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387a. Ninox strentja victoriae, subsp. n. 



Southern Powerful Owl. 



Differs from N. s. strenua in being darker and larger. 

 Type, Victoria, No. 12,115. 

 Range, Victoria. 



399a. Tyto longimembris georgiae, subsp. n. 

 Northern Grass-Owl. 



Differs from T . c. walleri in being much darker above 

 and in having the white spots much larger ; it is also 

 larger in size. 



Type, Northern Territory, No. 12,114. 



Range, Northern Territory. 



577. Add as synonym — 



Cuculus brisbanensis Diggles, Proc. Queensl. Philos. 

 Soc. 1876, p. 12. Norman's Creek, Brisbane. 



585a. Chrysococcyx basalis modestus. 

 Northern Narrow-billed Cuckoo. 



Lamprococcyx modesta Diggles, Proc. Queensl. Philos. 

 Soc. 1876, p. 12. Norman's Creek, Brisbane. 

 Reference List No. 585 (pars). 

 Range, South Queensland, New South Wales. 



621a. Petrochelidon ariel conigravi, subsp. n. 



Western Fairy -Martin. 



Differs from P. a. ariel in having a much paler head 

 and back. 



Type, Wyndham, North-west Australia, No. 11,981. 

 Range, North-west Australia. 



P. 304. Receipt of Tasmanian specimens of the bird 

 known as Petroica plicenicea shows their subspecific dis- 

 tinctness, and that they must bear Quoy and Gaimard's 

 name of chrysoptera, which moreover must be used as 

 the species-name : therefore add — 



