on the Parrots. 329 



This species is known only from the two typical birds 

 mentioned by Rothschild and Hartert. It seems allied to 

 N. pygmaa, from which it differs in the green forehead and 

 dark bine crown. 



Nasiterna finschi Earns. ; Forbes & Robins. Bnli. 

 Liverp. Mus. i. p. 9(2?,S. Cristoval, Makira) (1897) ; 

 Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 23, n. 298 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 12, n. 4 (1900) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. 

 p. 80 (1901). 



It seems that no more individuals of this species have 

 been procured since the discovery of the typical birds and 

 those brought by Lieut. Richards (two formerly in Tristram's 

 collection, now at Liverpool, and one in the British 

 Museum). 



Nasiterna aol/e Grant ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 24, n. 30 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 7 (1900) ; Rothsch. 

 & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 80 (1901); p. 378 (1901) 

 ( c? ? , Guadalcanal'). 



Nasiterna nanina Tristr. Ibis, 1891, p. G08 (Bugotu= 

 Ysabel Island) ; Forbes & Robins. Bull. Liverp. Mus. i. 

 no. 1, p. 9, pi. ii. f. 2 (1897) (type) ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 24, 

 n. 299 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 5 (1900) ; 

 Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 80 (1901) ; p. 188 

 (pt.) (1901) ; ix. p. 589 (1902) (Ysabel I. = Bugotu). 



Nasiterna aolae nanina Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. 

 p. 254 (Ysabel, Choiseul, and Bougainville) (1905). 



At the time of the publication of the ' Catalogue of the 

 Parrots' I was acquainted with this bird only from the 

 description just published. I particularly noticed its 

 diminutive size; but now we know that Dr. Hartert, having 

 had the opportunity of examining the type of N. nanina, 

 has found that it is a young bird with the wings and tail 

 only three-quarters grown. 



Rothschild and Hartert give the following description of 

 N. nanina Tristr., from Ysabel : — 



" cJ ad. Upper-side grass-green, somewhat yellower on the 

 head ; forehead yellowish green to greenish yellow, centre of 



