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Centrourus, Sw. Size large. Bill as in Micro- 
glossus; butsmaller. The under mandible is horizontal 
and porrect, as in Lorius, with the gonys not curved. 
Nostrils tumid, naked; the aperture central and 
round. Tail rather short, even, or slightly rounded. 
The feathers broad, but ending abruptly in a 
lengthened, soft, acuminated point. The rasorial 
type. 
Australis. Shaw. M. L. p. 87. ?dasyptilus. Les. Ill. pl. 1. 
PSITTACIDE. — LORIANE. 503 
Susram. LORIANZ. Lories. 
Bill but slightly curved: the margin of the upper 
mandible sinuated ; the notch obsolete: lower man- 
dibie slender, conic, Puch longer than high: the gonys 
(typically ) eek. 
Broroceris, Vigors. Bill as in T'richoglossus: the 
commissure sinuated ; but the margins without teeth. 
The lower mandible perfectly straight, conic, and 
without any curve on the gonys. Tongue tipt with 
a circle of rigid filaments. Head generally crested. 
Wings very long and pointed, reaching to the tail ; 
the first quill rather shorter than the two next, which 
are equal and longest ; the rest rapidly diminishing : 
scapular quills shorter than the secondaries. Tail 
moderate, graduated; the feathers broad; the tips 
narrowed. Size small. Australian Islands only P 
sappherinus. LeVail. pl.65.  Kuhblii. Zool. Jour.1. pl. 16. 
(Sparmanni, theyoungof do.) pyrrhopterus. Ib. ii. 394. 
porphyrocephalus. Shaw. coccineus. She. LeV. pl. 64. 
| Le Vail. p.1 71. 
Psirracutus, Khul. Upper mandible distinctly ee 
much prolonged, and very slightly curved ; under _ 
mandible short: the gonys curved. Wings pointed ; 
the first quill longest. Tail very short, even; the 
feathers broad, and their tips obtuse. 
P. vernalis. Z. Ill. ii. pl. 1.* rubrifrons. Lear. Psitt. 
galgulus. Pl. Enl. 192.f.2. pl. 41. 
* The bill in this species is bright red, in galgulus it is deep black. 
