Parrots, Citicini, Birds of a Different Order

Citicini: Parrots hold among birds much the same position as that occupied by monkeys among quadruped. The male has frequently but one mate during his whole life, and nearly all of them brood more than once in a year. Most systematists have considered parrots as entitled to take but an inferior place in the Zoological series. Citicini: We allude to the prehensile structure of the foot. It has been deemed a sufficient reason for forming an order embracing several races of most dissimilar form which present only this one feature in common.