psittaceous (ce as sh)

[Lat. psittacus =a parrot.] Pertaining to the genus Psittacus, or to the family Psittacidæ, or Parrots; psittacid. psit-ta-çid, adj. [Latin psittac (us)=a parrot; Eng. suff.id.] The same as PSITTACEOUS (q. v.). psit-ta-çi, s. pl. [PSITTACUS.] Ornith.: Parrots; an order of birds, formerly (and still by some taxonomists) regarded as a family of Scan sores. Bill large and powerful, much arched, tip elongated, with a cere containing nostrils; wings and tail usually long; two toes directed for ward and two backward. Sclater divides it into two families: (1) Stringopidæ; (2) Psittacide, with the sub-families Cacatuinæ, Arinæ, Platycercinæ, Psittacinæ, Lorinæ, and Nestor inæ. Garrod (Proc. Zool . Soc ., 1874, pp. 586-98) made them a sub-order, or cohort, with two families: (1) Palæornithide, with two sub-families, Palæorni- thinæ and Cacatuinæ; (2) Psittacidæ, with the sub- families Arinæ, Str in go pinæ, Pyrrhurhinæ, Platycercinæ, and Chrysotinæ. Reichenow ( Journ . f . Ornith . , 1881), has the follow- ing families: Stringopide, Pli olophide, Platycercidæ, Micropsit tacidæ, Trichoglo idæ, Palæornithidæ, Psittacidæ, Conuridæ, and Pionidæ. Widely distributed, chiefly in tropical and sub- tropical regions. adj. suff. -idœ .] Ornithology: 233-8) thus divides it: SUB-FAMILIES. 1. STRING OPINE......String ops. GENERA. quaiava is the Guava (q. v.); P. cattleyanum, the 2. PLICTOLOPHINE... Plictolophus, Callipsittacus, Nasi Purple Guava, P. albidum, the Jabuli. All have excellent fruit. [GUAVA.] psil-ăn-throp'-ic, a. [English psilanthrop ( y ); -ic.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, psilanthropy.