PSITTACID^. 



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GENUS CCIX.— MICROGLOSSUM, Geoffroy 



2?o.9^rwm validissimum, maxi- 



me arcuatum : mandibula 



superior maxima, margini- 



bus denticulatis ; inferior 



brevissima profunde emar- 



ginata. 

 Caput cristatum : crista plu- 



mis angustatis. 

 Fades nuda. 

 Lingua cylindrica, elongata, 



tubulata. 

 Cauda quadrata, aequalis. 

 Tarsi brevissimi. 



Beak very stout, much 

 arched : the upper man- 

 dible large with its edges 

 denticulated ; the lower 

 very short, deeply emar- 

 ginated. 



Head crested ; the crest with 

 narrow feathers. 



Face naked. 



Tongue cylindric, elongated, 

 tubular. 



Tail quadrate, even. 



Tarsi short. 



Two species only are known of this genus. 



Sp. 1. Mi. aterrimum. 



Psittacus aterrimus. Gmel. — Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cm-. (KuM.) 

 V. X. p. 91. — Psittacus gigas. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 474. Description 

 from Edwards. — Ceylon. 

 Sp. 2. Mi. Goliath. 



Psittacus goliath. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v, x. 

 p. 92. — Psittacus gigas. Shaw, v. viii. ^^. 71. — India. 



STIRPS III— MACROCERCINA? Vigors. 



GENUS CCX.— MACROCERCUS, VieiUot. MACCAW. 



Beak, with its lower mandible 

 transversely crenulated at 

 its tip. 



Face naked, or striped with 

 feathered lines. 



Rostrum, mandibula infe- 



riore apice transversa cre- 



nulata. 

 Fades nuda, aut lineis plu- 



matis striata. 

 Cauda longissima, cuneifor- 



ma, acuta. 



Tail very 

 acute. 



long, wedged, 



