RAMPHASTlDiE. PSITTACID^. 
outer quiUs graduated and abruptly pointed. Tail 
short, rounded. 
R. magnirostris. (Toco Auct.) PI. Tucanus. PI. Enl. 307. 
Enl. 82. 
Pteroglossus, Illiger. Bill smooth, less compressed. 
Nostrils vertical, naked, round ; pierced on the upper 
surface of the hill, on the edge of the frontlet. 
Wings short, rounded. Tail lengthened, graduated. 
P. aracari. 1*1. Enl. 166. 
AunACORYNCHUs, Gould. Bill considerably attenuated ; 
furnished with longitudinal grooves on the sides. 
Nostrils lateral, placed in a furrow, and on a line with 
the eyes. Rictus or gape wide, extending to beneath 
the eye. Wings rounded. Tail graduated. 
A. siilcatus. Sw. Zool. 111. i. ^4. 
ScYTHROPS, Latham. General structure of Pteroglossus; 
hut the margins of the mandibles are without teeth. 
Wings long ; the two first quills graduated ; the third 
longest. Tail long, graduated. Australia only. 
S. Australis. White’s Voy. pi. 5. 
Family PSITTACID.®. Parrots. 
Bill very short : the upper mandible greatly curved over 
the lower, which is considerably shorter. 
SuBPAM. MACROCIRCINiE. Macaws. 
Upper mandible greatly hooked ; lower manthble much 
higher than broad. Tail very long, cuneated. 
Macrocircus, Vieillot. Size large. 
Orbits, and sometimes the face, 
destitute of feathers. Nostrils con- 
cealed. Notch in the upper man- V' 
dible obsolete ; the under remark- / 
ably short, but very deep.* {fig. 
269.) 
M. tricolor. Kulil. Le Vaill. pi. S. 
• The true characters of the subtypical group I ""1 “iK'e ^caTs 
quainted with ; but I am led to believe it is >;cpre8<-u‘cd bJ ‘i" 
which have the upper mandible conspicuously, toothed, ana t 
more or less naked. 
