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 1160. Myzomela obscura obscura. 



ityznniela obscura Gould, /Vor. Zonl. Soc. {Land.) 184"2. p. 136 (1843) ; Port Essiiigtoii, Xorthern 

 Territory. 



Synonym : 



Myzomela obxriira ffrinrxirnx H,irtert, .Vor. Ziml. vol. xii. p. iX>. lilOo : Northern Territory. 



Dusky Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Ilandlist No. 750. 

 Range : Northern Territory. 



11 To. Myzomela obscura harterti. 



Mij-oiitela obscura harterti Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Clnh, vol. xxvii. p. 100. 1011 : Cairns. North 

 Queensland. 



Dark Honey Eater. 



Mathews, Hainllist No. 751 (pars). 



Range : North Queensland (Cairns), 



1171. Myzomela obscura munna snbsp. u. 



Cape York Dusky Honey Eater. 



Mathews, [{ritidlist No. 751 (pars). 



Diifers from M. o. harterti in its paler coloration above and below. 



Type: North Queensland (Cape York), No. 3040. 



Range : Nortli Queensland (( 'ape York). 



Genus ACANTHOKHYITCHUS. 



Acaiit/oirlii/iicliiis Gould, Si/unps. Birils .4 u.</;-. pt. ii. pi. 27. 1837. 



Type (by subs, desig.) : A. teiiuiroitris (Latham). 



117J. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris tenuirostris. 



Certhia tenuirostris Latham, Index Oriiith. Suppl. p. xxxvi. 1801 : New South Wales. 



Synonyms : 



Certhia nicuUata Shaw, Oiseaux Dores vol. ii. pi. 60. 1802 : New South Wales. 

 Leploijlossiis cucuHalHs Swainson, Classif. Birds vol. ii. p. 327. 1837 : New South Wales. 



Spinebill. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 752 (pars). 



Range : New South Wales. 



1173. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris cairnsensis subsp. n. 



Cairns Spinebill. 



Mathews, Flandlist No. 751.2 (pars). 



Differs from .4. t. tenuirostris in its paler under-surfaco, the throat markings 

 being very obscure and the abdomen markings [)aler. 

 Type : North Queensland (Cairns), No. 8975. 

 Range : North Queensland. 



