PSITTACID^. 



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STIRPS IV.— PALEORNINA, Vigors. 

 GENUS CCXII.— PSITTACARA, Vigors. 



Rostrum crassum, subbreve ; 

 mandibula superior apice 

 compressa; inferior bre- 

 vissima introrsum incli- 

 nata, profundi emarginata. 



^temediocres; remige prima 

 et quarta asqualibus, tertia 

 paulo longiore, secunda 

 longissima: primas pogonio 

 interno leviter prop^ me- 

 dium emarginato ; secundas 

 ad quintam inclusam po- 

 goniis externis in medio 

 gradatim latioribus. 



Cauda longa, gradata. 

 Pedes subfortes ; tarsi brevi- 

 bus. 



Caput plumosum : orhitce 

 nudae. 



Beak stout, rather short, 

 the iipper inaudible com- 

 pressed at the tip; the 

 lower very short, incUned 

 inwardly and deeply 

 notched. 



Wings moderate: the first 

 and fourth quill equal, the 

 third rather long, the se- 

 cond longest: the inner 

 web of the first slightly 

 notched towards the mid- 

 dle ; the second to the 

 fifth inclusive, with their 

 inner webs, gradually wi- 

 dened in the middle. 



Tail long, gradated. 



Legs rather strong, with the 

 tarsi short. 



Head feathered ; orbits 

 naked. 



All the species of this genera inhabit the New 

 World. 



Sp. 1. Ps. Guianensis. 



Psittacus Guianensis. ShatJOj viii. p. 402. — Aratinga nobilis. 

 Spix. Avium. Nova Spec. p. 36.— Guiana and Brazil. 

 Sp. 2. Ps. squamosus. 



Psittacus squamosus. Lath. — Psittacus versicolor, var. Sha'w, 

 V. viii. p, 405. 



