140 TSITTACIDJi. 



2. Nasiterna pygmsea. 



Psittacus (Psittacula) pygmseus, Qum/ fy Gaim, Toy. de V Astral., 

 Zool. i. p. 232, pi. 21. f 1 (c?), 2 ( 5) (1830) (type examined). 



Nasiterna pygmsea, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. G31 (1832); G. R. Gr. 

 Gen. B. iiT p. 423 (1846) ; Bjj. Consp. i. p. 6 (1850); id. Rev. et 

 Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 156 ; id. Nawnannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. 

 n. 232; Sclat. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 166, n. 119 (1858); 

 G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 195; id. List Psitt. Brit, Mm. p. 92 

 (1859): id. Cat. B. New Gum. pp. 43, 60 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, 

 p. 437 ; Schlep. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 377 ; Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1862, pp. 03, 64, 68 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 165, 1864, pp. 281, 

 293; Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned, Lnd. xxv. p. 226, n. 32 (1863) ; 

 id, Journ. f. Orn. 1804, p. 115, u. 32; Bernst. Nat, Tijdschr. Ned. 

 Ind. xxvii. p. 297 (1804) ; id. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. ii. p. 327 

 (1865); Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 158 (1865) ; Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. 

 Dierk. iii. p. 331 (1800) ; Rosenb. Reis naar de Zuidoostereil. p. 49 

 (1807) ; Finsch, Papag. i. p. 325 (1867); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 108, n. 8381 (1870); Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk, iv. pp. 5, 

 7 (1871) ; id, Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 71 (1874) ; Rosenb. 

 Reist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 50 (1875) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 vii. p. 985 (1875) ; Meyer, Sitzb. Jsis zu Dresd. 1875, p. 70 ; 

 Rowley, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 470 : id. Orn. Misc. i. p. 154, pi. xix. ( S ), 

 xx. ( $ ) (1870) ; Finsch, Om. Misc. i. p. 101 (1876) ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 25, n. 9 (1877) ; Gould, B. of New Gain. 

 pt. vi. pi. vii. (1878) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 117 (1880) ; 

 Forbes, P. Z.S. 1880, p. 70; Rchnw. Vogelbiid. t. xxv. f. 2 (1878- 

 83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 143 {Consp. Psitt. p. 79) ; Nehrk. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1885, p. 618 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) 

 xl. p. 150 (1889) ; Mei/er, Vogel-Skelett, t. xxii. (1878-89) ; Tristr, 

 Cat. Coll. B. p. 72 (1889). 



Micropsitta pygmsea, Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. ix. p. 210, pi. 10. 

 f. 1, 2 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 007, pi. — . f. 1, 2 (1838). 



Micropsites pygmseus, Bourj. Pen: pi. 100 (1837-38). 



Psittacus pygmseus, 8. Mull. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. pp. 27, 107 

 (1839-44) ; Schleg. Handl. d. Dierk. i. p. 480, pi. iii. n. 37 (1858). 



Psittacus (Nasiterna) pygmseus, Schleg. Handl, d. Dierk. i. p. 185. 



Psittacula pygmsea, Schleg. Dierent. p. 07 (cum fig.) (1804) ; id. 

 Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 74 (1864). 



Nestor (!) pygmsea (sic), Rosenb. Zool. Gart. 1878, p. 347 (part). 



Nasiterna mysoriensis, Tristr. [nee Salvad,), Cat, Coll. B. p. 73 

 (1889) (specimen examined). 



Adult male. Green, each feather narrowly edged with dusky, 

 underneath paler ; pileum yellowish ; the feathers on the forehead 

 faintly edged with reddish ; cheeks brown with some bluish tinge ; 

 the middle of the breast and of the abdomen red ; under tail-coverts 

 yellow, the outer ones greenish ; smaller upper wing-coverts black 

 in the middle and broadly edged with green ; quills dusky, the 

 primaries narrowly edged with green on the outer web, the second- 

 aries broadly edged with green, the inner ones entirely green ; two 

 middle tail-feathers blue, the remainder black, the outer one edged 

 with green on the outer web, the three outer ones with a yellow 

 spot at the tip of the inner webs : bill brown ; feet paler. Total 

 length 3-1 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1, bill 0-35, tarsus 0-3. 



