PSITTACID^. — LORIAN^. 
303 
Centrotibvs, Sw. Size large. Bill as in Micro- 
glossus; butsmaller. The under mandible is horizontal 
and porrect, as in Lorius, with the gonys not curved. 
Nostrils tumid, naked; the aperture central and 
round. Tail rather short, even, or slightly rounded. 
The feathers broad, but ending abruptly in a 
lengthened, soft, acuminated point. The rasorial 
type. 
Australis. Shaw. M. L. p. 87. ? dasyptilus. Les. III. pi. 1. 
ScjBFAM. LORIAN.dll. Lories. 
Bill but slightly curved: the margin of the upper 
mandible sinuated ; the notch obsolete : lower man- 
dible slender, conic, much longer than high ; the gonys 
(typically) straight. 
Brotogeeis, Vigors. Bill as in Trichoglossus : the 
commissure sinuated ; but the margins without teeth. 
The lower mandible perfectly straight, coriic, and 
without any curve on the gonys. Tongue tipt with 
a circle of rigid filaments. Head generally crested. 
Wings very long and pointed, reaching to the tail ; 
the first quill rather shorter than the two next, which 
are equal and longest ; the rest rapidly diminishing : 
scapular quills shorter than the secondaries. Tail 
moderate, graduated; the feathers broad; the tips 
narrowed. Size small. Australian Islands only ? 
sappherimis. LoVaU. pi. 65. 
(Sparmaniii, theyoungof do.) 
porphyroccplialus. Shaw. 
Le Vail, p.l 71. 
Kuldii. Zool. Jour.i. pi. 16. 
pyrrliopterus. Ib. ii. S94. 
coccineus. She.LeV. pi. 64. 
PsiTTAcui.us, Khul. Upper mandible distinctly uotched, 
much prolonged, and very slightly curved ; under 
mandible short : the gonys curved. Wings pointed ; 
the first quill longest. Tail very short, even ; the 
feathers broad, and their tips obtuse. 
P. Ternalis. Z. III. ii. pi. 1.* rubrifions. Lear. Psitt. 
galgulus.Pl.Enl.l92.f.2. pi- 41. 
• The bill in this species is bright red, in galgulus it is deep blact. 
