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Sharpe is specifically distinct from this species, it is the western 

 form and is distinguished from P. goodenovii by having the 

 center of the throat red. In Gould's collection a Southern bird 

 has considerable red on the throat and among those from W. 

 Australia is a typical P. goodenovii. 

 Petroica bicolor (Vig. and Horsf), New South Wales. Gould 



collection. 

 Petroica toitoi (Garnot), New Zealand. 

 Petroica macrocephala (Gm.), New Zealand. 

 Petroica vittata (Quoy and Gaim.), Tasmania. Types of P.ftisca 



Gould. 

 Pratincola rubetra (Linn.), Europe and N. Africa. 

 Pratincola rubicola (Linn.), Europe. 

 Pratincola maura (Pall.), India. 

 Pratincola torquata (Linn.) 



A series from Cape of Good Hope including one albino. 

 Pratincola sybilla (Linn.) 



Several from Madagascar and one from Gaboon (the type of 

 P. sdlux Verr.) which seems identical with this species. (Proc. 

 Phila. Acad. 1889, p. 78.) 

 Pratincola leucura Blyth, Paree. 

 Pratincola caprata (Linn.), Luzon. 

 Erythromyias pyrrhonota (Midi, and Schl.), Timor. 

 Poliomyias luteola (Pall.), Java. 

 Muscicapula hyperythra (Blyth), Java. 

 Muscicapula maculata (Tickell), Borneo and Timor. 

 Smicrornis brevirostris Gould, Australia. 

 Smicrornis flavescens Gould. Type of the species, Pt. Essington, 



Australia. Gould collection. 

 Gerygone albtgularis Gould, New South Wales. Types. 

 Pseudogerygone culicivora (Gould), W. Australia. Types. 

 Pseudogerygone magnirostris (Gould), Pt. Essington, Australia, 



Types. 

 Pseudogerygone fusca (Gould), New South Wales. Types. 

 Pseudogerygone laevigastra (Gould), Pt. Essington, Australia. 



Types. 

 Pseudogerygone chloronota (Gould), Pt. Essington. Tvpes. 

 Chasiempis sandwichensis (Gm.), Sandwich Islands. 

 Miro australis (Sparrm.), New Zealand. 

 Metabolus rugensis (Hombr.), Adult male;- Ruk Island. 



