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fil. Nasiterna pusio Scl. 



Duke of York Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, St. Aignan and Sudest 

 Islands, Fergusson, South-East New Guinea, Milue Bay, German New Guinea 

 to Konstantinhafen. 



We have specimens from all tliese localities— altogether 25. The sides of 

 the head are ochraceons. One from the Kotoi District (Anthony coll.) has the 

 sides of the head very bright orange, the blue of the crown less extended laterally 

 than usual, the underside more yellowish and with an orange tinge on the middle 

 of the abdomen. This specimen is, however, very closely approached by others, 

 and we are not, at present, able to make any subdivisions of iV. pusio. 



(The original locality " Solomon Islands " was erroneous !) 



62. Nasiterna beccarii Salvad. 



Differs from N. pusio in its much deeper brown cheeks and sides of the head 

 and a deeper blue crown. 



Only two specimens are known from the western coast of Geelvink Bay 

 between Dorey and Wandammen. One is in Genoa, the other in Milan. 



63. Nasiterna salvadorii forma nov. 



Differs from N. pusio in the sides of the crown being dull yellow instead of 

 ochraceons. The blue on the crown is less bright and more greenish blue, the size 

 smaller than that of N. pusio. 



Wing : 58—63 mm. 



W^e have a pair from Takar (the femaU has the crown dnller, sides of crown 

 more greenish), October 1890 (W. Doherty coll.). " Iris dark brown, feet bluish 

 grey, bill bluish grey with darker tip." 



One " ? " (?) from the north coast between 136° and 137° long. (Bruijn's hunters), 

 four from near Humboldt Bay (Dumas coll.), two from the lower Ambernoh River 

 (Dumas coll.). 



Tijpe : Ambernoh River. 



Named in honour of our friend Conte Tommaso Salvadori, whose merits on 

 Papuan ornithology will always remain unrivalled. 



Both iV. salvadorii and N. beccarii are probably subspecific forms of N. pusio. 



64. Dasyptilus pesqueti (Less.). 



This remarkable Parrot is aj)parently not uncommon all over New Guinea. 

 We have 21 examples from Dorey, Waropen and Wensudu, east of Geelvink Bay, 

 Konstantinhafen and various places in British New Guinea — Mailn district, and 

 Mt. Cameron to 6OU0 ft. high. 



65. Eclectus pectoralis pectoralis (P. L. S. Miill.). 



This is the form of Eclectus inhabiting New Guinea. It is apparently fonnd 

 all over the island, and also on the islands of Waigiu, Gebeh, Batanta, Salwatty, 

 Mysol, the islands in Geelvink Bay, the Key Islands, and the islands stretching 

 along from Key to Goram-laut ; also on New Ireland, New Hanover, New Britain, 



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