PSITTACIDiE. 



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STIRPS IV.— PALEORNINA, Vigors. 

 GENUS CCXII.— PSITTACARA, Vigors. 



Rostrum crassum, subbreve ; 

 mandihula superior apice 

 compressa ; inferior bre- 

 vissima introrsum incli- 

 nata, profunde emarginata. 



Alee mediocres ; remige prima 

 et quarta sequalibus, tertia 

 paulo longiore, secunda 

 longissima: primas pogonio 

 interne leviter prope me- 

 dium emarginato ; secundas 

 ad quintam inclusam po- 

 goniis externis in medio 

 gradatim latioribus. 



Cauda longa, gradata. 

 Pedes subfortes ; tarsi brevi- 



bus. 

 Caput plumosum : orbitce 



midae. 



Beak stout, rather short, 

 the 7cpper mandible com- 

 pressed at the tip; the 

 lower very short, inchned 

 inwardly and deeply 

 notched. 



Wings moderate : the first 

 and fourth quill equal, the 

 third rather long, the se- 

 cond longest: the inner 

 web of the first slightly 

 notched towards the mid- 

 dle ; the second to the 

 fifth inclusive, with their 

 inner webs, gradually wi- 

 dened in the middle. 



Tail long, gradated. 



Leg's rather strong, with the 

 tarsi short. 



Head feathered ; oi'bits 

 naked. 



All the species of this genera inhabit the New 

 World. 



Sp. 1. Ps. Guianensis. 



Psittacus Guianensis. Shaw, viii. p. 402.— Aratinga nobilis. 

 Spix. Avium. Nova Spec. p. 36 — Guiana and Brazil. 

 Sp. 2. Ps. squamosus. 



Psittacus squamosus. Lath, — Psittacus versicolor, var. Shatv, 

 V. viii. ^. 405. 



