Order II. SOANSORES. 
Family II. Psittacidje. 
The fourth Subfamily, 
PSITTACINiE, or Parrots, 
have the Bill more or lees large, broad at base, and the sides compressed, with the enlmen much arched 
to the tip, which is acute and prolonged ; the lateral margins dentated or festooned ; the nostrils asa , 
lateral, and rounded; the Wings more or less long and pointed; the Tail usually short and squared; 
the Tarsi short, and covered with small scales ; the Toes moderate. 
Tanygnathus Wagl * 
Bill very large and swollen, with the culmen arched and acute, and the lateral margin not dentated ; 
the gonys long! advancing upwards, and keeled in the middle ; the nostrils basal, lateral and rounded. 
Wings long and pointed, with the second and third quills nearly equal and longest. Ta,l very long 
rather broad, and cuneated. Tarsi very short, and covered with mmute scales. . Toes ong an 
slender, with the outer anterior toe longer than the posterior one, and all covered with mmute scales; 
the claws moderate, compressed, and slightly curved. 
The species are inhabitants of the Molucca Islands and New Guinea. 
. w . ,,, - 71 a Psittacus Psittacus olivaceus et P. marginatus Gmel. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 60. ; 
1. T. macrorhynchus (Linn.) Wagl. PI. enl. 713. i sittacus im 
nasutus Lath. ; P. megalorhynchus Bodd. Le Vaill. Perr. t. S.>. • P 1 eatus ‘ inp ' 
2. T. gala (Bodd.) Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. t. 44., PI. enl. 287- — 
Psittacus Linn . f 
Bill large, and rather compressed, with the culmen biangular, and much arched to the tip, near which 
the lateral margin is strongly emarginated, that of the under mandible much siuuated, and the anterior 
part sharply eLd; the gonys advancing upwards and angular; the nostrils basal and lateral, w. h 
II oSs! aid Jnded. Win,, mostly reaching to the end of the mi. withal Smt 
as long as the second and third which are the tong* J* ■ ^ smaU scales; the 
covered with small scales. Toes long, the lateral ones equal, and 
claws short and slightly curved. 
, , , a c nnth America are the countries of these parrots, which inhabit the 
The continent of Africa and the warmer pai ; n the neighbourhood of the rivers, or such as will 
forests, or are found on clusters of trees, especia y ‘ and serve aS roosting-places during the night. On 
afford them sufficient protection from the scorching ica ! from t p e ; r nocturnal retreats in vast flocks, on 
the first appearance of dawn, these birds are in the ia 1 0 
. 18q2 - sol ). It is coequal with Muscarinusoi M. Lesson (1831), and 
* Established by Wagler in 1830 (a hha.ndl.Akad, Munchen, 1832, p. ■) 
Erythrontomus of Mr. Swainson (1837). , v - .... 0 f Wagler (1830) and Poicephalus of Mr. Swainson. (1 837), 
t Established by Linmeus in 1725 (Sterna Natures). 1 emta» ^onM O | 1 > g3 
which in 1 841 was changed to Pceocephalus by Mr. Strickland, as well as Dei optyus b 
