^"^'"o.o^l Mathkws, Receiit Figures of Acanthizce. QI 



of tlic species figured is made, hut the matter provided by Mr. 

 Campbt^U is not clear, so that I state tlu; following facts : - 



INIr. Campbell states that Geobasileiis hcdlcvi appears " without 

 ornithological description practically a ' nude name.' " It was 

 described in the Austral Avian Record, vol. i., p. 78, 8th June, 

 1912, as a sub-species of Acanthiza iredalei, and " its supposed 

 sub-species rosincv — also without technical description " was 

 desciibcd in detail in the Austral Avian Record, vol. ii., p. <), 2nd 

 August, 1913. 



The facts in tlie present case read thus : — 



Zietz named a bird Acanthiza tenuirostris from South i\ustralia 

 — a name which had been used before, and consequently the 

 specific name falls, and cannot be maintained in any circumstances. 

 I named a bird from Western Australia (interior) Acanthiza 

 iredalei, and then provided for Zietz's form the new name A. 

 mor'^ani. These prove to be sub-specie ^^ onty, so that the first 

 name becomes the species na,mc. I received a form from the 

 south-east of South Australia which I confused with A. iredalei, 

 and I described it as Acanthiza iredalei hedleyi. Later, I received 

 a new form, which I described as Acanthiza rosince. When I 

 prepared my list I recognized the true affinities of the forms, and 

 separated the former as a new species of Geobasileiis and lanked 

 rosince as a sub-species of it. This species is quite distinct, when 

 the characters are known, from Acanthiza iredalei. As the latter 

 is still a rare bird, it is not surprising that F. E. Wilson described 

 the Victorian form as a new species — A. winiamida. 



As to the other memo, by Mr. Campbell, he is quite right in 

 confirming Howe's suggestion that Captain S. A. White's Acanthiza 

 mariance {Emu, xvi., pi. xxxiii.) is the Everard Range repre- 

 sentative of Milligan's A. robustirostris; for which I introduced 

 the genus Milligania. These Acanthizas are puzzling enough 

 without unnecessary complications, so that I recapitulate ; — 

 Acanthiza iredalei iredalei (Mathews). 



Interior of Western Australia (Lake Way). 

 Acanthiza iredalei morgani (Mathews). 



Interior of South Austraha (Leigh's Creek). 

 Acanthiza iredalei winiamida (F. E. Wilson). 



Mallee of Victoria. 

 GeobasilcHS hedleyi hedleyi (Mathews). 



South-east of South Austraha. 

 Geobasileus hedleyi rosince (Mathews). 



North of Adelaide, South Australia. 

 Milligania robnstirostris (Milligan). 



Murchison, W^estern Australia. 

 Milligania robnstirostris mariance (S. A. White). 



I'lNerard Range, Central Australia. 



Little Penguin in Queensland. --Ornithologists will be inter- 

 ested in the fact tliat the Oucensland Museum has recently received 

 a fine specimen of a Little Penguin taken in Oucensland waters. 



