THE BIRD8 OF AUSTRALIA. 
Urospiza fasciata poly cry pia (Rothschild and Hartert). British 
New Guinea. 
Of this, Astur sharpei Ramsay 1879, not Oustalet 1875, Port Moresby, 
is a synonym, but this form must be compared with longer series of 
U. f. didima before it can be accepted. 
Urospiza fasciata insularis (Sarasin). New Caledonia. 
I will consider this later, but the locality above would suggest its 
validity, though Sarasin’s differential features are comparatively valueless, 
owing to their variability. 
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