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1134. Cinnyris frenata olivei snbsp. n. 



Cairns Siui Bird. 



Mathews, Jlandlist No. 732 fpars). 



Ditfers from C.f. australis in having- a longer bill and the lower breast and 

 abdomen deep orange-3"ellow. 



Type: North Queensland (Cairns), No. 2931. 

 Range : North Queensland (Cairns). 



Genus MELITHREFTUS. 



Melith replay Vieillot, Aitali/vc nuuv. Ornith, p. 46. 1816. 



Type (by monotypy) : M. lunatus (Shaw). 



1135. Melithreptus lunatus lunatus. 



Certhia lumita Shaw, ia Oisciiix Dure'!, vol. ii. p. 122. pi. 61. 1802 : New South Wales. 



Synonyms : 



Melithreplux aihiaijiilhin Vieillot, Nouv. Dirt. d'Wxt. iVnt. vol. xiv. p. 329. 1817 : New South Wales. 



Mrlitlnrjifii'i iilh/fnJlis id., Jb. p. .S2.5 ; New South Wales. 



.\fellipliaria lorquiihi Swainson, Zool. Illus. 1st ser. pi. 129. 1822 : New .South Wale.s. 



Melqiliaga alriaijiiUa Temminck and Laugier, Plan. Color. iVOia. 56" livr. vol. iii. pi. .3.S.5. fig. 1. 1825 : 



New South Wales. 

 ? MelithreplHS brevirepx De Vis, Pror. Roy. Sor.. Queensl. vol. i. p. 159. 1884 (nom. nud.): New South 



Wales. 



White-naped Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 733 (pars). 

 Range : New South Wales, Victoria. 



1136. Melithreptus lunatus adelaidensis snbsp. n. 



Southern White-naped Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, HaiHllist No. 733 (pars). 

 Differs from M. I. lunatus in being lighter above. 

 Type : Adelaide, South Australia, No. 2938. 

 Range : South Australia. 



1137. Melithreptus lunatus whitlocki. 



.Velillirejiliix irlililorkl Mathews, Unll. Brll. Orii. Club, vol. xxv. p. 24, UI09 : Wilson's Inlet, West 

 Australia. 



White-eyed Honey Eater. 

 Range: South- West Australia. 



1138. Melithreptus lunatus chloropsis. 



ilelitlireptiis rhloropsin Gould, Pror. Zool. Sor. {Lnml.) 1847. p. 221) (1848): Western Australia, 

 Swan River. 



Western White-naped Honey Eater. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 73(5. 

 Range : West Australia. 



