1. NESTOR. 7 



N. Zeal. Birds, p. 20 (1871): Bull. B. New Zeal. p. 50 (1873) : 

 Finsch, Tr. §■ Pr. N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 207 (1872) ; Bull. ibid. p. 405 

 (1872) ; Hutt. Pbis, 1874, p. 35 (=meridionalis) ; Buller, Ibis, 

 1874, p. 113 (=meridionalis) ; Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. § Ten-., Birds, 

 App. p. 24 (1875); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 392 (Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 227). 



? Nestor meridionalis, Finsch (nee Gm. P), Ibis, 1869, p. 379. 



Nestor meridionalis, var. p, Bull. B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 157 

 (1888). 



Nestor, sp. n., an occidentals, Reischek, Tr. $• Pr. N. Zeal. Inst. x\ ii . 

 pp. 194, 195 (1884). 



Yellowish-red variety (N. superbus). 



Nestor esslingi Haast (nee Souance), Verh. z.-h. Gesell. Wien, 1863, 



p. 110: id. Ibis, 1864, p. 341. 

 Nestor superbus, Bull. Essay on the Orn. of N. Zeal. p. 11 (1865) ; 



Taylor, Ann. # May. N. H. (3) xviii. p. 14 (1866); Finsch, 



Journ. f. Orn. 1867, 'pp. 322, 344 ; id. Papag. ii. p. 902 (1868) ; 



Haast,' Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 243; Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 



1870, p. 331; G. R. Or. Hand-list, ii. p. 159, n. 8257 (1870); 



? Rowley, P. Z.S. 1874, p. 498; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 701 (1875); 



Rchnw. J>urn. f. Orn. 1881, p. 20 (Consp. Psitt. p. 20) ; id. 



Vogelbild., Nachtr. n. 2 (1883). 

 Nestor meridionalis, var. a, Bull. B. New Zeal. p. 40 (1873) ; Kirk, 



Tr. $ Pr. N. Zeal. Inst. xvii. p. 62 (1884) ; Bull. B. New Zeal. 



2nd ed. i. p. 151 (1888). 

 Nestor meridionalis, Kirk, Ibis, 1888, p. 45. 



Adult. Upper surface olive-brown, each feather margined with 

 dark brown ; crown of the head and nape hoary, slightly tinged 

 with bluish and with a narrow edging of brown to each feather ; 

 ear-coverts washed with golden yellow ; feathers of the cheeks and 

 front of the throat hoary, bordered with brown and washed with 

 red at the base of the bill ; below the nape an orange and dull red 

 band, each feather tipped with three semicircles— dull red, orange, 

 and brown ; uropygium, upper tail-coverts, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts dark red ; breast -feat hers hoary edged with brown ; 

 under wing-coverts red, sometimes washed with orange, and crossed 

 with narrow dusky bands ; quills toothed on their internal webs 

 with pale red ; tail above olive-brown, with an indistinct brown 

 band near the tip ; tail-feathers toothed on the inner webs with 

 red : iris dark brown ; bill dark bluish grey ; feet bluish grey, soles 

 of feet yellowish brown. Total length 18-5 inches, wing 11, tail 7, 

 bill 1'6, tarsus 1'2. 



Young. "The scarlet lining of the under surface of the wings is 

 marked by numerous transverse bars of dusky brown, and towards 

 the carpal edges the feat hers are olivaceous brown, barred and mar- 

 gined with orpimenfr-orange ; the long soft feathers underlying the 

 secondaries are dusky grey, with faint bars of scarlet; in seme 

 examples the nuchal collar 'is very indistinct, being simply indicated 

 by a tingo of yellow, while iu others it is fully as conspicuous as in 

 the adult." (Buller.) 



Eab, New Zealand. 



