1. NESTOK. 9 



Finach, Tr. 8? Pr. N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 207 (1872) ; Rowley, P. Z.S. 



1874, p. 498 ; Rchnw. Vogelbihl t. xviii. f . 5 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1881, p. 21 {Consp. Psitt. p. 21). 

 Nestor meridionalis, var., Butter, Tr. § Pr. N. Zeal. Inst. iii. p. 51 



(1870). 

 Nestor meridionalis, part., Finach, Journ. f. Orn. 1872, p. 98. 

 Nestor meridionalis, var. /3, Bull. B. New Zeal. p. 41 (1873) ; id. 



op. cit. 2nd ed. i. p. 152 



Type. Very much like N. meridionalis, from which it differs 

 principally in having a broad yellowish-white band between the 

 grey upper breast and the dull red abdomen ; besides, the ear-coverts 

 behind are of a bright golden yellow, the cheeks below bright red, 

 and the tail-feathers towards the base of the inner web do not show 

 the spots, which more or less are always present in 3". meridionalis. 

 Total length 18 inches, wing 11-8, tail 6-5, bill 2-1, tarsus 1-2. 



Hah. Unknown. 



This bird is intermediate between N. Meridionalis and N.pro- 

 dactus ; it resembles the first in the dimensions and in the upper 

 parts, and the second in the underparts, especially on account of the 

 broad yellowish-white band across the breast. Although considered 

 by Sir W. Buller as an individual variety of N. meridionalis, I feel 

 inclined to agree with Gould and Finsch in regarding it as a 

 distinct species. 



a. Ad. sk. Massena Coll. (Type of species.) 



4. Nestor productus. 



Wilson's Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 170 (1822). 



Plyctolophus productus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 19. 



Nestor productus, Gould, Syn. Austr. B. and adj. Isl. pt. i. pi. — . 

 f. 1 (183—?) ; Bourjot, Pen: pi. 69 (1837-38); Gould, B. Austr. 

 v. pi. 6 (part v., 1841) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 426, n. 2 (1845) : 

 Rchnb. Vbg. Neuholl. n. 187 (1850); Bp. Consp. i. p. 8 (1850); 

 Rclmb. Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 10 ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 

 p. 155, n. 252 ; Souance, Rec. et May. de Zool. 1856, p. 224 : 

 Sclaf. Pr. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 132 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. 

 Mus. p. 100 (1859) ; Sclat. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 34; Pelz. Verh. 

 k. Ah. Wissensch. Wien, xli. pp. 322-325, Taf. — . ff. 2, 3 (head), 

 4, 5 (tongue) (1860) ; Schley. Journ, f. Orn. 1861, p. 377; G. R. 

 Gr. Ibis, 1862, p. 230 (svn. emend.); Schler/. Dierent. p. 84 (with 

 figure) (1804) : id. Mus. P.-B., Psitt. p. 157 (1864) ; Gould, Handb. 

 B. Austr. ii. p. 550 (1865) ; Finsch. Joum. f. Orn. 1867, p. 322 ; 

 Finsch, Papai;. ii. p. 888 (1868): Newt. Ibis, 1869, p. 323; 

 Selys-Lonych. Ibis, f870, p. 460 (Mus. of Florence); G. R. Gr. 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 159, n. 8268 (1-70): Rowley, P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 4!»7 : Gieb. Thes. Om. ii. p. 701 (1875); Ibis, L877, p. 129 

 (spec. in Turati's .Mus.) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xviii. f . 6 (L-78-83); 

 id. .hum. f. Orn. 1881, p. 21 {Consp. Psitt. p. 21) ; Salvad. Ibis, 

 1881, p. 609; Sale. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 463(1882); ? Layard, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 123 (egg !) ; Bull. B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 164 

 (1888) ; Ibis, 1888, p. 660 : Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 38 (1888). 



Centrums productus, Bp. Naumannia, 1866, Consp. Psitt. n. 265. 



