OF NEW SOUTH WALE8. 2551 



NASITERNINiE. 

 17. — Nasiterna pusilla, Ramsay, P. L.S. , N.S.W. vol. II, p. 105. 



I have considered the birds from Port Moresby distinct from 

 the New Ireland species on account of their smaller size, lighter 

 cheeks and deeper blue on the crown of the head. Mr. Goldie 

 obtained the original specimen on the Laloki River in 1876, and 

 Mr. Morton was fortunate enough to fall in with it near the same 

 place in October, 1877. They traverse the stems and thicker 

 branches of the trees in search of food in small flocks of three 

 to five in number, chattering as they creep along, more like mice 

 than birds, thin, stiff", pointed tail-feathers pressed close against 

 the tree while at rest form a good support. In some of their 

 actions they resemble the SitteVce, and their long toes seem 

 specially adapted for this mode of progression ; iris brown, legs 

 and feet lead color, bill dark horn color. Broadbent met with a 

 troup of about twelve or fourteen in number, creeping over a nest 

 of Termites, built on a large branch of a tree in the scrub. 



PSITTACID^. 



18. — Aprosmtctus chloropterus, sp. nov. 

 Adult male. The head and sides of the neck, throat, and all 

 the under surface deep rich crimson, the under tail coverts 

 blackish blue at the base, the tips crimson, tail black above and 

 below, the outer webs above blue, those of the central feathers 

 tinged with green ; nape, and hind neck, and a few adjacent 

 feathers on the sides of the chest, lower part of the back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts deep rich blue ; wings blackish brown, the 

 outer webs of the feathers washed with dark green, the margins 

 of the shoulders, wing coverts, and interscapular region and 

 scapulars, black with a greenish tinge ; from the angle or point of 

 the shoulders to the ends of the scapulars extends a broad band 

 of bright verditer green tinged with yellow, the outer margins 

 of the shoulders tinged with blue, under wing coverts blackish 

 blue ; base of the bill coral red, the tip and all the under 

 mandible black ; feet black ; " iris orange-yellow " 



" Note like that of the King-Lory," A. scapulatus, Bechst. {KB.) 

 Total length 15 in., wingfs 7'7 in., tail 9 in., tarsus 0'8, bill 

 from nostril 0*9, culmen 1*1. 



