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Order PSOPHIIFORMES. 

 Family PSOPHIIDAE. 



Genns MATHEWSIA. 



Mnlharaia Irechile, Hull. Bril. Oiii. Club, vol. wvii. |>. 47. I'.il 1. 



Type (by orig. desig.) : M. rubicunda (Perryj. 



2nit. Mathewsia rubicunda rubicunda. 



Anlni rulifctii/tlit Perry, in Arrami, June 1810 ; Botany Hay, New South Wales. 



Syuonyiu : 

 Grits fi,iKlnili«lamii: Gould, Pm,: Zml Sm: (L.ml.) 1847. p. 2iO (1848) : New Soutli Wales. 



Australian Crane. 



Mathew.'!, IfamUist No. 1 93 (pars). 



Range : Qneensland, Now Sonth Wales, Vietoria, Sont-h Australia. 



251. Mathewsia rubicunda arg^entea snbsp. n. 



North-Western Crane. 



Mathews, Handlist No. VXi (pars). 



Differs from M. r. rubicunda in its much paler coloration above and below. 



Type : North-West Australia (Derby), No. 40T7. 



Range : North-West Australia. 



Order ARDEIFORMES. 

 Family IBIDIDAE. 



Genus IBIS. 



/6(S Lao^pSde, Tuhl. Oheaur, p. 18. 1799. 



Type (by subs, desig.) : /. aethiopicus (Latham). 



252. Ibis molucca strictipennis. 



Ihh slricilpeinils Gould, Si/iiojjs. Birds Auxir. pt. iv. App. p. 7. I83R : New Soutli Wales. 



White Ibis. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 104 (pars). 



Range : Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 



253. Ibis molucca alligator snbsp. u. 

 Northern Wliite Ibis. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. l'.»4 ipars). 



Differs from /. m. strictipennis in having a shorter bill — viz. Is2 nun. : tvpieul 

 birds 2U5. 



Type : South Alligator River, Northern Territory, No. 44TT. 

 Range : North-West Australia, Northern Territory. 



Genus CABPHIBIS. 

 Citrphibh Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. VUgel, p. xiv. 1852. 



Tyjie (by orig. desig.) : C. spinirollis (Jameson). 



