The SISKIN PARROT (_Nasiterna pygmæa_), the dwarf among the dwarfs
belonging to this order, lives in New Guinea and the Papuan Islands. Its
green plumage is varied by a yellowish shade on the head, and the face
is light golden brown; the middle tail-feathers are blue, the rest are
black, with yellow tips; the beak is extraordinarily high and strong. As
far as we know, this bird is not rare upon the high trees on the coast of
New Guinea and in the forests of Salawatis and Misool, but no observer
has as yet given us particulars of its habits.