NESTOR PRODUCTUS, Gould. 



Fig. 1. 



Nest, brunneus ; rostro elongato ; capite nuchdque pallide brunnescenti-griseis, harum dorsiqiie plurnis 

 saturatiore marginatis ; uropygio, ventre, crissoque saturate rubris ; gutture pectoreque Jiavis, illo 

 ad gulum rubro tincto ; alarum jiexurd subtus jlavd olivaceo-rufo tinctd ; rectricibus ad basin 

 aurantiaco-flavo brunneoque fasciatis ; remigum pogoniis internis ad basin subtusque sordide rufo 

 brunneoque fasciatis ; rostro pallido ; pedibus saturate brunneis. 



Long. tot. 15 unc. ; rostri, 2^; alee, 10; caudce, 6 ; tarsi, 1J. 



General colour brown ; beak elongated ; the head and back of the neck tinged with grey, the feathers 

 of these parts as well as of the back margined with a deeper tint ; the rump, belly, and under tail- 

 coverts deep red ; the cheeks, throat, and chest yellow, the former being tinged with red ; shoulders 

 on their under surface yellow tinged with rufous olive ; the tail-feathers banded at the base with 

 orange yellow and brown ; the inner webs of the quill-feathers at the base and beneath banded with 

 dusky red and brown ; bill pale brown ; feet blackish brown. 



Syn. Plyctolophus productus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part IV., 1836, p. 19. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales or Norfolk Island. 



NESTOR HYPOPOLIUS, Wagl. 

 Fig. 2. 



Nest, summo capite et nucha cinerascentibus facie, etplumis auricularibus flavescentibus ad basin rostri 

 rubro tinctis ; lateribus colli, pectore abdomineque sordide rubris, singulis plurnis olivaceo-viridi 

 marginatis ; dor so alisque olivaceo-brunneis ; uropygio crissoque rubris ; caudd olivaceo-brunned ; 

 rostro griseo ad apicem nigrescenti ; pedibus cinerascentibus. 



Long. tot. 16-J- unc; rostri, 2; alee, 11 J; caudce, 7 ; tarsi, 1^. 



Top of the head greyish white slightly tinged with green ; face and ear-coverts yellowish tinged 

 near the base of the bill with red ; sides of the neck, breast, and abdomen dull red, each feather mar- 

 gined with olive green ; back and wings brownish olive ; rump and vent deep red ; tail brownish 

 green ; bill grey with a darker tip ; legs and feet brownish grey. 



Syn. Nestor hypopolius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., &c, pp. 505 and 696. — Selby, Nat. Lib., 

 vol. vi. p. 121. pi. 12. 



Psittacus Nestor, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 110. sp. 85.— Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act., &c, p. 86. 



Psittacus Australis, Shaw, Mus. Lever., p. 87. 



Southern Broivn Parrot, Lath. Syn., vol. i. p. 264. no. 70. 



Psittacus meridionalis, Gmel. 



Habitat. New Zealand. 



