LOKIANA. 
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bones, which assist so essentially in comminuting 
the food of the other groups. Their tongue is not 
so thick or fleshy, and the tip, instead of being 
smooth and soft, is rough, and in some furnished 
with a pencil of setaceous papillae or bristles, si- 
milar and analogous to the filamentous tongues of 
the tenuirostral Melliphagidce. This structure, in 
fact, is bestowed upon them for the same purpose, 
and performs a similar office, viz. that of extracting 
the nectar of flowers, and sucking the juices of ten- 
der fruits, which it appears constitute the principal 
support of the members of this beautiful division. 
Of the various genera belonging to the subfamily, 
besides the true Lories, we may enumerate all the 
acknowledged members of the genus Trichoglossus 
of Vigors and Horsf., which also seem to enter 
among its typical forms, and included among these, 
or at least in very close connexion, are the birds be- 
longing to that group, named by Mr Vigors Broto- 
geris, and typified by the Orange-winged Parrakeet 
of authors. Another interesting form belonging to 
it, and which appears to keep up a connexion with 
the genus Palaornis of the Maccaw subfamily, is the 
Charmosyna P/ipuensis of Wagler (Psittaccus Pa- 
puensis, Auct.), whose tail, in shape, is nearly similar 
to that of Palceornis Alexandri, but the ground or pre- 
vailing colour of its plumage is assimilated to that of 
the true Lories, and is of a rich and vivid scarlet. 
Besides the forms above enumerated, there are others 
of a diminutive size, chiefly inhabiting the islands of 
