1. NASITEKNA. 141 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the pileum more 

 greonish, and the breast and abdomen green, without the red colour 

 along the middle ; on the brown cheeks there is no bluish tinge. 



Hab. North-western New Guinea, Waigiou, Guebeh, Salwatty, 

 Mysol, and Koffiao. 

 a-g. <3 $ ad. sk. New Guinea. 



3. Nasiterna finschi.* 



Nasiterna finschii, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. p. 180 ( £ ), 

 720 (6 and voung) (1881) ; Nature, vol. xxiv. p. 277 (1881), vol. 

 xxv. pp. 282," 356 (1882) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1882, pp. 138, 143 ; Ramsay, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 472 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 418, n. 1 

 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 513 (1882) ; Ramsay, Pr. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 35, G65 (1882) ; Rcknw. Voqelbild. 

 Nachtr. 26 (1883) ; id. Journ.f. Orn. 1883, p. 416; Sdat, P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 347 ; Finsch, Vda. der Siklsee, p. 17 ; Salvad. Mem.R. Ac. 

 Sc. Tor. (2) xl. p. 157 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 73. 



Nasiterna mortoni, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 35, 666 

 ( 2 ) (1882) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xl. p. 157 (1889). 



Adult male. Grass-green on the upper parts, paler and with 

 yellowish on the lower parts ; middle of the abdomen orange-red ; 

 under tail-coverts yellow, the longest bluish green at the tips; 

 thighs pale yellow ; anterior part of the cheeks near the base of the 

 lower mandible tinged with blue ; smaller and median upper wing- 

 coverts green, black in the middle ; quills black, edged with green 

 on the outer webs ; centre tail-feathers bluish green, with a very 

 large black spot near the tips, the remainder black, the outer one 

 green on the outer web, the three or four (?) outer ones with a 

 yellow spot at the tip of the inner webs. " Total length 4 - 3 inches, 

 wing 2-6, tail 1-6, bill 0-38 " (Ramsay). 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the anterior part 

 of the cheeks, near the base of the under mandible reddish or rose- 

 colour, and no orange-red colour along the middle of the abdomen, 

 which is yellowish green : " iris dark hazel ; bill and feet ash- 

 colour " {Richards). Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-3. 



Hab. San Cristoval and Ugi, Solomon Islands. 



a, 2 a< i. sk. Makira Harbour, San Cristoval, August Tristram Coll. 

 (Lieut. Richards). 



* I know the following species from the description only, published whilst 

 this sheet is passing through the press : — 



Xasiterna nanina. 

 Nasiterna nanina, Tristr. Bis, 1891, p. COS ( $ ). 



Female. Green, hind neck paler, underparta bright yellowish green ; forehead 

 yellowish, cheeks and chin pale rose-colour ; quills black, edged with green ; 

 central tail-feathers blue, with the shaft black, remaining tail-feathers black, 

 with a yellow spot at the tip of the inner web and with a green one at the tip 

 of the outer web. Total length 2'S inches, wing T9, tail 07, tarsus - 2. 



Hab. Bugotu, Solomon Islands, south of Isabel. 



If the type specimen is fully adult, N. nanina is very different from all the 

 other known species by its diminutive size : in colouring it is very similar to the 

 female of X Jinschi, which has been described as a distinct species under the 

 name of X mortoni, Rams. 



