BASYPTIUUS PESQUE TI.
DASYPTILUS PESQUETI (Less.).
Pesquet’s Parrot.
ö luaiurn,- C U u r - , 15» J.
Psittacus pesquetii, Less. III. de Zool. pl. 1 (1831).
Banksmmisfulgiäus, Less. T raiti i t a . p. 1881 (lS S lä^P u ch eran . Rev. et Mag de Zool. 1853, p. 156 -H a r t l
Journ. für Om. 1855, p. 422,-Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. zìi. p 317 (1878)
D a s y p ü lm p ^ uM , Wngl. Mon. Psitt, pp. 502, 681, 735 (1882).-Gray, Gen. Birds, il. p. 427 (1845)- B n Consn
9 D B B B M“OUt- H D des 0 is - W i - Pl- 2 (1853). Bp. Rev. et Mag. deZook
’ IÜÜM p . ,Na"“T a’ ’ F' 9 Sp- H H Cat- B. New Guinea, pp. 43, 60,
1 8 5 9 ,-Id . List Psitt. B nt. Mus. p. 100 (1869).-Sclater, Proc. Zool. Son. 1860, p. 2 2 7 -R o sen b Journ
fur Om ^O O , p. Ned. Ind. ■ pp. 1« , 147 ( 186 3> . - ’l l Journ. & O r , Z l
0 8 6 4 1 r TI ;9 B Ned- Ind- ïx ïi i - P- 297 (1864). Id. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. ii. 327
I H I— I P-.159' no- 8360 (1870). Salvad. Atti. R. Ae, So. di Torino, i , p. 630,
(1 8 ,4 ).—Meyer, Om. Mittheil. i. p. 14 (1875).—Garrod, P. Z.S. 1876, p 691
DasyptUmpegueM, Jardine, N a t L ib , vi. p. 140, pl. xvii. (1836):-Wallace, P. Z. S.' 1864, pp. 287, 294.
Psittnchas pesqueti, Less. Compì, de Buffon, Ois. p. 603, pl. f. 2 (1838)
'Galyptorhynchus fulgidus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 426 (] 8 4 5 )
DasyptUusfulgidu,, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p.' 1 5 7 .-Id . Naumannia, 1856, Consp. PsitL sp. 261 -
Gray, List Psitt. Bnt. Mus. p. 100 (1859).-Knsch, Die .Papageien, ii. p. 323 (1868).-43alvad. Ann
Mus. Civ. Genova, xii. p. 317 (1878).
Dasyptihs Otay, Proo Zool. Soc. 1858, p. I9 5 .- I Id. P. Z .S. 1861, p. 4 3 7 -F in s c h , Die Papageien ii
pp.^320, 955 (1868). Giebel, Thés. Orn. ii. p. 18 (1874)-M e y e r , Sitzb. Isis nu Dresden, 1873, p
76. Beccan, Ann. M » |B i , Genova, vii. p. 714 (1 8 7 5 )._ Id . Ibis, 1876, p. 252,-Salvad. Ann. Mus
M M l ü ^ ■ 0 P- 317 ( I8 78). D’Albertis, Ann. Mus. C i , Genova, x. pp.
« , „ „ ’ m ' P' 365- D Alb« t . & Salvad. Ann. Mus. C i , Genova, x i , p. 36 (1879) -
Salvad. Orn. Papuasia &c. i. p. 217 (1880)
“ Â r ' * 10" l861, p- 37’7- id-Mus' i'“7s-Bas’ p-157 c18« ) - « - °p-
Dasyptilus pesqueti, Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p 157 (1865).
Microglossum pecqueti, Rosenb. Der zool. Gart. 1878, p. 3 4 7 .
‘ I / ' v.. t,T iCU u UIU v,uuni oaivaaon s ‘ Urnitologia
la Papuasia it will be seen th at th.s species has been known to ornithologists for many years ; biit it is
only recently th at we have received perfect specimens in Europe. All the examples collected by the early
voyagers seem to ave been skins o f native preparation ; and so rare was the bird th at even Mr Wallace did
not succeed m obtaining a specimen during his travels in the Malay archipelago. Bernstein forwarded a
specimen to the Leyden Museum in 1863, which he had received alive in Ternate from the w est coast o f New
guinea, opposite to Salawati. Another ind.vidnal was received alive by the Zoological Society o f London
H „ " I S I B IonS ! thls sPeomlen was beautifully mounted by Mr. Bartlett, and is now in the gallery of
the British Museum. b 3
Von Rosenberg met with a single individual in the Arfak Mountains, where also D'Albertis shot the
species, as well as Dr. Meyer. The researches o f Dr. Beceari and M , Bruijn’s collectors have shown that
it occurs on Mount Morait near Dorei Hum, near Napan in the Bay o f Geelvink, and also on the Fly
river, South-eastern New Guinea, where D'Albertis met with it. We have also seen some splendid
examp es from the Astrolabe range o f mountains, obtained by Mr. A. Goldie. It will therefore be noticed
from the above slight sketch o f the history o f the present species, which is derived from Count Salvadori's
work above quoted, th at examples a re now much more common in collections than they were twenty years
From the accomits o f the habits o f this species given by D ’Albertis and Beccari, it seems th at its favourite
ood consists o f figs, into which it plunges its head in the same way as Gymmcon«is senex; and Salvador!
suggests th at the bare face o f the bird has something to do with this peculiar habit. I t cry is harsh and
oil an is ear at a great d istan ce; and the skin is o f extraordinary toughness, so that it is most difficult
to shoot specimens, which generally fall to a shot in the head or a broken wing.
The coloration o f this species is so peculiar that a detailed description is not necessary.
T he figures ,n the Plate represent two birds, o f about the siae o f life, draiyn from specimens in our own
collection.