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4. Platycercus ROWLEY I, Duller. Rowley’s Parrakeet. 
(CaseX.No.il.) 
These four species of Parrakeet, which are distinguished 
by the uniform green of their body-plumage and variously 
coloured foreheads, are distributed pretty evenly over both 
Islands. They inhabit, as a rule, the low woods and the 
outskirts of the forests; but Platycercus alpinus is more 
generally met with in the alpine heights of the South Island. 
Fam. NESTOEDm 
Genus NESTOR. (Peculiar to New Zealand, Norfolk 
Island, and Phillip Island.) 
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1. Nestor meridionals, Gmelin. “ Kaka ” of the Maoris. 
(Case I. Nos. 2, 3, and 5 : male, female, and young.) 
This is one of the characteristic New-Zealand forms, and 
may be met with in all parts of the country. It is arboreal 
in its habits and seminocturnal. With the earliest streaks 
of dawn, and while the underwoods are still wrapped in dark¬ 
ness, its wild cry breaks upon the ear with a strange effect. 
Although habitually recluse during the day, it is not always 
so. During gloomy weather it is often very active; and 
sometimes even in the bright sunshine a score of them may 
