1. NESTOR. 5 



FimcJi, Journ. f. Orn. 1872, p. 101 ; Bull. Birds N. Zeal. p. 52, 

 pi. — . f. ant. (187.3) ; Garrod, P.Z. S. 1873, pp. 466, 633, 1874, 

 p. 587 ; Rowley, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 497 ; Fmsch, P. Z. 8. 1874, 

 pp. 170, 181 ; Garrod, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 343 ; Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. 

 A- Terr., Birds, App. p. 24 (1875) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 701 

 (1875) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xviii. f. 4 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1881, p. 22(Consp. Psitt. p. 22) ; Lorenz, Safe*. Ah. Wissenseh. 

 IVien, lxxxiv. p. 630, t. iii. (1881) : Latour, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 626 : 

 Pinsch, Ibis, 1882, p. 398: Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 338 

 (1883); Ibis, 1884. p. 471 : Bias. Journ. f. Orn. 1884. p. 229; 

 Bull. Birds X. Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 160, pi. xviii. (1888). 



Adult. Dull olive-green, each feather edged with black; ear- 

 coverts dusky ; uropygium, under wing-coverts, and axillaries 

 orange-red ; quills dusky brown, the primaries with the outer web 

 bluish, largely toothed on the inner web with bright lemon-yellow ; 

 secondaries greenish blue on their outer webs, toothed with orange- 

 red on their inner webs ; tail bluish olive, crossed near the ex- 

 tremity by a broad band of blackish brown ; tail-feathers toothed 

 on their inner webs with bright lemon-yellow : iris black ; bill 

 greyish brown ; feet yellowish olive. Total length 19 inches, 

 wing 12-5, tail 7-5, bill 1"75, tarsus 1*5. 



Female. Similar to the male, but having the tints of the plumage 

 duller, and the dusky marking of the feathers broader. 



Hab. South Island, New Zealand. 



a. Ad. st. New Zealand. Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Gould Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. — Swinney C.]. 



d. e. S $ ad. sk. Shedmorlich Peaks, S. Island. Wellington Mus.[E. . 

 /. Skeleton. New Zealand. Dr. J. Haast [P.J. 



2. Nestor meridionalis. 



Southern brown Parrot, Lath. Gen. Sun. i. p. 264, no. 70 (1781) ; 



id. Gen. Hist, ii. p. 211 (1822). 

 Psittacus meridionalis, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 333. n. 98 (1788) {ex 



Latham): Bechst. Lath. Uebers. p. 90 (1811): Strickl. Ann. $■ 



May. N. H. vii. p. 34 (1841). 

 Psittacus nestor, Lath. Ltd. Orn. i. p. 110, no. 85(1790); Shaw, 



Gen. Zoo/, viii. 2. p. 522 (1811) : Vieill. X. D. xxv. p. 317 (1817) ; 



id. Em: Mith. iii. p. 13G8 (1823) : Kuhl, Conap. Psitt. pp. 12, 86 



(1820) ; Steph. Gen. Zoo/, xiv. 2, p. 107 (1826); Less. Compl. de 



Buff. ix. Ois. p. 205 (1837); id. 2nd ed. p. 605.pl. — . f. 2 (1838) ; 



Bourj. Pen: pi. 68 (1838-39). 

 Psittacus australis, Shaw. Mus. Lever, i. p. 85, pi. — (1792). 

 Nestor novas zelandise, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 191 (1831 I. 

 Psittacus hvpopolius, Forsf. MS.; id. Icon. ined. t. 50; id. Descr. 



An. V . 72(1844). 

 Nestor Vpopolius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. pp. 505. 696(1832); Gould, 



Sun. B. Austr. pi. .' f. 2 ( L88 -?) ; Selb. Nat. Lib,:. Parrots, p. 121. 



pi 12(1836); Hartl. 8yst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 89(1844); Bchb. 



Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 10; Bp. Per. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 155, 



n. 250; id. Naumannia, 1856, Oonsp. Psitt. n. 203; SouancS, Rev. 



et May. de Zool. 1856, p. 223: G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit Mus. 



