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latter is merely a short process in Ara, Psittacus, and 

 String ops (fig. 131) ; in Lorius, Eos, and Trichoglossus the two 

 parahyals (figs. 132, 133) unite and form a single Y-shaped 



Fia. 132. — Htoid of Lorius flavopalUatus (after Mivaet). 



A. DoKSAL Aspect. B. Vkntkal. C. Latebal. 



r, oup-like excavation ; h, symphyses of parahyals. Other letters as in fig. 131. 



bone inclined obliquely upwards. The only bird which 



seems to present much resemblance to the parrots is the 



eagle, which, according to the figure in Beonn's ' Thierreich,' ' 



■ Avcs, PI. xxxi. fig. 23. 



