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617. Alter to— 



Petrochelidon nigricans caleyi, subsp. n. —f- 



Differs from P. n. nigricans Vieillot (from Tasmania) 

 in its smaller size and much whiter under-surface. 



Type, Albury, New South Wales, October, 1903. 



Range, Queensland ; New South Wales ; Victoria. 



618. Alter to— 



Petrochelidon nigricans nigricans. 



In the " Reference List " " New South Wales " was 

 selected as type-locahty of Hirundo nigricans Vieillot, 

 the original description giving only " Nouvelle-Hollande." 

 New South Wales was the type-locality of Hirundo 

 pyrrhonota Vigors and Horsfield, and Collocalia arhorea 

 Gould was also supposed to have been founded upon 

 birds from New South Wales. 



Lesson, however, in L'Echo du Monde Savant, writing 

 with knowledge of the locaHty of Hirundo nigricans 

 Vieillot, definitely gives " Hobart Town, Tasmania " ; 

 while Stone (Austral Av. Rec, Vol. I., p. 154, 1913) 

 has informed us that the type of Collocalia arhorea 

 Gould also qame from Tasmania. This leaves the New 

 South Wales bird nameless as, though Vigors and 

 Horsfield certainly described Hirundo pyrrhonota from 

 that locality, their name is unavailable, being preoccupied 

 by Vieillot. 



As a synonym of 618, must be noted — 



Herse pygialis " Temm." Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., 

 Vol. I., p. 340, 1850 : nom. nudum. 



631 A. Alter to— 



Petroica multicolor halmaturina. 



Petroica leggii, subsp. halmaturina, A. G. Campbell, 

 Emu, Vol. v., pp. 140, 141, 1906 ; Kangaroo Island. 



I have to sincerely thank the Editors of the Emu 

 (Vol. XIL, p. 270 (footnote) 1913) for kindly drawing 



