332 Notes on the Parrots. 



Nasiterna pusio Sclat. ; Fori). & Robins. Bull. Liverp. 

 Mus. i. p. 9 (1897) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 531 (1898) 

 (Sudest I.) ; vi. pp. 212, 216 (1899) (St. Aignan) ; Dub. 

 Syn. Av. i. p. 24, n. 304 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, 

 n. 11 (1900) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 81 

 (1901) (Duke of York Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, 

 St. Aignan, and Sudest Islands, Fergusson, South-east 

 New Guinea, Milne Bay, German New Guinea to 

 Konstantinhafen) . 



The Tring Museum has 25 specimens of this form from 

 the above-mentioned localities. 



" The sides of the head are ochraceous. One from the 

 Kotoi District {Anthony Coll.) has the sides of the head very 

 bright orange, the blue of the crown less extended laterally 

 than usual, the under-side more yellowish and with an orange 

 tinge on the middle of the abdomen. This specimen is, 

 however, very closely approached by others, and we are not, 

 at present, able to make any subdivisions of N. pusio." 

 (Rothsch. <5f Hartert.) 



Nasiterna beccarii Salvad. ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 12, 

 n. 12 (1900) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 81 

 (1901). 



Nasiterna pusio, var. beccarii Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 24 (1899). 



" Differs from N. pusio in its much deeper brown cheeks 

 and sides of the head and deeper blue crown. 



" Only two specimens are known, from the western coast 

 of Geelwink Bay between Dorey and Wandammen ; one is 

 at Genova, the other at Milan." (Rothsch. fy Hartert.) 



Nasiterna salvadorii Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 viii. p. 81 (1901) (Takar, Humboldt Bay, Ambernoh River). 



? Nasiterna bruijni Rothsch. (nee Salvad.) Bull. B. O. C. x. 

 p. ci (1900) (Ambernoh River). 



" Differs from N. pusio in the sides of the crown being dull 

 yellow instead of ochraceous. The blue of the crown is 

 less bright and more greenish blue, the size smaller than that 

 of N. pusio. Wing 58-63 mm." (Rothsch. §■ Hartert.) 



Hub. North coast of New Guinea. 



