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lines, which can be raised or depressed at the will of the bird. They in. 
habit the most remote parts of India; the plumage of the greater num- 
ber is white, and of all the different species they are the most docile. 
They prefer marshy grounds*. 
There are some species lately discovered in New Holland, whose tufts 
are more simple, less mobile, and composed of broad feathers of a mode- 
rate length. They live chiefly on rootst. 
In others, the crest merely consists of a few pendent feathers, furnished 
with slender barbs near the tips only, which form a kind of tufted buncht. 
But in the greater number, there is no ornament whatever on the head. 
The species best known for its aptness in learning to speak is, 
Psitt. erythacus; Jaco; Enl. 311; Edw. 163; Vaill. 99—103. 
(The Grey Parrot). Cinereous, with a red tail. From Africa. 
The species with the green plumage are the most numerous||. 
The name of Loris has been applied to those species, the ground of 
whose plumage is red, which have a tail somewhat wedge-shaped, and 
which closely approach certain Paroquets. They are only found in the 
East Indies$. There are some small species with a very short tail, 
Psrtrracutus, Kuhl, which are also, but improperly, called Paroquets **. 
All this variety of size and colours can hardly authorize any generic 
distinctions. There are only the 
* Ps. cristatus, Enl. 265;—Ps. philippinarum, Enl. 191;—Ps. malaccensis, Eni. 
498;—Ps. sulfureus, En). 14;—Ps. galeritus, White, 237;—Ps. nasicus, T. Col. 331. 
+ Ps. Banksii, Lath. Syn. Supp. 109, Shaw, Misc. 50;—Ps. funereus, Shaw, Mise. 
186;—Ps. Cookii, Tem., or Leachii, Kuhl, pl. iii;—Ps. roseus, Kuhl, Col. 81. 
This division has become the genus CaLyproruHyncuus of MM. Vigors and Hors- 
field. 
{ Ps. galeatus, Lath., Suppl. 
|| Ps. melanocephalus, Enl. 527; Vaill. 119, 120;—Ps. signatus, Vaill. 105;—Ps. 
menstruus, Eni. 884; Vaill. 114, or flavirostris, Spix, xxxi;—Ps. purpureus, En}. 408; 
Vaill. 115;—Ps. sordidus, Vaill. 104;—-Ps. amaxonicus, Enl. 13, 120, 312; Vaill. 98, 
99;—Ps. estivus, Enl. 547, 879; Vaill. 110 and 110 bis ;—Ps. cerulifrons, Sh., Edw. 
230; Vaill. 185;—Ps. cyanotis, Tem., or brasiliensis, Lin., Edw. 161; Vaill. 106;— 
Ps. dominicensis, Enl. 792, or vinaceus, Pr. Max., or columbinus, Spix, xxvii;—Ps. 
Dufresnianus, Kuhl, Vaill. 91;—Ps. autumnalis, Edw. 164; Vaill. 111;—Ps. hava- 
nensis, Enl. 360; Vail]. 122;—Ps. leucocephalus, L., Enl. 835, 548, 549; Vaill. 107, 
108, 108 bis, 109;—Ps. aldifrons, Mus. Carls. 52;—Ps. pulverulentus, Enl. 861; 
Vaill. 92;—Ps. festivus, Enl. 840; Vaill. 129;—Ps. accipitrinus, Enl. 520, and Spix, 
Xxxil, a;—Ps. senegallus, En). 288; Vaill. 116, 118;—Ps. Levaillantii, Lath., or in- 
fuscatus, Sh.; Vaill. 130, 181;—Ps. grimaneus, Enl. 862; Vaill. 121;—Ps. sinensis, 
Edw. 231, Enl. 514, Vaill. 182;—Ps. Geoffroit, Vaill. 112, 113, or Ps. personatus, Sh.; 
—Ps. xanthops, Spix, xxvi;—Ps. mitratus, Pr. Max., Col. 207, or maiztaca, Spix, 
xxix and xxx;—Ps. diadema, Spix, xxxii. 
§ Ps. unicolor, Vaill. 125;— Ps. domicella, Fn). 119; Vaill. 94, 95;—-Ps. 1 ri, 
Enl. 158; Vaill. 123, 124;—Ps. garrulus, Enl. 216; Vaill. 96;—Ps. cyanurus, Sh. ; 
Vaill. 97. 
** Ps. passerinus, Enl. 455, 1; Shaw., Misc. 898, and Spix, xxxiii;—Ps. tui, Enl. 
456, 1; Vaill. 70;—Ps. melanopterus, Enl. 591, 1; Vaill. 69; Sh. 182;—Ps. pileatus, 
Enl. 744; Vaill. 135;—Ps. Barrabandi, Vaill. 184;—Ps. canus, Enl. 791, 2; Sh. 
A25;—Ps. swindernianus, Kuhl, pl. ii;—Ps. galgulus, Enl. 190, 2;—Ps. philippensis, 
Enl. 520;—Ps. vernalis, Mus. Carls. 29;—Ps. indicus, Edw. 6;— Ps. torquatus, 
Sonner., N. Guin., 393;—Ps. simplex, Kuhl, Sonner., Ib. 38, 1;—Ps. pullaris, En. 
60;—Ps. micropterus, Sonner. 41;—Ps. taitianus, Gm. Enl. 455, 2; Vaill. 65, or Ps. 
porphyrus, Sh. Mise. 7;—Ps. sparmanni, Mus. Carls. 27; Vaill. 66;—Ps. fringillaceus, 
» Vaill. 71, or porphyrocephalus, Sh. Misc. 1;—Ps. phigy, Vaill. 64;—Ps. xanthopteri- 
gius, Spix, xxxiv, 12;—Ps. gregarius, Spix, xxxiv, 3, 4 
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