Vol. XXII. 

 1922 



KIX(;H0RX e^- CA^'LEV, Storm Petrels. 97 



Handbook to Birds of Australia (Gould), vol. ii., 1865, p. 479-480. 



Philos. Trans (Sharpe), vol. 168 (extra vol.), 1879, p. 130. 



Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. xiii., 1884. Water Birds of North 



America (Ridgeway), vol. ii., p. 418. 

 Brit. Mus. Cat. Birds (Salvin), vol. xxv., 1896, p. 364-366. 

 Nest and Eggs of Aust. Birds (Campbell), 1901, p. 875. 

 Synopsis Avium; Nouveau Manuel Ornithologie (Dulois), vol. ii., 



1903, p. 1030. 

 "Ibis" (8), vol. vi., No. 24, 1906, p. 674. 

 "Ibis" (8), vol. vi. No. 21, 1906, p. 149. 



Monograph of the Petrels (Godman), pt. 1, 1907, p. 59-67, pi. 17-18. 

 Birds of Australia (Mathews), vol. ii., pt. 2, 1912, p. 31-47, pi. 71-72. 

 List of Birds of Australia (Mathevi^s), 1913, p. 32. 

 Aust. Avian Record, vol. ii., No. 5, 1914, p. 86, loc. cit. No. 7, 1915, 



p. 124-5. 

 Aust. Avian Record, vol. iv., No. 4-5, 1920, p. 108; loc. cit. No. 2-3, 



1920, p. 67. 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci (Loomis). Reviev^^ of the Albatrosses, Petrels 



and Diving Petrels, vol. ii., pt. ii.. No. 12, p. 65-66, 183, 1918. 

 Manual Birds of Australia (Mathews and Iredale), vol. 1, 1921, p. 



19-21, pi. 4, fig. 6-7; pi. 7, fig. 6. 

 In addition of the above, a complete search has been made through 



the "Journal Fur Ornithologie," "The Avicultural Magazine," 



"The Auk," "The Ibis," and "The Emu." 



New Sub-species of Acanthizd nana, Vigors and 

 Horsfield 



Acanthiza nana flava, sub-sp. nov. 

 By H. L. WHITE, R.A.O.U., &c., Belltrees, Scone, 



Upper surface bright dark citrine, becoming yellowish on 

 upper tail coverts ; crown medal bronze ; wings and tail edged 

 yellowish citrine on outer webs ; dark subterminal bar on tail ; 

 small frontal spot buff; ear coverts fuscous with fine white shaft- 

 streaks; throat clay colour (deep buff), with fine white shaft- 

 streaks ; breast olive yellow on sides, tinged buff in centre ; abdo- 

 men flanks and undertail coverts lemon chrome ; bill brown ; legs 

 dark brown; eyes brown; length, 89 mm.; bill, 8 mm.; wing, 

 51 mm.; tail, 38 mm.; tarsus, 16 mm. 



Type, male (425) in "H. L. White Collection," Nat. Mus., 

 Melb., taken at Ravenshoe, near Herberton, North Queensland, 

 June, 1922. Co-type, female (426), from the same locality, has 

 the buff on the throat more restricted ; wing, 45 mm. 



This, the most northerly and the brightest race of A. nana yet 

 discovered, comes from a region elevated over 3(XX) feet above 

 sea level, where another interesting member of the genus is 

 found, via., A. piisilla katherina, De Vis. 



