The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . v,,.ci- Maxiuii\;ans M SCANSORES. 219. Fig. 105.—Sternnm of Parrot. Tlie Parrots have been arraiigert under many named subdivisions, the limits of which are mostly arbitrary,thoug-h several very natural groups are tolerably distinct. First, among: the species with square tails, we may notice the great Black Cockatoos of Australia (Calyptoninchus,Vig-.), large crested species, with beak of extraordinary strength, and very deep vertically. Their plumage is blac
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . v,,.ci- Maxiuii\;ans M SCANSORES. 219. Fig. 105.—Sternnm of Parrot. Tlie Parrots have been arraiigert under many named subdivisions, the limits of which are mostly arbitrary,thoug-h several very natural groups are tolerably distinct. First, among: the species with square tails, we may notice the great Black Cockatoos of Australia (Calyptoninchus,Vig-.), large crested species, with beak of extraordinary strength, and very deep vertically. Their plumage is black,with some red or yellow on the tail; wings capable of vigorous flight; and food the seeds of the Eucalypti,with the juice of which fruit their bills are generally stained. Attempts to maintain them in captivity appearto have always hitherto failed. The subdivision Corydon, Wagleri, is barely separable. The White Cockatoos (Plyctolophus, Vieillot), the species of whichinhabit the Indian Archipelago and Australia, fall into two minorgroups according to the form of the crest. Their disposition is sin-gularly gentle and aflectionate, and several species are abundantlyb
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