Order III. SCAN SORES. 
The second Family, 
PSITTACIDiE, or Parrots, 
have the Bill more or less large and strong, with the cnhnen arched to the tip, which is prolonged and 
acute, the lateral margins sometimes dentated, and the base covered by a cere, of greater or less srne, m 
which the nostrils are placed; the Wings and the Tail generally long; and the Tarsi usua y very s, 
and robust. 
The first Subfamily, 
PEZOPORINiE, or Ground Parrakeets, 
have the Bill moderate, with the cnhnen usually rounded and arched to the tip, 
dentated ; the Tarsi more or less short, and robust ; and the Tail broad lengthened, and more 
graduated, with the ends of the feathers narrowed, and rounded or pointed. 
* 
Nymphicus Wagl. 
Bill moderate, compressed on the sides towards the culmen, which is curved toft, acute tipyhe 
lateral margins strongly dentated , the gonys broad and angular; the uostrds ^ 
a short rounded cere near the culmen, and with the opening large. Wng, very g, 
1UU, the longest. Tail very long, broad, and rounded on the sides, with the two ™ 
prolonged beyond the others, and pointed. Tarsi short, stout, and covere wi i sma 
long and slender, with the outer anterior one the longest, and all covered with small scales, 
armed with acute, slightly curved claws. 
. + , • v /.nn predating in immense flocks before taking its de- 
The type is peculiar to Australia. It is a migratory i > o ° m ,; te CO vered by them while engaged m 
parture for a fresh locality. Mr. Gould observes that he has seen the g ^ dead branches 0 f the gum trees 
Procuring food; and it is not an unusual circumstance to see hunt ms 0 sion; hence it is enabled readily 
in the neighbourhood of water. Its form admirably adapts it or tei ic j tg gjg bt ; s even and easy, and is 
to procure the seeds of the various grasses, upon which it almost so e y ^ ^ nearcst tre es, almost invariably 
capable of being long protracted. When roused from the groun , i s the ho ] es 0 f gum and other trees 
selecting a dead branch, upon which it W perches 
growing on the flats and in the neighbourhood of water, ' lie e so - 
,, , i RH2 V, 4,90 Y Calopsitta of M. Lesson (1831) and Leptobphus 
* Wagler established this genus in 1830 (Abhandl. AM. Munehen, 1832, P- 1 
of Mr. Swainson (1832) are synonymous. 
