^"g.'J^-'j Notes and Notices. 267 



From the Minutes of the B.O.C, 17/10/09:— 



Mr. G. M. Mathews described the following new sub-species 

 of Australian birds : — 



Calamanthus HOWEI, sub-sp. n. 



Adult female. — This form seems to be intermediate between 

 C. montanellus, Milligan, and C. campestris, Gould. From the 

 former it differs in having the ear coverts and crown of the 

 head reddish ; from the latter in having a longer bill, the head 

 less rufous, and a much more pronounced brown streak on the 

 feathers of the back. 



Total length, 4.8 inches; culmen, 0.5 ; wing, 2.1; tail, 2.2; 

 tarsus, 0.8. 



Hab. — Kovv Plains, Victoria. 



This sub-species is named in honour of the collector, Mr. 

 Frank Howe, of Melbourne. 



MELITHREPTUS whitlocki, sub-sp. n. 



Adult. — Differs from M. chloropsis, Gould, in having the bare 

 skin round the eye white both in summer and winter. 



Hab. — Wilson's Inlet, Western Australia. 



This sub-species is named in honour of the collector, Mr. F. L. 

 Whitlock. 



Mr. Mathews further remarked : As the " Conspectus 

 Psittacorum " of Kuhl was published in 1820 and volume xiii. 

 of the " Transactions of the Linnean Society " did not appear 

 till 1 82 1, the birds named by Kuhl in the former volume must 

 take precedence over those described by Temminck in the latter 

 publication. The following changes will affect certain Aus- 

 tralian birds : — 



Licmetis nasica, Temm., will become L. ienuirostris, Kuhl, op. cit., p.- 



88. 

 Platycercus flaviventris, Temm., will become P. broivni, Kuhl, op. 



cit., p. 56. 

 Platycercus browni, Temm., will become P. venustus, Kuhl, op. cit., 



p. 52. 

 Neophema venusta, Temm., will become N . chrysostomiis, Kuhl, op: 



cit., p. 50. 

 —Bulletin B.O.C, No. CLV. 



Publications Received. 



Auk, The, XXVI., Nos. 2, 3, 4. 

 Australian Naturalist, The, I., Part 15 ; II., Part i. 

 Avicultural Magazine, The, VII., Nos. 4-12 ; VII., Series Nos. 

 1-4. 5-8- 

 Bird-Lore, X., Nos. 1-6 ; XL, Nos. 1-6 ; XII., No. i. 



