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 IfiiiT. Aphelocephala pectoralis pectoralis. 



Xerophila jifitoruUs Gould, Ami. Mag. Xal. Hisl. Ber. iv. vol. viii. p. 192. IsTl : Port AugusU, 

 South Australia. 



Chestnut-breasted Whiteface. 

 Mathews, llnmUixt No. 690. 

 Range : South Australia. 



lui)8. Aphelocephala pectoralis castaneiventris. 



Xerophila easbiMiveitlris Milligan, Einii vol. iii. p. 70. 190!! ; Murchison, West Australia. 

 Murchisou Whiteface. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 692, 

 Range : Mid Westralia. 



1059. Aphelocephala nigricincta nigricincta. 



Xerophila nigricincta North, Ibis 1895. p. .340 : Missionary Plain, Central Australia. 



Black-banded Whiteface. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 691. 

 Range : Central Australia. 



I'Kin, Aphelocephala nigricincta tanami subsp. u. 



Tanami Black-banded Whiteface. 



Differs from A. n. nigricincta iu its deeper coloration above, especially on the 

 head and the flank markings, while paler below. 

 Type : Northern Territory (Tanami), No. 4993. 

 Range : Northern Territory. 



Genus SFHENOSTOMA. 



Spheiiodoina Gould, Synops. Birds Auslr. pt. iv. pi. ti:5. 18.38. 

 Type (by mouotypy) : S. cristatum Gould. 



1U61. Sphenostoma cristatum cristatum. 



SphenosloiiM frisUiliim Gould, Syiinps. Birds Auslr. pt. iv. pi. 63. 1838 : New South Wales. 

 Wedgebill. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 693 (pars). 

 Range : New South Wales. 



1062. Sphenostoma cristatum pallidum subsp. n. 

 Pale Wedgebill. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 693 (pars). 

 Differs from 6'. c. cristatum in its paler upper-surface. 

 Type: Leigh's Creek, South Australia, No. 6196. 

 Range : South Australia. 



I'"i3. Sphenostoma cristatum occidentale subsp. n. 



Westialiau Wedgebill. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 693 (pars). 



Ditt'ers from S. c. cristatum in its darker coloration. 



