PSII IVANSH 
Bibliography : Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1872), p. 787-789 (tongue).— Buller, Birds New Zeal. 
p- 39-57 (1873); id. op. cit. 2d. ed. p. 150-175, pls. 17, 18 (1888). — Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. Vol. 20, p. 4-10 (1891). — Lorenz, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, p. 197-199 (1896).— Dubois, 
Syn. Av. Vol. 1, p. 27 (1899). — Sharpe, Handl. Birds, Vol. 2, p. 1 (1899). 
The Nestoride consist of a single genus. 
GENUS NESTOR WAGLER 
Nestor Wagler, Mon. Psitt. p. 505 (1832) (ex-Lesson, Tr. d’Orn. p. 190 (1831)) (type of the genus 
Psittacus meridionalis Gmelin); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 4-10 (1891). 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
No yellow band across the breast : 
Underparts olive-brown, with no ved tinge whatever; bill very long, but not much 
Weg oe Gg oe ORGel Oo & 4G Oo > 6 @ 0 op o 6 o 5 o IN ROMAIS 
Abdomen and under tail-coverts tinged with red. 
Larger ; wing 29 to 31 cm.; crown paley ashy . . . . . . =. ~. . . N. MERIDIONALIS. 
Smaller ; wing 26.to 28 cm.; crown darker ashy. . . . . . . . . . UN. SEPTENTRIONALIS. 
A broad yellowish-white band across the breast : 
Bill not more than two inches long (= 5 cm.). 
Larger ; fore-neck and upper breast hoary ; wing 11.8 inches (= So cm.). . . N. ESSLINGI. 
Smaller ; fore-iieck and upper breast light brown, with the feathers tinged with 
yellow; wing 10.3. Inches (— 75) Cim.))\ 0. pe e t) e-se-  Ni SPRODUGMUS: 
Bill extremely long, 3.8 inches (= 93 mm.) and curved in a semicivcle . . . WN. NORFOLCENSIS. 
Geographical Distribution. The six species known are confined to the New Zealand 
Subregion. 
1. Nestor notabilis Gould (Plate, Fig. 2, 2a). 
Nestor notabilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 94 (1856); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. South Island 
Mus. Vol. 20, p. 4 (1891). (New Zealand) 
2. Nestor meridionalis (Gmelin) (Plate, Fig. 4, 4a, 4b). 
Psittacus meridionalis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Vol. 1, p. 333, ne 98 (1788). South Island 
Nestoy meridionalis Gray, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 5 (1891). (New Zealand) 
3. Nestor septentrionalis Lorenz (Plate, Fig. 1, la). North Island 
Nestor septentrionalis Lorenz, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien,-p. 198 (1896). (New Zealand) 
4. Nestor esslingi Souancé (doubtful). Unknown 
Nestor esslingi Souancé, Rev. et Mag. Zool. p. 223 (1856); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. Vol. 20, p. 8 (1891). 
5. Nestor productus (Gould) (extinct) (Plate, Fig. 3). Philip Island 
Plytolophus productus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 19 (1836). 
Nestor productus Gould, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 9 (1891). 
6. Nestor norfolcensis Pelzeln (doubtful). Norfolk Island 
Nestor norfolcensis Pelzeln, Sitzb. K. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Bd. 41, p. 322-325, 
(1860) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 10 (1891); Forbes & Robinson, 
Bull. Liverp. Mus. Vol. 1, p. 5, pl. 1 (1892). 
I have never seen a specimen of Nestor septentrionalis. Dr. E. Hartert writes to me that in 
Tring Museum there are four specimens from North Island which are sufficiently distinct from 
