psiTTAcr. 239 



but, as a matter of fact, the nestlino; ])liiniafTo is develoj)eJ 

 in a totally ditiorent fashion in the Accipitres.] 



B. Hallux present and connected \yitli the f/exor loiigus hal/ucis, 



and not with the f/ed'or loitc/Ks d'njitonun. 



C. Palate desmognathous ; the upper mandible movable, loosely 



articulated to the skull. 



D. Dorsal vertebra^ opisthoccelous. 



E. Feet zyoodactyle. 



F. Spinal feather-tract well defined on neck and foi-ked on upper 



back. 



Genus NESTOR *. 

 Wagler, Abhaudl. Ak. AVissensch. Munclien, i. p. oU3 (1829-30). 



Nestor h3rpopolius. 



Psittacus Jiypopolias, Forster, Draw. no. 50. 



JS^cstor hiipopolius, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. li. p. 548 (1865). 



The Ka-Ka Parrot. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



1107. Skeleton. 0. 0. 1443 a. Presented hi) Sir George Grey. 



1108. Upper mandible. 0. C. 1443. 



Presented hij John Goidd, Esq., F.P.S. 



Nestor notabilist. 



Nestor votahilis, Gould, P. Z. 8. 185G, p. 94 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. 

 ii. p. 544 (1805) ; BuUer, B. New Zealand, 2ud cd. vol. i. p. 1G6 

 (1888). 



The Mountain Ka-Ka. 

 FTah. Middle Island, New Zealand. 



1109. Articulated skeleton : mounted. 0. C. 1443 B. 



P reijared from a specimen which died in the 

 Zoological Gardens, 1872. 



1110. Skull. 0. C. 1443 c. Purchased. 



* (/. A. 13. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-Skelet. i. Taf. xxiii. {N. mcn'dionalis). 

 t Cy. Lorenz, Sitz. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxxiv. Abtli. 1, p. 624. 



