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p. 236. Angroyan cyanopterxjs perthi, subsp. n. 



Differs from A. c. cyanopterus in its general darker 

 colour. 



Type, Perth, West Australia. 



pp. 246-7 read — 



Aphelocephala pectoralis. 



A. Aphelocephala pectoralis pectoralis (Gould). 

 iSyno.iym — 



Xerophila nigricincta North, 1895. 



B. Aphelocephala pectoralis tanami Mathews. 



Phaethon cateshyi Brandt, Mem. Acad. St. Peterb. (6), 

 v., pt. ii., p. 270, 1840, Bermuda, will replace Phaethon 

 umericanus Ogilvie-Grant. 



p. 252. Whitlocka melanota barroni, subsp. n. 



Differs from W. m. melanota in its larger size, wing 

 96 mm. : birds from Normanton have a wing measure- 

 ment of 85-90 mm. 



The female differs from females from Normanton in 

 being greyer on the under-surface. 



The type of Climacteris melanota Gould 1846 was 

 collected on the Nassau River about 25 miles from its 

 mouth in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in open forest country. 

 This new subspecies is from the thick jungle near Cairns, 

 Queensland. 



Type, Cairns, Queensland. 



p. 261. Melithreptus validirostris kingi, subsp. n. 



Differs from M. v. validostris in having sides of the 

 body darker, the chest greyer and the wing longer. 



Type, King Island, Bass Strait. 



p. 266. ACANTHORHYNCHUS SUFPUSCULA. 



ACANTHOBHYNCHTJS SUFFUSCTJI.A SUFFTJSCULA. 



Certhia su^uscula Bechstein, Kuize Uebers. Vog., 

 p. 195. 1811, I designate as type locality, Perth, West 

 Australia. 



