18 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
Order III.—SCANSORES.— Climbers. 
Toes, two in front, and two behind. 
PSITTACIDAL, Parrots. 
Bill, strong, hooked, base covered by a cere. 
STRINGOPS. Gray. 
Britt, rather short, base covered by feathers, the shaft of each prolonged 
into a hair; lower mandible grooved longitudinally ; fifth quill the 
longest ; tail, rounded, the end of each feather pointed ; tarsi, short and 
strong. 
New Zealand and Chatham Islands. 
46. STRINGOPS HABROPTILUS. Gray. C.M. 
Ground Parrot. Kakapo. 
ABOVE, green, varied with brown; below, yellow green, varied with 
brown and yellow white. 
eee ea . Lig Wosbee Tego: 
Very variable in size. 
Lgg.—W hite ; length, 1:9 ; breadth, 1:4. 
Both Islands, and Chatham Islands ? 
47 *STRINGOPS. GREYI. Gray. 
FEATHERS, white, banded with black, and with light blue margins and 
tips. 
Locality unknown. 
Puatycercus. Vigors. 
Bitt, moderate ; second and third quills the longest, outer webs of 
second, third, and fourth quills suddenly dilated near the base ; tail, long ; 
tarsi, shorter than middle toe. 
Australia, New Guinea, Polynesia. 
