PSLTTACINiE 
sinuated near the tip ; the gonys broad, rounded, keeled in the middle, and the sides sometimes angular; 
the nostrils basal, lateral, and rounded. Wings reaching to the middle of the tail, with the third quill 
generally the longest. Tail more or less long, broad, and rounded. Tarsi very short, and covered with 
small scales. Toes long, with the outer ones equal, and all covered with small scales ; the claws long, 
strong, and curved. 
These birds .re found in the tropical parts of South America. Their habits and manners are similar to those 
described in the preceding genus. 
1. C , festivus (Linn.) PI. enl. 840., Le Vaill. Perr. t. 88, 89- 
129. 
2. C. peecilorhynchus (Shaw). — - Psittacus ocbrocephalus var. y 
Gmel. ; P. amazonicus var. y Lath. ; P. flavifrons Harm. 
3. C. farinosus (Bodd.) Le Vaill. Perr. t. 85-92., PI- enl. 86l.— 
Psittacus pulverulentus Gmel. 
4. C. ochropterus (Gmel.) Le Vaill. Perr. t. 86'. 98. 98 his. — P. 
xanthops Wagl. 
5. (1, ochrocephulus (Gmel.) Le Vaill. Perr. t. 84. 87. 89- 
Psittacus barbadensis Gmel. ; P. decorus Herm. ; P. amazonicus 
Kuhl; P. ochrocephalus var. /3 Gmel. PI. enl. 312.; P. amazonicus 
Lath. PI. enl. 120.; P. aurorus Gmel. PI. enl. 13.; P. guttatus 
Bodd. 
6. C. amazonicus (Gmel.) PL enl. 547-, Le Vaill. Perr. t. 110. 
110 bis. — Psittacus Acurou Shaw ; P. festivus Kuhl-, P. luteus 
Gmel. ; P. luteolus Lath. ; P. xanthops Spix, Av. Bras. t.26. 
7. C .flavxnuehus (Gould), Proc, Z. S. 1843. p. 103., Voy. ot 
Sulphur, Birds, pi. 
8. C. hypochondriacus (Liclit.) 
i f), C. autumnalis (Linn.) Edwards s Birds, pi. 1(34., Le Vaill. 
! Perr. t. 1 1 1. — F. diadema Spix, Av. Bras. t. 32. 
10. C. brasiliensis (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 161., Le Vaill. 
I Perr. t. 106. Psittacus autumnalis var. & Lath. ; P. cyanotis 
Kuhl. 
I 11. C. Bougueti (Bechst.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 230., Le Vaill. 
Perr. t. 135. — Psittacus autumnalis var. /3 Gmel.; P. cserulifrons 
Shaw ; P. cyaneocapillus Vieill. ; P. pileatus Cue. 
12. C. erythrurus (Kuhl), Consp. Psitt. p. 77- 
13. C. Dufresneanus (Kuhl), Consp. Psitt. p. 77-, Le Vaill. Perr. 
t. 91. 
14. C. vinaceus (Pr. Max.) Reise, ii. p. 198., Azara No. 286. — 
Psittacus columbinus Spix, Av. Bras. t. 27. 
15. C. Iiavanensis (Lath.) PI. enl. 360., Le V aill. 1 err. t. 122. — 
Psittacus cyanopis Vieill. 
16. C. augustus (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 80. 
17. C. cyanogaster (Vieill.) N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxv. 328. _ 
Psittacus melachitaceus Spix, Av. Bras. t. 28. ; Type of 1 riclaria 
Wagl. (1830). 
Psitt acl la Briss.* 
Bill large, rather compressed on the sides, with the culmen much arched to the tip, which is prolonged 
and acute ; the lateral margins festooned ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and rounded. H 'ings reaching to 
the end of the tail and pointed, with the first and second quills nearly equal and longest. Tail short 
and even, with the ends of the feathers truncated or pointed. Tarsi very short, and covered with small 
scales. Toes long, with the lateral outer toes equal, and all covered with small scales. 
Various parts of America, Africa, Asia, and its archipelago, are the localities of these small bn s ? 
usually found in pairs or in small flocks, climbing among the upper branches of trees or shrubs, the fruits o w 
their principal fold; and they are occasionally seen flying rapidly from one bough to another, and often g J 
means of tLr feet with the head downwards in search of fruit. While feeding, they keep up a -tmual kmd of 
shrill whistling chirp, something like a large grasshopper or cricket Some species are often seen walkm about o 
the ground in quest of seeds of grass. When sleeping, they generally suspend themselves by one or both feet with 
e ground m quest oi slcub -< b , . , , f t or ; n the deserted nests of other birds. They 
their head downwards. The eggs are usually depositee 
are generally four in number. 
1. P. pileata (Scop.) Temin. PI. col. 207- — Psittacus erythro- 
cephalus Vieill. ; P. mitratus Pr. Max. ; P. maitaca Spix, Av. 
Bras. t. 29. f. 1 . t. 30. 
2. P. passerina (Linn.) Kuhl, Edwards’s Birds, pi. 235., Spix 
Av. Bras. t. 33. f. 1, 2. — Agapornis cyanopterus Swains. ; Psittacus 
gregarius Spix, Av. Bras. t. 34. f. 2, 3, 4. ; P. cyanopterus Bodd. 
* This division was established by Brisson in 1760 ( Ormthologie ). 
It embraces Agapornis of Mr. Selby (1836). 
