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longing to the ancient world. Among these may be 
particulariz d an extensive group, mostly consisting 
of birds of moderate size, in which the immediate 
orbits of the eyes alone are naked ; these form a 
part of M. Spix’s genus Aratinga, and, as represen- 
tatives of it, the Psittacus cruentatus, Temminck, 
and Psitt. leucotis, Lich., may be quoted. From 
this group we would separate several larger species, 
as Psitt. Carolinensis, Auctor, &c., under the name 
of Arara, Spix, reserving the title of Psittacara for 
another group, in which the bill is much larger, with 
the tip drawn to a fine point, and having the orbits 
and pai t of the face naked, characters which bring 
it in near connexion with the large bare-cheeked 
Maccaws. Of this group, the Psillacus nobilis, 
Linn,, Psittacara frontata, Vig., is an example. 
As the limits of the volume only permit of a certain 
number of illustrations, we have selected a species 
of the second or Arara genus, which, from its size 
and appearance, seems to lead directly to the genus 
Macrocercus ; it is the 
