. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. PtHTTA CI: rAimUTS. 495 charnctcrs afforilod by tlio eiirotid artprios and aiiibioiis iiuisi'lc. I. :nnNiTiiin^,: Caroti'b two (cxci'jtt in CacatiKi), tlu' li-ft iionnal, and no anibicns. II. I'sri'TAtiD-K: Carotids two, Uio left siiiiertieial, tlie anduciis i»n'si'iit in one series of genera, absent in others. In the snh- f
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. PtHTTA CI: rAimUTS. 495 charnctcrs afforilod by tlio eiirotid artprios and aiiibioiis iiuisi'lc. I. :nnNiTiiin^,: Caroti'b two (cxci'jtt in CacatiKi), tlu' li-ft iionnal, and no anibicns. II. I'sri'TAtiD-K: Carotids two, Uio left siiiiertieial, tlie anduciis i»n'si'iit in one series of genera, absent in others. In the snh- faniily (1) Paleroniithhier, there is no farther deviation ; in (2) Cacdtithxc, bi^ides tlic lacit of a riglit earcitid in Cncuiua itself, the orbital rinj; is eonipletely ossified, and develops a bony proeess bridgint; in the t( inpora! f'>ssa; in (U) Strimjiipbw, wliieh ineliules the <'urious lliglitlcss ground I'arrot or (twl Parrot of New Zealand {Stritujtps haliropUlim), the frircnhnn and sternal keel are detieient or defective. I'siltacidtr ineliicle (i) tiio Arinef, in which the andjiens niusele. Fio. 347. — Ciiruliiia l'arro<iu«t,} nut. size. (Fruai Ilrcliui, after Audubon.) ia present; (5) PyrrhitriiKP, in which it is absent, without further mwlification; (0) Platif- cercincp, no aiubieiis and no fnrculiiin; (7) Chrijmtina; no aiubiena, no furculuni, and no oil- glaud. There arc thus 7 subfamilies of i families of Puittaci. " Parrots abound in all tropical countries, but. except in Australia and New Zealand, rarely extend into the temperate zone. The Indian and i£thio|iian regions are p<Mir in jiarrots, while the Australian is the richest, containing nniny genera and even wh<de fiiinilier ])eculiar to ; (Newton.) The highest authority, FiNwii, n'oognizes species as well deter- mined, distributing them in 20 genera; 142 are American, 23 African, and 18 Asiatic; the Moluccas aud New Guinea have 83, Australia 59, and Polynesia Ple
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