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TYTONIDdE.—NESTORID/E. 
Megastrix tenebricosa magna (Mathews). 
Tgto tenebricosa magna Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 258, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Victoria. 
Distr .—Victoria. 
Megastrix tenebricosa arfaki (Schleg.). 
Stria: arfaki Schlegel, Notes Ley. Mus. vol. i. p. 101, 1879: 
Mt. Arfak, New Guinea. 
Megastrix tenebricosa perconfusa Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. v. p. 408, 191G : 
British New Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea. 
Older PSITTACIFORMES. 
Family NESTORIM. 
Genus NESTOR Lesson. 
Nestor Lesson, Traits d’Ornith. p. 190, July 10th, 1830. Type (by 
monotypy) : Psittacus meridionalis Gmelin. 
Centrmirus Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 303, July 1st, 1837. Typo 
(by monotypy): Psittacus australis Shaw =P. meHdionalis Gm. 
Nestor productus (Gould). (20-9.) 
Plyctoloplius productus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., May 24th, 
1836, p. 19 : Phillip Island, off Norfolk Island. (Fig. Gould, 
Cancell. pt. ii. pi. 7; id. v. pi. 6; and Rothsch. Ext. Bds. pi. 6.) 
Nestor norfolcensis Pelzeln, Sitz. K. Ale. Wien, vol. xli. p. 322, 1860 : Norfolk 
Island. (Fig. Rothsch. Ext. Bds. pi. 6.) 
Distr .—Phillip Island, Norfolk Island (extinct). 
Nestor meridionalis (Gmelin). 
Distr .—New Zealand. 
Nestor meridionalis meridionalis (Gmelin). (20-5-8.) 
Psittacus meridionalis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. i. p. 333, July 25th, 
1788: Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand. (Fig. Duller] 
1st ed. pi. 5, 2nd ed. pi. 17, Suppl. pi. 8; Gould, Suppl. pi. 59.) 
Psittacus nestor Latham, Index Ornitli. vol. i. p. 110 (before Doc. 9th), 1790 : 
Dnsky Sound. 
Psittacus australis Shaw, Museum Lever, p. 87, May 3rd, 1792: Dusky Sound. 
Nestor novrezelandias Lesson, Traite d’Ornith. p. 191, July 10th, 1830 : Duskv 
Sound. 
