Oil Nestor uorfolccnsis^ Pelz. 557 



It would appear, therefore, that Linaria, previously used 

 in Botany, being rejected, Cunnabina is the oldest name 

 applicable to the Linnets, while those who separate the 

 Redpolls from the Linnets should call the former group 

 j^giothus. At the same time, not being in favour of 

 changing well-established terms on technical grounds, I 

 think it unnecessary to alter the term Linota, which is used 

 for the Linnets and Redpolls together in the B. O. U. List. 



XLVII. — Note on Nestor norfolcensis, Pelz. 

 By H. B. Tristram, D.D., F.R.S. 



On studying Count Salvadori^s descriptions of Nestor pro- 

 ductus and N. norfolcensis in the British Museum Catalogue 

 of Birds (xx. pp. 9, 10) , I was surprised to find that a mounted 

 specimen which has been for twenty years in my possession 

 corresponds with the description of N. norfolcensis, and not 

 with that of N. productus. I had never thought before of 

 comparing my bird with any other specimen. Unfortunately 

 the most striking peculiarity of the Norfolk Island Nestor, the 

 sulcated ridge on the upper mandible, is wanting in my speci- 

 men, for the sheath had long been lost before it came into my 

 possession, but the core shows that the bill must have been 

 more massive than in N. productus. The lower mandible is 

 perfect. I have now examined the specimens of the Philip 

 Island Parrot in the British Museum, and in the Norwich, 

 Cambridge, and Derby (Liverpool) Museums. They all agree 

 together in the points of distinction given by Latham and 

 Pelzeln as separating A'^. pn-oductus from the Norfolk Island 

 species, while my specimen has all the characters specified as 

 belonging to N. norfolcensis. The tail is of a uniform brown, 

 without the least trace of bars, the tail-feathers towards the 

 base of their inner webs being pale red, but not toothed with 

 red, as in the other species. The axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts are white without a shade of yellow, and the inner 

 webs of the wing-primaries are toothed with white. These 

 last particulars are not given by Latham, but are mentioned 



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