138 psittacid^:. 



Subfamily I. NASITERNIN^E. 



Bill shaped as in Cockatoos, broad at the base, compressed on 

 the culmen, with a strong ridge before the hook ; cere like a broad 

 band, which, however, is narrower over the culmen and thickens 

 round the nostrils, as in the PlatyeeremcB. Tail short, square, the 

 feathers with projecting and pointed shafts. Wings long, twice 

 the length of the tail, and when folded reaching the tip of the tail. 

 Toes long and thin. Size very small. Sexes different. 



Range. Papuan subregion. 



1. NASITERNA. 



Type. 



Psittacus, subgeu. Micropsitta (!), Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 646 



(1831) N. pygmsea. 



Nasiterna, Wagl Mon. Psitt. p. 498 (1832) N. pygmsea. 



Micropsites, Geoffr. St-.Hil. CourscTOrn. Mus. Hist. Nat. 



de Paris (1836) {fide Bourjot) N. pygmsea. 



Range. Papuan subregion. 



(Cf. Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 76, 77.) 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts red bruijni tf , p. 139. 



b. Under tail-coverts yellow or greenish yellow. 



a' . Pileum yellowish, or green like the rest of 

 the upper parts, in one case green all round, 

 blue in the middle. 

 a". Breast and abdomen red along the middle. 



a'". Pileum yellowish pygmcea <f , p. 140. 



b'". Pileum green like the rest of the upper 

 parts ; anterior part of the cheeks, near 

 the base of the lower mandible, blue . . finsehi W , p. 142. 

 b". No red colour on the middle of the breast 

 and abdomen. 

 c'". Pileum yellowish. 



o 4 . Smaller, wing 2-3 inches ; underparts 

 yellowish green ; pileum yellowish, 



but not well denned all round pygmcea J , p. 141. 



6*. Larger, whip; 2-52 inches ; underparts 

 greener, pileum yellower and better 



defined keiensis $ $ , p. 142. 



d!" . Pileum not yellowish. 



c\ Pileum entirely green, like the rest of 



the upper parts ; anterior part of the 



cheeks, near the base of the lower 



mandible reddish or rose-colour .... jinschi § , p. 141. ' 



d^. Pileum green all round, blue in the 



middle aolce <$ $ , p. 142. 



b' . Pileum with no yellowish-green colour, 

 e". Breast and abdomen yellow-ochre along 

 the middle ; bill rather high and strong. 



