PEZOPORINiE. 
t. 42., PI. enl. 888 Psittacus erythrocephalus Gmel. vav. p ; P. 
ginginianus var /3 Lath. ; P. rhodocephahis Shaw, Mus. Lev. pi. 45., 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 74., PI. enl. 264. ; P. narcissus Lath. Syn. pi. 123., 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 75. ; P. annulatus Bechst. ; P. flavitorquis Shaw ; 
P. flavicollaris Vigors, Le Vaill. Perr. t. 76. 
6. P. cyanocephalus (Gmel.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 292., PI- enl- 
192., Le Vaill. Perr. t. 26. t. 6l. ? — Psittacus xanthosomus Bechst. ; 
P. ternatensis Vieill. 
7. P. rosaceus Vigors, Zool. Journ. v. p. 274., Lear’s Parr. pi. 30. 
8. P. incarnatus (Gmel.) Wagl. Edwards’s Birds, pi. 236., 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 46. — Palfeornis inornatus Vigors. 
9- P. columboides Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1830. p. 274., Lears 
Parr. pi. 31 Psittacus (Conurus) himalayanus Less. 
10. P. longicauda (Bodd.) PI. enl. 887- - Psittacus malaccensis 
Gmel. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 72. ; Psittacus erythrocephalus var. S ma- 
laccensis Gmel. ; P. ginginianus var. 2 Lath. ; P. eruhescens Shaw ; 
Conurus barbatulatus Kuhl, Nat. Libr. Parr. pi. 3. ; Type of Psit- 
tinus Blyth (1842). „ 
11. P . melanorhynchus Wagl. — Psittacus pondicerianus vai . p 
Bechst. 
12. P. pondicerianus , PI. enl. 517- — Psittacus mystaceus Shaw ; 
P. javanicus Osbeck ; V. Alexandri var. t Gmel. ; P. Osbeckn Lath. 
Le Vaill. Perr. t. 31. ; P. bimaculatus Sparr. Mus. Carls, t. 30. 
13 P. modestus, Fr. Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. 
14. P. barbatus (Gmel.) Wagl. — Psittacus pondicerianus var. 
15. P. Barrabandi (Swains.) Vigors & Horsf. Zool. 111. pi. 59„ 
| Nat. Libr. Parr. pi. I. - Type of Poly telis Wagl. ( 1 830). 
Melopsittacus Gould* 
Bill moderate, with the cuhnen arched, and the lateral margins eurved to the tip, near which the 
latter are furnished with several minute dentations; the nostrils basal lateral, oval, and placed 
broad swollen cere, which reaches to the gape. Wings moderate, wtth the second , mil t e longe sh 
Tail long, and much graduated. Tarsi moderate, and covered with minute sea es. oes mo eia 
slender, with the outer anterior toe much the longest ; the claws rather long, slende. , ved, y 
acute. 
, , T n it inVinbitant of the vast inland plains of Australia, 
The type of this genus is exclusively, remar is 1 . ou ^ ^ geeds of - vario u8 kincla of grasses, which 
where it appears to migrate from place to place, in huge , concealed among the leaves of 
constitute its chief food. Its flight is very rapid, but during the heat ol the y 
the lofty trees. The female lays from three to four eggs in the holes of trees, without forming 
M. undulatus (Shaw), Gould, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 673., Gould, B. of Austr. P L, Nat. Libr. Parr. pi. 28. 
Euphema Wagl. 1' 
Bill short, with the culmen rounded and arched to the tip, which is acute anti dentated , th ^ 
basal, lateral, rounded, and placed in a short Lrowed and 
second, and third quills the longest. Ta,l ong g slender, with the outer 
founded. Tarsi short, and covered with small scales 
anterior toe much the longest; the claws rather long, slender, curved, and very acute. 
„ , . . . i- They are usually observed migrating to places that are 
All the species of this genus are found in Ub u ‘ ' geedg w i 1 i 0 h they chiefly subsist. They live on the 
favourable for the growth of various kinds of grasses, upon test ease and activity. When disturbed they 
ground, where they run and pass among the various p an s wi an d remain perched until the cause of 
generally seek safety by a rapid flight for a short distance « the : nea.Jt „ generally from 
their alarm has disappeared. The eggs are usually deposited m the holes J 
five to six in number. 
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