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4. Nasiterna keiensis. 



Nasiterna pygrnasa, part., Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 331 

 (specim. frorn Arrou Isl.) (1866) ; Rosenb. {nee Q. et G.) Reisnaar 

 deZuidoostereil. pp. 48, 49 (Arrou Isl.) (1867) ; Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. 

 Dierk. iv. pp. 5, 7 (partim) (1871) ; id. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 71 

 (partim) (1874) ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 371 (1878-79). 



Nasiterna keiensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 984 (1875), 

 x. p. 26, n. 10 (1877); Gould, B. of Neiv Guin. pt. vi. pi. 13 

 (1878) ; I)' Alb. $ Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 29 (Fly 

 River) (1879); Salvad. Ami. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 10, n. <> 

 (1879); id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 120 (1880); Rchnw. Vocjelbild. 

 t. xxv. f. 4 (1878-83); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 141 (Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 77) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac.'Sc. Tor. (2) xl. p. 156. 



Nasiterna aruensis, Salvad. Aim. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 985 (e.r 

 Schlegel) (1875), x. p. 25, note 2 (1877). 



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



Adult male. Very much like the female of N. pygmcea, but 

 larger, with the feathers of the pileum yellower and edged with 

 reddish ; the breast and the abdomen brighter and purer green, 

 with no yellow tinge. Total length 3-7 inches, wing 2-52, tail 1-1, 

 bill 0-37. Female. Pileum paler than in the male and with no red 

 edges to the feathers. Young. Like the female. 



Hub. Key and Aru Islands, and Southern New Guinea along the 

 Fly River. 



5. Nasiterna aolae. 



Nasiterna aolae, Grant, P.Z.S. 1888, p. 189, pi. x. f. 2 ; Salvad. 

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



Adult male. Grass-green, cheeks and lower parts paler, yellowish 

 green ; crown and anterior part of the cheeks near the base of the 

 lower mandible blue ; under tail-coverts yellow, tipped with green ; 

 quills black, edged with green on the outer webs ; centre tail- 

 feathers blue, the remainder black with bluish-green tips ; the three 

 outer tail- feathers with a yellow spot at the tip of the inner webs : 

 the first outer tail-feather green on the outer web : " bill black : 

 legs grey ; iris red (!) " ( Woodford). Total length about 3 - 9 inches, 

 wing 2-4, tail 1*15, bill 0-35, tarsus 0-33. 



Adult female. Like the male, but a little smaller and with the 

 anterior part of the cheeks, near the base of the lower mandible, 

 and the chin reddish. 



Hah. Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands. 



a, b, c. $ $ ad.sk. Aola, Guadalcanar, June, April. C. M. Woodford [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 



6. Nasiterna misoriensis. 



Nasiterna pygrnsea geelwinkiana, part., Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 

 iv. p. 7 (1871) ; Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 137 (partim). 



