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CARINAT.E. 



5'triiigoi)^ l^abropttliisi, (iray'. 

 The t}i)e and ouly described species. 

 Hub. New Zealand. 



46655-46569. A number of crania, preiuaxillfe, and mandibles ; 

 from a fissure in a limestone rock at Timaru, South 

 Island. All these bones are in a very fresh condition, 

 retaining nearly all their animal matter ; they were 

 obtained with the bones of Aptomis. 



Presented bij Sir li. Owen, K.C.B., 1875. 



Family PSITTACID^. 



The tarso-metatarsus is always short. The furcula, although 

 feeble, is generallj- complete ; but its rami are reduced to styles in 

 the Australian PJaii/cercu--^. In the latter genus, and some other 

 forms, there is a bony extensor bridge to the tibio-tarsus. 



Genus NESTOR, Wagler ^ 



The skull is characterized by the great length and sliarp deflection 

 of the premaxillary region, which is very narrow, and has a long 

 and narrow palatal surface ; the nares are nearly as large as in 

 Str'mgops, but the orbital ring is imperfect posteriorlJ^ The edges 

 of the premaxiUae are not notched. The furcula is separated by a 

 long interval from the sternum. 



The allied Das'ijptilus is readily distinguished by the orbital ring 

 being completely open below, the small preorbital process, and the 

 absence of a vacuity in the mandible. 



iltgtor nuritJionalf^ (Gmelin '). 



Syu. Psittacus me/ Kliniiali.t, Gnieliu '. 

 Nestor nov<e-zealan(li(e, Lesson '. 



The type and most widely distributed species. 

 Hah. New Zealand. 



21699 a. The imperfect naso-premaxillary region of the cranium ; 

 {Pig) from superficial deposits, in association with the remains 



' Genera of Birds, vol. ii. p. 426 (1845). 



2 Abh. k. bay. Ak. Wiss. toI. i. p. 505 (1829). 



3 Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 333 {nS%).— PsMacits. 

 ■* Loc. cit. 



' Traite d'Ornilhologic, p. 191 (1831). 



