Obdek PSITTACL] 
[Fam. NESTORID2E. 
NESTOE MERIDIONALIS. 
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(KAKA PARROT.) 
Southern Brown Parrot , Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 264 (1(81). 
Psittacus meridionalis , Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 333 (1788). 
Psittacus nestor, Lath. Inch Ora. i. p. 110 (1790). 
Psittacus australis, Shaw, Mus. Lever, p. 87 (1792). 
Nestor novae zealandiae. 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 (184o). 
Psittacus hypopolius, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 72 (1844). 
Nestor australis, Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 426 (1845). 
Nestor hypopolius, Bonap. Kev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 155. 
Nestor occidentalis, Buller, Ibis, 1869, p. 40; Hutton, Cat. of N. Z. Biids, p. 20 (18/1), Buller, 
Birds of New Zealand, 1st ed. p. 50 (1873). 
Native names. 
Kaka ; varieties distinguished as Kaka-kura, Kaka-kereru, Kaka-pipiwarauroa, Kaka-reko, and 
Kaka-korako. 
Ad. pileo albicanti-cinereo, plumis nuchas brunneo marginatis : torque collari aurantiaco et coccineo mixta : facie 
laterali fusco-brunnea, regione auriculari aurantiacfi et genis anticis sordide coccineo notatis : dorso supe- 
riore olivascenti-brunneo, interdum olivaceo-viridi nitente, plumis omnibus nigro marginatis : uropygio et 
supracaudalibus sordide coccineis, plumis last i ore coccineo fasciatis et nigro terminatis : tectricibus alarum 
pallide brunneis, nigro marginatis : remigibus pallide brunneis, pogonio interno dilute cocciueo transfasciatis : 
cauda pallide brunnca, supra vix distincte olivaceo vel rubro tincta, sed subths 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 coccineo et ad apicem nigro transfasciatis . 
subalaribus et axillaribus coccineis, plus minusve aurantiaco tinctis, et minimis brunneo transfasciatis . 
rostro cyanescenti-cinereo, mandihula versus basin fulvcscenti-brunnea : pedibus cyanescenti-cinereis, plantis 
pedum flavieanti-brunneis : iride saturate brunnea. 
Juv » torque nuclicili mdistmctiore i subtus fusco trB/iisfBsciBitd;. 
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, margmcc wit rown ; 
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, m 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 on the inner web with pale 
yellowish red, and the secondaries washed, on their inner surface, with pale red ; lining of the wings, as 
well as the axillaries, brilliantly coloured with scarlet and yellow, varying in shade in almost every specimen, 
and differing in their markings according to age. In the fully mature bird all these soft feathers, excepting 
