LUXIANiE. 
PsiTTiROSTRA Temm.* 
Bill short, broad at the base, with the cuhnen arched to the tip, which is much curved over that of 
the lower mandible, and acute ; the sides compressed, and the gonys lengthened, much curved upwards 
and swollen : the nostrils basal, partly closed by a membrane and covered with the plumes. Wings 
moderate, with the first and second quills rather shorter than the third, which is the longest. Tail 
moderate, and slightly emarginated. Tca^si longer than the middle toe, and covered by a single long 
scale. Toes moderate, and the lateral ones unequal, the outer the longest, and slightly united at its 
base ; tlie hind toe long, strong, and broadly padded beneath ; the claws short, strong, and much 
curved. 
The type of this genus is said to be very common in the Sandwicli Islands. 
P. psittacia (Lath.) Swains. Lath. Gen. Syn. pi. 42. — Psittirostra icterocephala Temm. PI. col. 457- ; P. sandwichensis Steph. 
Paradoxornis Gouhl.\ 
Bill short, as high as long, with the culmen much arched ; the sides much compressed, and the lateral 
margins festooned ; the nostrils basal, lateral, small, rounded, and hidden by the frontal plumes. Wings 
short and rounded, with the fourth to the sixth quills the longest. Tail lengthened and much graduated. 
Tarsi robust, rather longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with lengthened scales. Toes 
moderate, the lateral ones unequal, the inner the shortest, and the hind toe long, strong, and broadly 
padded ; the claws moderate, acute, and slightly curved. 
The species inhabit the mountains of the northern portion of the continent of India. 
1. V.Jlavirostris GovlA, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 1?., Gould's Icones 
Avium, pi. — Bathyrhytichus brevirostris Mc ClelL, Med. Journ. Calc. 
1838. p. 
2. P. rufieeps Bl. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1842. 177. 1843. p. 947. 
pi. 
3. P. gularis Horsf. MSS. 
* M. Temminck established this name in 1820 (^Analyse du Syst. Gen. d' Ornith. p.lxx.). Two or three years afterwards, Nitzsch 
proposed P.nttacopis as a more classical word. 
t Mr. Gould established this genus in 1836. In 1838 Bathyrhynchus was proposed by Mr. Mc Clelland for the same type. 
December, 1845. 
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