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The lovely E-acquet-tailed species of the genus Tanysiptera 

 were not procured, though Dr. H. A. Lorentz met with a 

 specimen on the Noord Eiver. 



Families Psittacid.e and Loriid^ — 

 Parrots and Lories. 



Another very numerously represented group is the Parrots, 

 of which twenty-two different species were procured, A^arying 

 in size from the Great Black Cockatoo [Microglossus 

 aterrimns), which is about the size of a Raven and has an 

 enormously powerful bill, to the tiny Pygmy Parrot (Nasi- 

 tenia keiemis), which is about the size of a Golden-crested 

 Wren. This latter species has recently been described bv 

 Mr. Walter Rothschild as new, under the name of Nasitema 

 viridipectus from specimens obtained by A. S. Meek in the 

 Oetakwa district, but they do not seem to differ from the 

 birds found on the Kei and Aru Islands and also in the 

 neighbourhood of the Fly River. The plumage is green, 

 paler below, the crown dull orange, the shoulders spotted 

 with black, the middle tail-feathers blue and the outer pairs 

 blacky with yellow and green tips. A few solitary Black 

 Cockatoos might be seen on the lower river, sitting on the 

 tops of the highest trees ; their loud whistle always attracted 

 attention, and even on their high perches their red faces and 

 erect crests were conspicuous. The Common Cockatoo of 

 the country was Cacatua triton, a moderate-sized species with 

 a yellow crest, which was met with in small numbers through- 

 out the mangrove-belt, but it was a shy bird and when 

 approached always flew away, screaming. Lories of different 

 kinds were numerousand included some of the most brilliantly 

 coloured species, Lorius erythrothoraas combining in its 

 plumage black, crimson, scarlet, purple, blue, green, and 

 bright yellow. The adult has the under wing-coverts uniform 

 scarlet, in marked contrast to the bright yellow inner webs 

 of the primary-quills; but in younger birds the smaller under 

 wing-coverts are mottled with scarlet, blue, black, green, and 



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