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llol. Melithreptus atricapillus pallidiceps siibsji. u. 



Pale-headed Honey Eater. 



Differs from if. a. atricapillus iu its paler coloration, especially the head and 

 under-surface, the rnmp and back being bright green ; also iu its slender bill, 

 dilfering tims from if. a. submagniroiitris. 



Type : South Australia (90-Mile Desert), No. !Sil04. 



Range : South Australia, Interior. 



1152. Melithreptus atricapillus magnirostris. 



Melithreptus magnirostris North, Rec. Aiistr. Mux. vol. vi. p. 20. l'J05 : Kangaroo Islaod. 

 Large-billed Brown-headed Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 742 (pars). 

 Range : Kangaroo Island. 



11.53. Melithreptus atricapillus insularis subsp. n. 



King Island Brown-headed Honey Eater. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 742 (pars). 



Differs from M. a. magnirostris in its shorter bill, though as stout ; and darker 

 coloration of the nnder-snrface ; and from .1/. '(. sitl/mac/nirostris in its less green 

 coloration, especially on the upper tail-cuverts. 



Type : King Island, No. 3000. 



Range : King Island. 



llo4. Melithreptus atricapillus leucogeuys. 



Melithreptus leucogenys Milligan, Emti vol. ii. p. li>I. I'JO'S ; Stirling Ranges, West Australia. 



Western Brown-headed Honey Eater. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 743. 



Range : West Australia (Stirling Ranges). 



l\f)b. Melithreptus atricapillus subleucogenys subsp. n. 



Dundas Brown-headed Honey Eater. 



Differs from M. a. leucogenijs in its darker coloration above and below. 



Type : Lake Dundas, West Australia, No. 5325. 



Range : West Australia (Lake Dundas). 



1150. Melithreptus affinis affinis. 



EUlopsarus affinis Lesson, Revue Zunl. 183i». p. 107 ; Tasmania. 



Synonym : 

 Melithreptus melanocephala Gould, Proc. Z<iol. Soc. (Land.) 1845. p. G2 ; Tasmania. 



Black-headed Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 744 (pars). 

 Range : Tasmania. 



1157. Melithreptus affinis alisteri. 



Melithreptus alisteri Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. x.w. p. 86. I'.tO'J : King Island. 

 King Island Black-headed Honey Eater. 

 Mathews, flaudlist No. 744 (pars). 

 Range : King Island. 



