PEZOPORIN^. 
t. 42., PI. enl. 888 Psittacus erythrocephalus Gmel. var. /3 ; P. 
ginginianus var /3 Lath. ; P. rhodocephalus Shaw, Mus. Lev. pi. 45._ 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 74., PI. enl. 264. ; P. narcissus Lath. Syn. pi. 123., 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 75. ; P. annulatus Bechst. ; P. flavitorquis Shaw ; 
P. flavicollaris Vigors, Le Vaill. Perr. t. "6. 
6. P. cyanocephalus (Gmel.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 292., PI. enl- 
192., Le Vaill. Perr. t. 26. t. 6I. — Psittacus xanthosomus Bechst. ; 
P. ternatensis Vieill. 
7. P. rosaceus Vigors, Zool. Journ. v. p. 274., Lear's Parr. pi. 30. 
8. P. incarnatus (Gmel.) Wagl. Edwards's Birds, pi. 236., 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 4G. — Palaeornis inornatus Vigors. 
9. P. columbo'ides Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1830. p. 274., Lear's 
Parr. pi. 31. — Psittacus (Conurus) himalayanus Less. 
10. P. longieunda (Bodd.) PI. enl. 887- — Psittacus malaccensis 
Gmel. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 72. ; Psittacus erythrocephalus var. I ma- 
laccensis Gmel. ; P. ginginianus var. Z Lath. ; P. erubescens Shaw ; 
Conurus barbatulatus Kuhl, Nat. Libr. Parr. pi. 3. ; Type of Psit- 
tinus Blyth (1842). 
11. V. melanorhynchus Wagl. — Psittacus pondicerianus var. /3 
Bechst. 
12. P. pondicerianus, PI. enl. 517. — Psittacus mystaceus .S'/iaw / 
P. javanicus Osbeck ; P. Alexandri var. t Gmel. ; P. Osbeckii Lath. 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 31. ; P. bimaculatus Sparr. Mus. Carls, t. 30. 
13. P. modestus, Ft. Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. 
14. P. barhatus (Gmel.) Wagl. — Psittacus pondicerianus var. 
15. P. Barrabandi (Swains.) Vigors & Horsf. Zool. 111. pi. 59., 
Nat. Libr. Parr. pi. 1. — Type of Polytelis Wagl. (1830). 
Melopsittacus Gould.* 
Bill moderate, with the culmen arched, and the lateral margins curved to the tip, near which the 
latter are furnished with several minute dentations ; the nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and placed in a 
broad swollen cere, which reaches to the gape. Wings moderate, with the second quill the longest. 
Tail long, and much graduated. Tarsi moderate, and covered with minute scales. Toes moderate, very 
slender, with the outer anterior toe much the longest ; the claws rather long, slender, curved, and very 
acute. 
The type of this genus is exclusively, remarks Mr. Gould, an inhabitant of the vast inland plains of Australia, 
where it appears to migrate from place to place, in large flocks, in search of the seeds of various kinds of gTasses, which 
constitute its chief food. Its flight is very rapid, but during the beat of the day it lies concealed among the leaves of 
the lofty trees. The female lays from three to four eggs in the holes of trees, without forming a nest. 
M. undulatus (Shaw), Gould, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 673., Gould, B. of Austr. pi., Nat. Libr. Parr. pi. 28. 
N 
EUPHEMA Wagl.f 
Bill short, witli the culmen rounded and arched to the tip, which is acute and dentated ; the no.strils 
basal, lateral, rounded, and placed in a short rounded cere near the culmen. Wings long, with the first, 
second, and third quills the longest. Tail long and graduated, with the ends slightly narrowed and 
rounded. Taj^si short, and covered with small scales. Toes moderate, very slender, with the outer 
anterior toe much the longest ; the claws rather long, slender, curved, and very acute. 
AW the species of this genus are found in Australia. They are usually observed migrating to places that are 
favourable for the growth of various kinds of grasses, upon the seeds of which they chiefly subsist. They live on the 
ground, Avhere they run and pass among the various plants with the greatest ease and activity. When disturbed they 
generally seek safety by a rapid flight for a short distance to the neai'est trees, and remain perched until the cause of 
their alarm has disajipeared. The eggs are usually deposited in the holes of decayed trees ; they are generally from 
five to six in number. 
* It was in 1840 that Mr. Gould proposed this genus. 
t Established by Wagler in 1830 {Abhandl. Akad. Mnnchen, 1832, p. 492.). 
