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Certhia olivacea Forster, Descr. Anini. ed. Liclit. 1844, p. 79: 



Queen Charlotte's Sound, South Island. 

 Anthornis riificeps Pelzeln, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1867, 



p. 316 : South Island. 

 Anthornis melanura Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 138 (part.). 



Range : — South Island (breeding). 



Anthornis melanura dumerilii (Lesson). North Island Bell 

 Bird. 



Philedon dumerilii Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. vol. i. 

 1830, p. 644 : Bay of Islands, North Island. 



Synonym : — 



Anthornis melanura Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 138 (part.). 



Range : — North Ishand (breeding). 



Anthornis melanura incoronata (Bangs). Auckland Islands' 

 Bell Bird. 



Anthornis incoronata Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash, 

 vol. xxiv. 1911, p. 23 : Auckland Islands. 



Range: — Auckland Islands (breeding). 



Anthornis melanura melanocephala (Gray). Chatham Islands' 

 Bell Bird. 

 Anthornis melanocephala Gray in Dieffenbach's Travels in 

 New Zealand, vol. ii. 1813, p. 188: Chatham Islands. 



Synonyms : — 



Anthornis cmriocula Buller, Essay New Zeal. Ornitli. 1865, p. 8 : 



Chatham Islands. 

 Anthornis melanocephala Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 143. 



Range: — Chatham Islands (breeding). 



Genus PROSTIIEMADERA. 

 Prosthemadera Gray, List Genera Birds, 1840, p. 15. 

 Type (by original designation) : P. novceseelandia 

 (Gmelin). 



Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae novaeseelandise (Gmelin). South 

 Island Tui. 

 Merops novceseelandia: Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1788, p. 464: 

 Queen Charlotte^s Sound, South Island. 



