572 CLASS AVES. 



Others, the lory-parrakeets, have the tail longer, and more 

 resembling that of the parrakeets. 



, 4. Parrakeets, with long tails, subdivided into those 

 which have the tail equally graduated, and those which have 

 the two intermediate quills much longer than the others. 



5. Parrakeets, with short tails. 



The second subdivision is composed of — 



1. Aras or Maccaws, with long graduated tails, and 

 naked cheeks. 



2. Amazons, with tail short and equal ; green plumage ; 

 red on the carpus of the wing, and yellow on the head. 



3. Cricks, like the preceding, but without the red, having 

 it only on the coverts ; plumage, duller green, without the 

 pure yellow on the head, and of smaller size. 



4. Papegais (for which perhaps the word popinjay may 

 be admitted as a translation), smaller than the cricks, and 

 without red on the wing. 



5. Parrakeets (perrwcAes), subdivided into long-tailed 

 and short. 



Dr. Latham has simplified this division, and distinguishes 

 but two groups, without respect to the habitat, for, as he well 

 observes, the uncertainty of the country of many of these 

 birds renders such a division inconvenient. He divides the 

 parrots into — first, those with equal : second, those Avith un- 

 equal tails. 



Le Vaillant has in some measure modified the classification 

 of BufFon, without taking the habitat into consideration. He 

 acknowledges the groups of aras and cockatoos, with the 

 characters above cited ; he unites the parrots, the amazons, 

 the cricks, and papegais, under the general denomination of 

 parrots (perroquets). He places in the division of parrakeets 

 (perruches), all that have graduated tails, and feathered 

 cheeks ; but still subdivides it into four groups :■ — 



