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1,223. Add as synonym — 



Ptilotis sub-chrysops Campbell, Bull. R.A.O.U., No. 3., 

 1912. Bellenden Ker, Queensland. 



1,224a. Ptilotis chrysops samtjeli, subsp. n. 

 Dark Yellow-faced Honey-eater. 



Differs from P. c. beaconsfieldi in its much darker 

 coloration above and below. 



Type, Ranges fifty miles north of Adelaide, South 

 Australia, No. 13,094. 



Range, South Australia. 



1,229a. Ptilotis leucotis thomasi. 



Nom. nov. for P. I. munna Mathews, Austral Avian 

 Rec, Vol. I., No. 2, p. 50, 1912 ; not P. ornatus munna 

 Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 410, 1912. 



1,236a. Ptilotis cratitia carpentariensis. 



Gulf Honey-eater. 



Ptilotis carpentariensis Campbell, Bull. R.A.O.U.. 

 No. 3, 1912 ; Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. 



1,238. Ptilotis cratitia samtjeli, subsp. n. 



Wattle-cheeked Honey-eater. 



Differs from P. c. cratitia (from Kangaroo Island) in 

 its smaller size and generally duller coloration. 



Type, Eyre's Peninsula, South Australia, No. 9,657. 

 Range, South Australia. 



1,249a. Ptilotis chrysotis graingeri, subsp. n. 

 Allied Yellow-fronted Honey-eater. 



Differs from P. c. ethelce in its more slender bill, and 

 in having less yellow on the throat ; and the black 

 feathers above the ear-patch narrow. 



Type, Mount Grainger, South Australia, No. 11,671. 



Range, adjoining parts of New South Wales and 

 South Australia. 



