PSITTACIDiE. 



Ill 



GENUS CCIX.— MICROGLOSSUM, Geoffroy. 



Beak very stout, much 

 arched : the upper man- 



i2oe9^r?/?7« validissimum, maxi- 

 me arcuatum : mandibula 

 superior maxima, margini- 

 bus denticulatis ; iriferior 

 brevissima profunde emar- 

 ginata. 



Caput cristatum : crista plu- 



mis angustatis. 

 Fades nuda. 



Lingua cyhndrica, elongata, 



tubulata. 

 Cauda quadrata, aequalis. 

 Tarsi brevissimi. 



dihle large with its edges 

 denticulated ; the lower 

 very short, deeply emar- 

 ginated. 



Head crested ; the crest with 

 narrow feathers. 



Face naked. 



Tongue cylindric, elongated, 



tubular. 

 Tail quadrate, even. 

 Tarsi short. 



Two species only are known of this genus. 



Sp. ] . Mi. aterrimum. 



Psittacus aterrimus. Gmel. — Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) 

 V. X. p. 91. — Psittacus gigas. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 474. Description 

 from Edwards.^ — Ceylon. 

 Sp. 2. Mi. Goliath. 



Psittacus goliath. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. 

 p. g2. — Psittacus gigas. Shaw, v. viii. ^Z. 71. — India. ^ 



^ STIRPS Ill.—MACROCERCINA? Vigors. 



GENUS CCX.— MACROCERCUS, Vieillot. MACCAW 



Rostrum, mandibula infe- 

 riore apice transversa cre- 

 nulat^. 



Fades nuda, aut lineis plu- 

 matis striata. 



Cauda longissima, cuneifor- 

 ma, acuta. 



Beak, with its loiver mandible 

 transversely crenulated at 

 its tip. 



Face naked, or striped with 



feathered lines. 

 Tail very long, wedged, 

 acute. 



