a half long. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



