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Family DICRUEIDAE. 

 Genus DICRURUS. 



D/cmriis Vieillot, *-«!■. Diet. d'HUf. Nal. vol. ix. p. 585. 1817. 

 Type (by mouotyjiy) : D. balicassius (Lmn6). 



1398. Dicrurus bracteatus bracteatus. 



Dicriii-us bnictealus Gould, Pi;x: Zool. Soc. (Lowl.) 1842. p. 132 (1843) ; Queensland. 



Spangled Drongo. 



Mathews, Ham/list No. 854 (pars). 

 Range : Queensland, New South Wales. 



1399. Dicrurus bracteatus baileyi sulwp. n. 



Northern Spangled Drongo. 



Mathews, Ilandlist No. 854 (pars). 



Differs from I), b. bracteatus in its larger wing— 161 mm. 



Type: Alligator River, Northern Territory, No. 9370. 



Range : Northern Territory. 



Family EULABETIDAE. 

 Genus LAlSFBOCOItAX. 



Lamprocorax Bonaparte, Comptes Remlus Sci. (Paris'), vol. xxxvii. p. 830. 1853. 



Type (by orig. desig.) : L. ftdvipennis (Hombron et Jacqninot) = L. (/ramlis 

 Salvadori. 



1400. Lamprocorax metallicus purpurascens. 



Calornis purpurasceiis Gray, Handl. Gen. Sp. Birds pt. ii. p. 20. 1870 : Cape York. 



Australian Shining Starling. 

 Mathew.s, Handlist No. 856 (pars). 

 Range : Queensland (Cape York). 



1401. Lamprocorax metallicus sapphire subsp. n. 



Sapphire Starling. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 856 (pars). 



Differs from L. 7n. purpurascens in having a thicker, deeper bill. 



Type : Mount Sapphire, Queensland, No. 3628. 



Range : North Queensland. 



Family PTILONORHYNCHIDAE. 

 Genus PTILONORHYNCHUS 



Ptilonorhynchtta Kuhl, Beilr. vergl. Anal. p. 150. 1820. 



Type (by monotypy) : F. violaceus (Vieillot). 



