No. 8.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 187 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO MY 

 REFERENCE LIST. 



By Gregory M. Mathews. 



Recent investigations have made necessary the 

 following alterations. Some of these are due to the 

 fact that the disturbing names were omitted from the 

 Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, and 

 consequently have hitherto escaped notice. The monu- 

 mental work of Mr. C. Davies Sherborn, however, lays 

 bare the usage of inaccurate names, and all systematic 

 workers are more indebted to him than can be easily 

 acknowledged. Reference was constantly made to his 

 work whenever a little-known name was questioned, 

 but unfortunately some of the best-known names were 

 not queried, and it is due to this omission that the 

 following changes are now made : — 



50b. Geopelia humeralis headlandi, subsp. n. 

 Pale Barred-shouldered Dove. 



Differs from G. li. inexpectata in its much paler upper- 

 surface and wing-coverts. It is also smaller in the wing 

 and bill ; it is therefore the smallest and palest form. 



Type, Port Headland, North-west Australia, No. 110. 



Range, Mid-West Australia. 



123b. Reinholdia reinholdi byroni, subsp. n. 

 Australian Brown-backed Petrel. 



Differs from R. r. reinholdi in its darker upper-coloration 

 and smaller size. Wing, 191 mm. ; tarsus, 40. 



Type, Byron Bay, North New South Wales, No. 15842. 



Range, New South Wales. 



138. Daption capense australis, subsp. n. 

 New Zealand Spotted Petrel. 



Differs from D. c. capense in having the dark markings 

 very much darker, almost black. Measurements about 

 the same. 



Type, New Zealand, No. 268. 



Range, Australia and New Zealand. 



