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1,131a. Pardalotus melanocephaltjs ttropygialis. 



1.133. ClNNYRIS FRENATA MACGILLIVRAYI, Subsp. n. 



Cape York Sun-Bird . 



Differs from C. f. australis Gould (=C.f. olivei Mathews 

 in its shorter bill and greener or lemon-yellow lower-breast 

 and abdomen ; and from C. /. frenata Muller (typical 

 specimens procured by Brit. Orn. Exp., New Guinea) 

 in its longer bill and larger size. 



Type, North Queensland (Cape York), No. 9,810. 



Range, North Queensland (Cape York). 



1.134. ClNNYRIS FRENATA AUSTRALIS. 



Cairns Sun-Bird. 



Nectarinia australis Gould, in Jardine's Contr. Ornith., 

 1850, p. (160) 108 ; Port Molle, Queensland. 



Synonym — Cinnyris frenata olivei Mathews, Nov. Zool., 

 Vol. XVIII. , p. 391, 1912 ; Cairns, North Queensland. 



Range, North Queensland (Cairns). 



In Jardine's Contr. Ornith., N. australis is described, 

 and Gould notes : " Differs from N. frmnala in its larger 

 size, in its straighter bill, and in the stripe of yellow 

 over the eye being almost obsolete. It is the bird spoken 

 of in Mr. McGillivray's paper as N. pectoralis, which 

 name cannot be retained, as it had been previously 

 applied to another member of the genus. McGillivray's 

 letter is quoted and we read, ' At Port Molle I shot 

 . . . Here the captain's servant shot a small Nec- 

 tarinia pectoralis, respecting which I gave you a note 

 of its having been found by Captain Ince and myself 

 to the northward.' " 



I have concluded it would be therefore best to accept 

 Port Molle as the type-locality of the bird described 

 by Gould, as Nectarinia australis is the sixth bird 

 delineated, and after the fifth is a note : " The species 



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