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SORIANA. 
the Pacific, which appear closely allied to ll e Lo- 
rianse, and which, in all probability, will be found to 
enter that subfamily ; most of these were included by 
Kuhl, in his section or genus Psittacula, a group 
apparently established to receive all the smaller Par- 
rots, without regard to geographic distribution, or 
the peculiar characters exhibited by the various indi- 
viduals composing it, and consequently forming an 
assemblage purely artificial. Want of materials to 
institute the necessary analysis, as well as a defi- 
ciency of information respecting the natural habits 
of many of these birds, precludes us at present from 
entering more fully into their true affinities, or speak- 
ing with more confidence of the situations they re- 
spectively hold ; but wo have no hesitation in at once 
admitting into the present division, that group 
which embraces the Psillacus parphyrio of Shaw ; 
the Psittacula Kuhlii of Vigors, and several others, 
of which Wagler has constituted his genus Cori- 
philus. 
We commence our illustrations of this subfamily 
with examples of the genus Lorius, which may be 
characterized as follows: — Bill moderate, compressed, 
the inner side of the tip of the upper mandible 
smooth ; the under mandible lengthened, conic, 
with the tip narrow and entire. Tongue tubular, 
silky. Tail of moderate length, rounded or gra- 
duated, the feathers broad, with obtuse tips. Legs 
stout. For the present, we arrange under this genus 
all the Scarlet-coloured Lories, natives of continental 
