on the Parrots. 331 



"Like N. nanina, but differs as follows: — It is much 

 larger ; the bill is longer and wider ; the centre of the 

 crown is darker and more grassy green than the rest of the 

 head, but without any blue tinge. The male has narrower, 

 much paler and less conspicuous bluish tips to the feathers 

 of the cheeks. Wing, <$ 66-67 , $ 61-62 ; bill (end of cere 

 to tip), S U, ? 8 mm.; tail 27-291, mm." (Rothsch. # 

 Hurtert.) 



In the description of N. tristrami there is no mention of 

 the different colouring of the female, but on a previous 

 occasion Rothschild and Hartert, mentioning the birds from 

 Kulambangra, make the remark that the females are smaller 

 and have the feathers of the cheeks reddish orange as in the 

 allied species. 



Hab. Solomon Islands ; Kulambangra, Rendova, New 

 Georgia, and Gizo. 



The authors of this species make the additional remark 

 that it is quite distinct from N. finschi, the male of which 

 has the middle of the abdomen orange-red. 



Nasiterna misoriensis Salvad. ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 24, 

 n.302 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 8 (1900) ; 

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



Rothschild's collector failed to obtain specimens of this 

 species, so that it still remains unrepresented in the Trin°- 

 Museum. 



Nasiterna maforensis Salvad. ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 24, 

 n. 303; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, n. 10 (1900). 



Nasiterna geelwinkiana Schleg. ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. viii. p. 80 (1901). 



Rothschild and Hartert say that I renamed both forms of 

 N. geelwinkiana Schleg., under the appellations of misoriensis 

 and maforensis, because SchlegePs name referred to two 

 different forms ; but besides this reason there is another 

 derived from the fact that both forms being found in the 

 islands of Geelwink Bay, it would be always uncertain to 

 the mind of the student for which form the name geelwinkiana 

 should be used, that from Mafor or that from Misori. 



