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20. Hemipodius melanotus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., 

 Pt. II., PI. 30, 1837. 



The only locality mentioned is ' ; Van Diemen's Land," 

 and the Type specimen Mas stated to be in King's College 

 London. Since lost. 



In the Handb., Vol. II., p. 182, Gould says that he 

 described the species from a specimen received from 

 Moreton Bay ! Two specimens are in the Gould Collection 

 both from North Australia. 



22. Hemipodius melanogaster Gould, Synops. Birds 

 Austr., Pt. II., PI. 31, 1837. 

 Gould refers to specimens in the Zoological Society 

 Collection, and in King's College, London. Three are 

 in the Gould Collection, of which 12425 (1199), New 

 South Wales, agrees closely with the description. 



24. Hemipodius scintillans Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc 

 (Lond.) 1845, p. 62 (Houtman's Abrolhos). 

 12437 (U87), $, West Australia = Type. 



27. Hemipodius castanotus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc 

 (Lond.) 1839, p. 145, 1840 (N.W. Coast). 

 12426 (1189), & Port Essington=Type. 



30. Hemipodius pyrrhothorax Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 (Lond.) 1840, p. 150, 1841. 

 11429 (1181), 2, New South Wales = Type. 



32. Hemipodius velox Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 

 1840, p. 150, 1841. 

 12431 (1183), J, New South Wales --=Type. 



Pedionomus torquatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



(Lond.) 1840, p. 114, 1841 (Plains of Interior 



South Australia). 



" No. 1200 Gould Collection, <£, South Australia." 



36.^| was probably the Type, but cannot now be 



found. 



Pedionomus microurus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 (Lond.) 1842, p. 20 (Interior South Australia). 



