1. XASITERNA. 145 



a. Ad. sk. [Solomon Islands.] P. L. Sclater [P.]. 



b,c d. 6 2 ad. Duke of York Island, Jan., ^ * '^ 



sk - Oct. (Rev. G. Brown $ Hr. 



Kleinschmidt). 

 e. ? ad.sk. Duke of York Island (G. E. Tristram Coll. 



Richards). 

 /, g. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains. A. Goldie \C 1 



h,t. Ad.sk. Port Moresby. A . Goldie [c'.j! 



9. Nasiterna beccarii. 



Nasiterna beccarii, Sahad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. viii n 396 ( 9 \ 



(1 ?i?; i ^l>- 26 / n ;J 3 r, (187? )> kL Atti R - Acc - *• T°r. xhi! 

 V t) • , ii° /8) '«, Go " W » ^ "/-^^ **■ Pt. vi. pi. 11 (1878) ; Sahad. 

 Ibis, 18/9, p. 320; trf. Or». Pap. e Mol. i. p. 125 (1880) ; 2fcA ww . 



m M 7; ?' £ m ;,l m > ?• 142 ^' Wi ^- Psitt P- 78 ); id. Voyelbild. 

 Nachtr. 27 (1883); SWiwtf. jtfwn. i?. ^ c . #</ y 0/ .. £ 2 ) xL 



Adult female. Green, underparts much lighter ; middle of the 

 crown dull blue ; edges of the feathers black ; forehead and sides of 

 the head brown ; sides of the nape greenish brown ; two centre 

 tail-feathers blue, with a black spot near the tip ; lateral rectrices 

 black, edged externally with green and with a yellowish-orange 

 spot at the tip of the inner web. Size of N.jtygmcea. (Mug. ctv 

 Genova.) 



Sab. The coast of Geelvink Bay, south of Dorey, New Guinea. 

 The brown cheeks and sides of the head distinguish at once this 

 species from N. pwsio, to which it is nearly allied. 



Subfamily II. CONURINvE. 



Tail graduated and generally long, with the feathers tapering 

 to a point, and the two central ones always the longest. Bill strong, 

 deeper than long, except in Eenicognathug, generally without notch,' 

 and furnished on the palatine surface of the hook with a file-like 

 surface; culmen flattened and grooved, or rounded and smooth 

 Cere, surrounding like a band the whole base of the bill, naked or 

 sometimes covered with feathers; nostrils exposed or sometimes 

 hidden by feathers ; orbital ring in many genera complete. Plumage 

 mostly green, in some species yellow or blue. No crest. Bill brown, 

 horn-colour or whitish, never red; only in a few species pale 

 reddish. Sexes alike, except in the genus Prittaeula. 

 Range. America, from Carolina to Tatagonia. 



