No. 6.J THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 135 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO MY LIST OF 



THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, . 1913, AND CHECK 



LIST, PART I., 1920. 



By Gregory M. Mathews. 



Check List, p. 15. 



Zaporina Forster, Pocket Encycl. Nat. Phenom., 1827. 

 Type (by monotypy) Z. 'minuta^=Rallus 'parvus Scopoli. 



List, p. 48, and Check List, p. 29. An earlier reference is 

 Sterna goulm Reichenbach, Synops. Av. Icon., 1845, 

 based on Aves Natat. Longip., Vol. XXII. , f. 829: West 

 Australia. 



List, p. 50. Alter the subspecific name to 



Procelsterna cerulea AI.BIVITTA, as Gould's Anmis 

 cinereus is preoccupied by (Sterna) cinerea Haldeman 1843 

 or Stolida cinerea Neboux 1844, given to a form of the same 

 genus. 



List, p. 51, and Check List, p. 30. Add to synonymy of 

 B. novcehoUandice 



LA.RUS erythrorhynchus Burton, Cat. Coll. Mamm. Birds 

 Fort Pitt, Chatham, p. 46, (pref. April 1) 1838 : New South 

 Wales. 



Larus australis Reichenbach, Synops. Av. Icon., 1845, 

 based on pi. 1, lxvb and 1077 : New South Wales. 



List, p. 79, and Check List, p. 50. An earlier reference is 

 Platalea melanorhynchos Reichenbach, Synops. Av. 

 Icon., 1845, based on pi. lxxxiv., 424 : New South Wales. 



List, p. 86. Check List, p. 54. 



Butor Forster, Pocket Encycl. Nat. Phenom., p. 417, 1827. 

 Type (by monotypy) Ardea stellaris Linne. 



List, p. 92, and Check List, p. 58. Add to the synonymy of 

 genus Spatula 



Rhynchoplatup Berthold, Naturl. Fam. Thierreieh 

 (Latreille), p. 84, 1827, (pref. Aug. 30, 1826.) Type (by 

 monotypy) Anas dypeata Linn. 



