Order PSITTACL] [Fam. TEICHOGLOSSID^E. 



NESTOK MEEIDIONALIS. 



(KAKA PARROT.) 



Southern Brown Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 264 (1781). 



Psittacus meridionalis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 333 (1788). 



Psittacus nestor, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 110 (1790). 



Psittacus australis, Shaw, Mus. Lever, p. 87 (1792). 



Nestor nova? zelandice, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 191 (1831). 



Centrourus australis, Sw. Classif. of B. ii. p. 303 (1837). 



Nestor meridionalis, Gray, in Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 193 (1843). 



Psittacus hypopolius, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 72 (1844). 



Nestor australis, Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 426 (1845). 



Nestor hypopolius, Bonap. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 155. 



Native names. 



Kaka; varieties distinguished as Kaka-kura, Kaka-kereru, Kaka-pipiwarauroa, and Kaka- 

 korako. 



Ad. pileo albicanti-cinereo, plumis nuchas brurmeo marginatis : torque collari aurantiaco et coccineo mixta : 

 facie laterali fusco-brunnea, regione auriculari aurantiaca et genis anticis sordide coccineo notatis : 

 dorso superiore olivascenti-brunneo, interdum olivaceo-viridi nitente, plumis omnibus nigro marginatis : 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus sordide coccineis, plumis lsetiore coccineo fasciatis et nigro terminatis : tec- 

 tricibus alarum pallide brunneis, nigro marginatis : remigibus pallide brunneis, pogonio interno dilute 

 coccineo transfasciatis : cauda pallide brunnea, supra vix distincte olivaceo vel rubro tincta, sed subtus 

 hoc colore lavata et ad basin coccineo irregulariter fasciata : pectore toto cinereo-fusco, plumis nigro 

 terminatis : abdomine toto cum hypochondriis et subcaudalibus pallide brunneis, plumis omnibus coc- 

 cineo et ad apicem nigro transfasciatis : subalaribus et axillaribus coccineis, plus minusve aurantiaco 

 tinctis, et minimis brunneo transfasciatis : rostro cyanescenti-cinereo, mandibula versus basin fulvescenti- 

 brunnea : pedibus cyanescenti-cinereis, plantis pedum flavicanti-brunneis : iride saturate brunnea. 



Juv. torque nuchali indistinctiore : ala subtus fusco transfasciata. 



Adult. General plumage olivaceous brown, each feather margined with darker brown, flushed on the lower 

 parts of the body with dark red, the plumage of the upper parts sometimes with a metallic green tinge ; 

 crown and sides of the head grey, margined with dusky brown; ear-coverts orpiment- orange, margined 

 with brown ; feathers projecting over the lower mandible dark vinous red, with black hair-like filaments ; 

 on the nape the feathers are dingy red, margined with yellow and black, and forming a broad collar with 

 blending edges ; feathers of the lower part of the back, rump, sides, abdomen, upper and lower tail- 

 coverts, in their outer portion, dark blood-red, of varying shades, and more or less tinged with yellow in 

 different examples ; on the underparts these feathers are narrowly margined with black, on the upper 

 they are banded alternately with black and a lighter shade of red ; quills light olivaceous brown, toothed 



