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SOUTHERN NESTOR. 
Nestor hypopolius. — Waglkr. 
PLATE XII. 
Nestor hypopolius, Wag. Mon. Psitt. in Alhand. &c., p. 505 
and 696. — Psittacus nestor, Lath. Ind. Orn. 1, p. 110 
sp. 85 ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act. & c., p. 86 
Psitt. Australis, Shaw , Mns. Lever, p. 87.— Southern 
Brown Parrot, Lath. Syn. 1, p. 264, 70. 
This curious and remarkable-looking bird, which, 
in some respects, appears to approach the Cockatoos, 
particularly the black species, or Geringores, is a 
native of New Zealand. Of its natural history we 
have no particulars in the descriptions given by La- 
tham, Wagler, &c., these being merely confined to 
the form of the parts and the colour of the plumage. 
Its differently-shaped bill, which, in addition to a 
greater elongation than that of the other Parrots, 
possesses other peculiarities of structure, and the de- 
nuded tips of the shafts of the tail-feathers seem, 
however, to indicate an economy in some respects 
dissimilar to that of the other groups with which it 
is for the present associated. The bill, which is 
