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White-licank'd Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 799 (pars). 

 Range : New 8ontli AVales. 



VI' \. Meliornis novaehoUandiae assimilis siibsp. n. 

 Victorian Wliite-beaixled Honey Eater. 

 Matliews, Handlist No. 799 (pars). 



Differs from M. n. iiomeholhindiae in its darker coloration on the liead and 

 witli fewer stripes on tlie belly. 

 Type : Victoria, No. 9062. 

 Range : Victoria. 



l"~7o. Meliornis novaehoUandiae diemenensis. 



.1^7(ora('.sw^/>//ieHra.s/.v Mathews, BuU. Brit. Oni. IJhih vol. .xxv. p. 100. I'.ilil: Tasmania. 



Tasmanian White-bearded Honey Eater. 

 Matliews, Hdndlist No. 799 (pars). 

 Range : Tasmania. 



I-TC. Meliornis novaehoUandiae subassimilis snlis]i. n. 

 South Australian White-bearded Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 799 (pars). 



Uiflers from M. n. assimilis in its larger size and darker under-snrfar.c. 

 Type : South Australia (Mt. Lofty Ranges), No. 9298. 

 Range : South Australia. 



1277. Meliornis novaehoUandiae longirostris. 



.\fi:liiihnga lomjii'imtrit (joulJ, Pmr. /.mil. ,So.;. (Luml.) lS4ll. p. Ho : Western Australia. 



Long-billed Honey Eater. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 8on. 

 Range : West Australia. 



127&. Meliornis nigra nigra. 



Cerlh'ui niijra Btchstein, Knrze Ueber. Vog. p. I'JIi. 1811 : Xew South Wales. 



Synonyms : 

 Melithreplus ater Tieillot, Xuuv. Diet. tVIIist. Nat. vol. xiv. p. 327. 1817 : New South Wale.s. 

 .Meliphiga sericea Gould, Pror. Zool. Soc. (Loml.) 1836. p. 144 (1837) : Xew South Wale.s. 

 .Miliplntija nericeola Gould, Si/iinpn. Birds .lusli: pt. iv. App. j). .'). 1838 : Xew South Wales. 



White-cheeked Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 801 (i)ars). 

 Range: New South Wales, Victoria. 



1279. Meliornis nigra herbertoni sul)s)i. n. 



Herberton White-cheeked Honey Eater. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 801 (pars). 



Differs from M. n. nigra in its slightly smaller size, and in having the ear-patcli 

 of white feathers elongate oval with a stjnare-cut end. The shape of this ear-patch 

 in the typical form is subovate : in J/. //. dulciei it is lanceolate. 



Type : Queensland (Herberton Range), No. 9029. 



Range : North Queensland. 



