340 AVES. 
ParoqueEts, with a tail widened near the end:(1) 
And the fourth, that of the Common Paroquets, whose tail is 
equally cuneiform.(2) To these may be added, those species whose 
tail is square; the two middle quills of which are elongated, the 
lengthened part however being without barbs, except at the tip.(3) 
Among the short and equal-tailed Paroquets we distinguish the 
CocKaroos.(4) 
Marked by a crest formed of long and narrow feathers, placed on | 
two lines, which can be raised or depressed at the will of the bird. 
They inhabit the most remote parts of India; the plumage of the 
greater number is white, and of all the different species they are the 
most docile. They prefer marshy grounds. (5) 
There are some species lately discovered i in New Holland, whose 
(1) Ps. niger, Enl. 500, Edw., 5;—Ps. vasa, Vaill. 51;—Ps. mascarinus, 3, Enl. 
5, Vaill., 189;—Ps. erythropterus, Shaw, Nat. Miscell., 653;—Ps. eximius, Vaill. 
28, 29, Sh. Misc. 93;—Ps. Pennanti, Lath., J. White, p. 174 and 175, or elegans, 
Gm. Vaill., 78, 79, or gloriosus, Shaw, 53;—Ps. Brownii, Kubl, Vaill., 80;—Ps. 
scapulatus, Bechst. Vaill., 55, 56, Enl., 240;—Ps. tabuensis, Lath., or atropurpu- 
reus, Sh., Lev., Mus, 34;—Ps. amboinensis, Gm., Enl., 240, ani o. “Sie p- 
168, 169. 
It is from this division that MM. Vigors and Horsfield hare made their pein, 
PEATYCERCUS. wf 
(2) Ps. guaruha, Kuhl, or luteus, Lath., Vaill. 20, or 4ratinga emalies Spix,” F 
xii;—Ps. guyanensis, Gm., or macrognathos, Spix, xxv;—Ps. ludovicianus, Enl. 
499, or carolinensis, Wils., Ill, xxvi, 1;—Ps. pertinaz, Enl. 528, Vaill. 34, 37;— 
Ps. aureus, L., Vaill., 41, Edw., 235;—Ps. canicularis, En). 767, Vaill., 40;—Ps. 
zruginosus, F.dw., 177;--Ps. buccalis, Vaill. 67;—Ps. virescens, Enl. 359, Vaill. 
59;—Ps. sosova, Enl, 456, 2, Vaill., 58, 59, and Ps. tovi, Enl. 190, 1;—Ps. ma- 
rinus, Enl. 768, Vaill. 38;—Ps. ponticerianus, Enl. 517, Vaill., 31;—Ps. xanthoso- 
mus, Bechst., Vaill., 61;—Ps. capistratus, Bechst., Edw., 232, Vaill. 47;—Ps. or- 
natus, Enl. 552, Waill. 52, Edw. 174;—Ps. marginatus, Vaill. 60, or olivaceus, Enl. 
287;—Ps. macrorhynchus, Eni. 713, Vaill. 83;—Ps. grandis, Enl. 518 and 683; bet- 
ter, Vaill. 126, 127, 128;—Ps. incarnatus, Vaill. 46;—Ps. borneus, Vaill. 44;—Ps. 
Nove-Guinex, Vaill. 49;—Ps. concinnus, Vaill. 48;—Ps. pusillus, Vaill. 63;—Ps. 
humeralis, Vaill. 50;—Ps. discolor, V. 62;—Ps. undulatus, Sh. 673;—Ps. chrysos- 
tomus, Kuhl, pl. 1;—Ps. pulchellus, Vailt. 68;—Ps. zonarius, Sh. 657. 
(3) Ps. setarius, Temm. Col. 15. 
(4) Vieillot has named this division Pr.ycrotornes. 
(5) Ps. cristatus, Enl. 265;—Ps. philippinarum, Enl. 191;—Ps. miltiteendlls 
Enl. 498;—Ps. sulfureus, Enl. 14 eal ope White, 237;—Ps. nasicus, aT. 
Col. 331, ; * 
