THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
without any further scientific advancement with regard to the economics of 
such a very peculiar avian form. It may now be too late, otherwise it would 
be one of the most valuable contributions to Austrafian ornithology were 
some one to make a special study of this bird. 
It may be noted that Bonaparte gets the credit for the species name of 
this fine bird, as he apparently saw the bird in Gould’s hands and drew up a 
description for his Conspectus Genera Avium. Gould appears to have exhibited 
the bird and prepared an account of it before the Zoological Society of London 
in 1850, but this was not published at that time. He had a plate prepared 
for his Supplement, which came out in 1851. In the meanwhile Bonaparte’s 
description had been issued, and therefore has prior claim. 
I separated the South Queensland form subspecific ally so that two 
subspecies have been named 
Harriwhitea alberti alberti (Bonaparte) 
Northern New South Wales. 
Harriwhitea alberti rufa (Mathews) 
South Queensland. 
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