PSITTACIDtE. 



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Psittacns tenuirostris. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (KiM.) v. x. 

 p. 88. 



Inhabits New Holland. Size of PL sulpliureus: 

 of a rosy white : the frontal crest small and white, 

 with its base rosy : lores rosy : tail nearly all sulphu- 

 reous : beak yellow; slender, straight, and porrect. 



GENUS CCVIIl.— CALYPTORYNCHUS, Vigors. 



Rostrum mediocre. 

 Caput cristatum„ 

 Periopthalmce nudas. 

 Cauda brevis, subquadrata. 

 Tarsi breves. 



BeaJc moderate. 

 Head crested. 

 Periopthalmce naked. 

 Tail short, nearly quadrate. 

 Tarsi short. 



The birds of this genus are all natives of New 

 Holland : they feed chiefly on roots. The generic 

 character not having been published, I have merely 

 given the above concise definition, and must refer my 

 readers to the fifteenth volume of the Linnean Trans- 

 actions, now in the press, in which they will find 

 them accurately laid down by Mr. Vigors : the same 

 remark may also apply to the genera Nanodes and 

 Trichoglossus of the same author. 



Sp. 1. Ca. Banksii. 



Psittacus Banksii. Shaw, v. viii. p. 476. 

 Sp. 2. Ca. funereus. 



Psittacus Banksii var. — Funereal Cockatoo„ Shaw, v. viii. 

 p. 477. 



Sp. 3. Ca. Cookii. 



Psittacus Cookii. Linri. Trans. (Temm.) v. xiii. p. 111. — 

 Psittacus Banksii var : or Crimson-tailed Cockatoo. Shatv, v. viii. 

 p. 477. — Psittacus Leachii. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (KuhL) 

 V. X. p. 9\. pi. iii. 

 Sp. 4. Ca? Temminckii. 



