1. NASITERNA. 139 



e". Pileum entirely brown ; a yellow spot 



on the occiput ' misoriensis <$ , p. 142. 



f". Pileum blue in the middle maforensis tf, p. 143. 



d". Breast and abdomen green, more or less 

 yellowish ; crown blue. 

 g" . Cheeks rose-reddish; crown bright blue. bruipii$,y. 139. 

 h"'. Cheeks not reddish. 

 e 4 . Cheeks tinged with blue. 



a". Blue colour of the crown duller (?). misoriensis J , p. 143. 

 b\ Blue colour of the crown brighter(?). maforensis $ , p. 144. 

 /'. Cheeks not tinged with blue. 



c\ Cheeks brown ochre-yellow ; blue 



colour of the crown duller pusio d $ , p. 144. 



d\ Cheeks brown, with no ochre-yellow 

 tinge ; blue colour of the "crown 

 brighter beccarii $ , p. 145. 



1. Nasiterna bruijni. 



Nasiterna bruijni, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 715 (note) 

 7.-,:; ( rf ), 907 ( $ ), t. 21 (1875) ; Selat. Ibis, 1876, p. 255 ; Salvad, 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 25, n. 8 (1877) ; Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. 

 de Paris, 1877, p. 55 ; Gould, B. of New Guin. pt. vi. pi. 10 (1878) ■ 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 115 (1880) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. 25.' 

 f. 1 (1878-83); id. Joum. f. Orn. 1881, p. 143 (Consp. Psitt. 

 p. 79) ; Giallem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 618 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac Sc 

 Tor. aex. 2, xl. p. 156 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 73 (1889) • 

 De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guin. p. 58 (Musgrave Range) (1890) • 

 id. Colon. Papers, n. 103, p. 107 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891 p 28- 

 Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 89 (1891). 



Adult male. Green, the green feathers narrowly edged with 

 blackish; pileum, cheeks, and ear-coverts buff-red; a band from 

 behind the eyes encircling the pileum, nape, and a collar round the 

 neck deep blue; middle of the breast and of the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts salmon-red ; the red breast on each side edged 

 with blue feathers ; sides and flanks green ; upper wing-coverts deep 

 black broadly edged with green ; quills black, with narrow green 

 edges on the outer webs, the inner secondaries with broader green 

 edges, the last secondaries near the back entirely green; quills 

 underneath blackish, under wing-coverts tinged with greenish, and 

 some with yellowish ; two central tail-feathers blue, with a black 

 Bubapical spot, the remainder black, the outer three on each side 

 with an orange spot at the tip of the inner webs, the first and the 

 second with a bluish-olive spot at the tip of the outer web ; bill 

 and feet brown. Total length 3-62 inches, wing 2-65 tail 1-1 

 bill 0-32, tarsus 0-31. 



Female. Green, underneath paler, yellowish along the middle of 

 the underparts; pileum blue; cheeks and edge of the forehead 

 reddish grey; throat whitish, with a greyish or bluish tinge; 

 under tail-coverts yellowish green ; wings and tail as in the male,' 

 only the outer tail-feathers have the spots at the tip of the inner 

 webs yellow, with scarcely any orange tinge. Size very little less 

 than that of the male. 



Hob. Arfak Mountains (and Musgrave Range?), Xew Guinea. 



