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2. Neositta leucocephala leucocephala (Gould). 
Sittella leucocephala Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 5, 1837, p. 152 (Dec. 1838) («in Australia »). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Australia, Vol. 4. pl. 102. 
Hab. Parts of New South Wales, and southern districts of Queensland (Moreton Bay etc.). 
3. Neositta leucocephala albata (P. Ramsay). 
Sittella albata P. Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, p. 351 (1877) (neighbourhood of Port Denison). 
Fig. Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. 3, pl. 28. 
Hab. Northern districts of Queensland (Rockingham Bay etc.). 
4. Neositta striata striata (Gould). 
Sittella stviata Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) Vol. 4, p. 110 (1869) (Cape York Peninsula). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Australia, Suppl. pl. 54. 
Hab. N. E. Queensland : Cape York Peninsula (southward to the Gulf of Carpentaria and to about 
Rockingham Bay). 
5. Neositta striata magnirostris Ingram. 
Neositta magnirostris Ingram, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 21, p. 99 (1908) (Inkerman District. North Queensland). 
Fig. The Ibis (9), Vol. 2, 1908, p. 473, pl. 9. 
Hab. Northern Queensland : Inkerman Station, south-west of Townsville, in North Kennedy. 
6. Neositta pileata pileata (Gould). 
Sittella pileata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 5, 1837, p. 151 (Dec. 1838) (« in Australia, apud flumen Cygno- 
rum »;= 0). 
Sittella melanocephala Gould, ibidem, p. 152 (Dec. 1838) (« in Australia, apud flumen Cygnorum » ; = Q). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Australia, Vol. 4, pl. 104. 
Hab. South-western portion of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and West Australia 
(north to the Gascoyne River, in the south as far inland as Kalgoorlie). 
7. Neositta pileata tenuirostris (Gould). 
Sittella tenuirvostris Gould, Handbook Birds Austr. Vol. 1, p. 610 (1865) (Interior of South Australia ?; exact locality 
unknown). 
Hab. Appears to represent the preceding form in the interior districts of New South Wales and West 
Australia (East Murchison, Laverton, Mt. Margaret). (This imperfectly described form is unknown 
to the author). 
8. Neositta pileata leucoptera (Gould). 
Sittella leucoptera Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 7, 1839, p-152 (March 1840) (« North-west coast of Australia »). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Australia, Vol. 4, pl. 103. 
Hab. North Australia (Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, Kimberley, Arnhems Land etc.). 
q. Neositta papuensis (Schlegel). 
Sitta papuensis Schlegel, Neder]. Tijdschr. Dierk. Vol. 4, p. 47 (1871) (N. W. New Guinea). 
Hab. Mountains of N. W. Dutch New Guinea (Arfak Mts., Hatam). 
10. Neositta albifrons (P. Ramsay). (Plate, Figs. 6, 7.) 
Sittella albifrons P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. 8. p. 24 (1883) (S. E. New Guinea : tableland 
of Astrolabe Mts.). 
Sittella grisetceps 1) De Vis, Report Brit. New Guinea. p. 102 (1894) (probably from Mount Manzao, Brit. New 
Guinea; = Q). 
Hab. Mountain Ranges of Brit. New Guinea (Astrolabe Mts., Owgarra. Angabunga R., Bihagi, Owen 
Stanley Mts.). 
4, GENUS DAPHCENOSITTA DE Vis 
Dapheenositta De Vis, The Ibis (7), Vol. 3, p. 380 (1897) (Sp. typ. : D. mivanda De Vis). 
Characters. — Agrees with the genus Neositta in having the nostrils distinctly oper- 
culate and wholly exposed (not concealed by the latero-frontal plumules), but the bill is much 
1) S. griseiceps was apparently based on a female of N. albifrons, though the description is by no means clear. 
