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PSITTACID^. 



GENUS CCXX.— ARATINGA, Spix. 



Rostrum gracilum, denta- 

 tum. 



Orhitcs nudiusculae ; gencB 

 angustae, vix vel raro 

 nudse. 



Cauda longiuscula, cuneata ; 

 rectricibus intermediis lon- 

 gioribus. 



Beak slender, dentated. 



Orbits rather naked : cheeks 

 narrow, scarcely naked. 



Tail rather long, wedged, 

 the intermediate feathers 

 lengthened. 



This genus, which apparently unites the Maccaws 

 with the long-tailed Parrakeets on the one side, and 

 the latter with the short-tailed or true Parrakeets on 

 the other, is peculiar to the New World ; they have 

 also an affinity to the Psitticarae, which commence 

 the present stirps. 



Sp. 1. Ar. Carolinae Augustas. Spix, Avium Nov, Spec. p. 29. 

 pi. xii. 



Ar. marginibus aureo-luieus ; remigibus viridibus; cauda iota 



aureo'luted; rostro Jlavo-albido. 

 Rather large Aratinga of a golden-yellow ; with the quills green ; 



the entire tail golden-yellow ; the beak yellow-white. 



Inhabits Brazil. Body above and beneath spot- 

 less golden-yellow, with the feathers white at the 

 base : cheeks somewhat plumose : orbits rather naked, 

 yellowish : the wing-coverts and edges of the axillge 

 luteous : the wings above and beneath golden yellow ; 

 quills greenish, dusky on the inner webs ; tail above 

 and beneath golden-yellow, the shafts white : beak 

 yellowish-white. 



