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1110. Dicaeum hirundinaceum yorki snb.sp. n. 



Northern Mistletoe Bird. 

 Mathews, HnmlUst No. 722 (pars). 



Differs from />. h. hirundinaceum in having a short tail — 2'^ mm. : typical 

 birds, 32 mm. 



Type : Cape York, Queensland, No. 2849. 

 Range : Queensland. 



1111. Dicaeum hirundinaceum tormenti subsp. n. 

 Western Mistletoe Bird. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 722 (pars). 



Differs from D. h. hirundinaceum in having a more slender bill. 

 Type : Point Torment, North-AVest Australia, No. 8668. 

 Kange : North-West Australia, Northern Territory. 



Genus FAKDALOTUS. 



Pardalotus Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 31. 1816. 



Type (by monotypy) : P. punctatiis (Shaw and Nodder). 



1112. Pardalotus striatus striatus. 



Pipra striata Gmelin, Si/st. Nnl. p. 1(J03. 178'J : Tasmania. 

 Synonym : 



Pardalufux affinia Gould, St/nops, Birth Aii'itr. pt. ii. pi. 22, 18.37 : Tasmania. 



Yellow-tipped Pardalote. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 725 (pars). 

 Range : Tasmania. 



Note. — After the examination of long series of Pardalotes I have been com- 

 pelled to ignore the white edgings to the primaries and the coloration of the 

 tips of the coverts, as I consider them of no primary importance, as specimens 

 from localities adjacent gave different results. I could only conclude that we had 

 three species living in the same locality and differing only in the most minute 

 manner, and many subspecies of each one ; or by elimination conclude that one 

 species only existed, with eight suljspecies. I chose the latter alternative, and have 

 based my diagnoses upon general coloration aloue, leaving out of consideration 

 altogether the coloration of the tips of the coverts. I may here remark, how- 

 ever, that P. s. striatus seems to have constantly yellow tips to the coverts, 

 P. s. assimilis mainly orange, though throughout New South Wales, South 

 Australia, and Victoria this colour may be rarely found ; while in West Australia I 

 have not yet seen any other colour than red. 



1113. Pardalotus striatus kingi subsp. n. 

 King Island Pardalote. 



Differs from P. s. striatus in being uniform grey above. 

 Type : King Island, No. 2878. 

 Range : King Island. 



