( 22R ) 

 2."i4. Carphibis spinicollis spinicollis. 



Tbts sipinicolVis Jameson, Kfl'mh. New Phihis. Jinn'ii. vol. xix. p. 'Jl.'i. \^'.'t't ; Uaiiks of tlie Murray, 

 New South Wales. 



Synonym : 



7A/.- laiiiellicollig Lafresnaye. .Umj. ih Zwl. \K\a. pi. 57 : New South Wales. 



Straw-necked Ibis. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 195 (pars). 



Range: Northern Territory, Qneensland, New Nouth \\';ilos, Victoriii South 

 Australia. 



255. Carphibis spinicollis fitzroi suh-^p. n. 



North-Western Straw-necked Ibis. 

 Mathews, Ilandlist No. 195 (pars). 



Differs from C. s. i^pinicoUix in havinir a smaller wintj — viz. :>5(i mm. ; tyiiical 

 birds measnre in the wing 380. 



Type: Fitzroy River, North-West Anstralia, No. 'J3T7. 

 Range : North- West Australia. 



Genns EGATHEUS. 

 Egalhem " Billberg, Sy7i. Faunae Scaiul. i. p. IGG. 1828." 



Type (by monotypy"! : E. /alcinellus (Linn6). 



Note.—Plegadis Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Xat. S>/st. p. 82. 1829. Type 

 (by monotypy) : P. /alcinellus (Linne). 



256. Egatheus falcinellus. 



TiiiitaUis falci iieUiis Linni^, Sijal, Nat. ed. xii. p. 241. 17GC : Austria. 



Glossy Ibis. 



Mathews, Ilandlist No. lOtj. 

 Range : Anstralia. Extralimital. 

 Synonyms not worked ont. 



Famiiv PLATA LEinAE. 

 Genus FLAT ALE A. 



Pliilalm Linni?, Si/sf. Nnl. ed. x. p. 13!l. 1758. 



Type I by monotypy) .• P. leucorodia Linne. 



257. Platalea regia regia. 



Plalaled regia Gould, Synops. Birih Anslr. pt. iv. App. p. 7. 1838 : East Coast New South Wales 



Synonym : 

 SpnthermJia melcmnrhi/iirhos Reichenbach, Nnl. S;/sl. V/lgel, p. xvi. 1852 : New South Wales. 



Rlack-billed Siwonbill. 



Mathews, J/andli.sf No. 197 (pars). 



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



