THE AUSTRAL AVIAN 

 RECORD. 



A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL DEVOTED PRIMARILY 

 TO THE STUDY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AVIFAUNA. 



Vol. I., No. 4. September 18th, 1912. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



xAdditions ... to my Reference List . . . . 81 



On the Generic Name of the Barn -Owl . . . . 104 



Additions and Corrections to my Reference List 

 to the Birds of Australia. 



Herewith I indicate new subspecies of Australian 

 birds, and as a preface to so doing would comment 

 upon a recent criticism of that Reference List. In the 

 Ibis, 1912, p. 546, appear the sentences, " It is evident 

 that Mr. Mathews takes quite a different view from 

 his fellow-workers of what is sufficient variation to 

 necessitate the recognition of a subspecies ... It 

 is quite impossible to go into controversy with . . . 

 but we are quite certain that there must be a mistake 

 somewhere . . . his proposal ... is not likely to be 



