244 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



d-m. S ? • Parimau, Mimika Eiver, 23rd Sept.-25th 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 241, 242, 278, 280, 588, 674, 763, 826, 

 C. H. B. G.;& 1526, G. C. S.'] 



n. ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 16th March, 1913. 

 {C.B. K.'] 



0. cT . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 17th March, 1913. 

 [C. B. K.] 



p. Juv. (in spirits, taken from a hole lovi^ down in a tree- 

 trunk). Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 29th March, 1913. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Total length in the flesh, (^ and ? 95 mm, ( = 3'75 inches). 



Iris dark brown (bright orange in one female) ; bill black 

 or ash-colour ; feet light slate-colour or purplish-grey. 



This species is new to the British Museum. 



Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert have attempted to uphold 

 the validity of N. k. viridipectus Roths., but the measurements 

 of our much larger series given below seem to prove that 

 there is no real difference in size between birds from the 

 Kei Islands and those from Southern New Gruinea. The size 

 of the bill varies individual!}' to a considerable extent in 

 both males and females. 





Kei Islands. 



South New Guinea. 





Wing. 



Wing. 



British Museum , . , 



,. 



9 cJ. 59-64 mm. 

 3 2 • 58, 60, 61 mm. 



Triu<^' Museum . . . 



. (S . 63-65 mm. 



3 c? . 62 mm. 





5. 61-62 mm. 



1 2 • l^ss than 60 mm. 



"This Pigmy Parrot cannot be considered common. It 

 inhabits the depths of the jungle, and was always observed in 

 pairs. It was always met with on the numerous ants' nests 

 of mud at the bases of the larger trees. On being disturbed 

 it merely flew up to the nearest branches, and generally 

 both birds were easily secured. It has a low, insignificant 

 call-note."— C. H. B. G. 



Nasiterna bruijnii. 



Nasiterna bruijnii Salvad. ; id. Cat. xx. p. 139(1891); 

 Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 486 (1913). 



