OSTEOLOGIA AVIUM. 



[Pezoporhle. 



PSITTACID^E.] 



Conueus, Kuhl. 



Virginianus % Mus. Brit. 

 A skeleton marked as above is in the British Museum, and is similar in form to Ara. 

 I have also the sternum of Conurus flavicollis, which is also similar. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 12 



Length of ulna 16 



Length of metacarpus 10^ 



Length of femur 10 



Length of tibia 11 



Length of metatarsus 5J 



Length of sternum 17-| 



Tenths 

 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 9 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 7 



Depth of keel 6 



Length of head ....... 18 



Breadth of head ...... 



Length of pelvis 16 



Breadth of pelvis ...... 8 



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Subfam. 5. Lorin^e. 



Eclectus, Wagl. 



Ceylonensis, JBodd. 



Sternum with the anterior edge of the keel carried forward to the end of the manu- 

 brial process, with a very slight excavation below it, and very little constricted behind the 

 junction of the ribs. 



Measurements. 



Tenths. 



Length of humerus 23 



Length of ulna 30 



Length of metacarpus . . . . . 17^ 



Length of femur 18 



Length of tibia 23 



Length of metatarsus 9 



Length of sternum 23J 



Tenths. 

 Breadth of posterior margin of sternum 12 

 Breadth of anterior margin of sternum 11^ 



Depth of keel 7| 



Length of head 24 



Breadth of head 13 



Length of pelvis . . . . . . 30 



Breadth of pelvis 15 



Subfam. 6. Pezoporin^e. 



Trichoglossus, Vig. & Horsf. 

 Versicolor, Vig. 

 Type of Pezoporinse. 



Cranium similar to Psittacus, but slightly more arched over the vertex, with a very 

 slight depression above the nasal bones; anteorbital process not uniting with the 

 sphenoid. 



Sternum much attenuated anteriorly ; keel very deep in proportion to the breadth of 



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