188 PSITTACIN^. CENTURUS. 
280. 3. Coccyzus Seniculus, Lath. Mangrove American 
Cuckoo. 
Plate CLXIX. Male. 
Upper mandible, and the tip and edges of the lower black, the rest 
yellow ; upper parts light greenish-brown, with a tinge of grey on the 
head ; lower parts brownish-orange ; inner webs of quills uniform with 
the rest; middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest brownish-black, 
tipped with white, that colour gradually enlarging to the outer. 
Male, 12, 15. 
Florida Keys. Common. Migratory. 
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Seniculus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 558. 
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Seniculus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 390. 
FAMILY XXVIII. PSITTACIN^. PARROTS. 
Bill short, bulging, very strong, deeper than broad, con- 
vex above and below ; .upper mandible cerate at the base, 
its outline decurved, the sides convex, the edges sharp, with 
an angular process, the tip trigonal, decurved, elongated, 
acute ; lower mandible with the angle short and wide, the 
tip thin-edged, rounded, or abrupt. Nostrils basal, round, 
open, in the cere. Head very large ; neck of moderate 
length ; body compact. Feet short and robust ; tarsus 
short, scaly ; toes stout, the outer directed backwards, the 
third and fourth coherent at the base. Claws stout, curved, 
acute. Plumage generally blended, but firm. Wings and 
tail various. Tongue short, fleshy, rounded, or emarginate ; 
oesophagus wide, with a large crop ; stomach small, mus- 
cular ; intestine of moderate length ; cceca small ; cloaca 
globular. 
GENUS 1. CENTURUS, Kuhl. PARRAKEET. 
Bill short, very strong, bulging ; upper mandible with the 
dorsal line decurved, the sides convex, the edges ascending 
at the base, then direct, with a deep notch, the tip decurved. 
