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they allotted it to tliis species duly. The description, however, does not apply, 

 and reference to the type-drawing shows it to be dearly founded on the Oriole, 

 0. sngiUatus Latham, which name has priority, and of which ciridis becomes an 

 absolute synonym. 



14ii(i. Ailuroedus crassirostris blaauwi subsp. n. 



Richmond Uiver Cat Bird. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 8.")9 (pars). 



Diflers from ^1. c. crassirostris in its darker coloration above and below, 

 especially on the throat and abdomen. 



Type : Richmond River, New South Wales, No. 3645. 



Range : South Queensland, New South Wales (Richmond River District). 



141)7. Ailuroedus melanotus maculosus. 



Aeliiroedus maculosug Ramsay, Prw. Znul. fiuf. {Lund.) 1874. p. ijijl : Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 

 Spotted Cat Bird. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 86U. 

 Range : North Queensland. 



Genus CHLAMYDERA. 



Chlamt/dera Gould, Birds Austr. and Adj. l.^l. pt. i. pi. 3 note. 1837. 

 Type (by monotypy) : C. maculata (Gould). 



1408. Chlamydera maculata maculata. 



Ctdudera inartdatu Gould, Hynops. Bird.f Austr. pt. i. pi. 6. 1837 : New South Wales. 



Spotted Bower Bird. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 8(31 (pars). 



Range: Queensland, New South Wales. 



14111). Chlamydera maculata occipitalis. 



C'hlaiiii/ilcni uccipltalh Gould, Ann. Mnii. Nat. Ui.it. ser. iv. vol. xvi. p. 429. 1875 : North Queensland. 

 Large-frilled Bower Bird. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 861 (pars). 

 Range : Queensland. 



141(1. Chlamydera maculata clelandi subsp. n. 

 Yellow-billed Bower Bird. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 861 (pars). 



Differs from ('. m. maculata in its smaller bill, whicli is light-coloured, its paler 

 nuchal crest, and its redder abdomen. 

 Type : South Australia, No. 3656. 

 Range : South Australia. 



1411. Chlamydera maculata guttata. 



Chlamydera rjiiUuta Gould, /';■.«•. Zuot. Sue. (Lund.) 18(5.!. p. IIJ'J : North- West Australia. 



Yellow-spotted Bower Bird. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 862 (pars). 

 Range : North-West Australia. 



