LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Phaps chalcoptera murchisoni Mathews, ib. : East Murchison, mid-West Australia. 
Phaps chalcoptera riordani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 28, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally. ? Tasmania. 
XXXI. Genus COSMOPELIA. 
Cosmopelia Sundevall, Meth. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent, pt. II., p. 100 (before June 12th), 1873. Type (by original 
designation): Columba elegans Temminek et Knip. 
33. COSMOPELIA ELEGANS. BRUSH BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 65 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 36, April 29th, 1911. 
Columba elegans Temminek et Knip, Les Pigeons, Vol. II., p. 56, pi. 22, 1811 (? 1807) : Tasmania. 
Columba lawsonii “ Sieber, Isis, n 67,” [=Isis 1825, Heft i., Beylage No. 1: nomen nudum, in a price list of 
“ Newholland ” birds], Wagler, Syst. Av., Columba, sp. 58, p. (249), 1827 (before Oct.). In synonymy of 
C. elegans. 
Phaps elegans neglecta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 188, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Long Bay, New South Wales. 
Phaps elegans affinis Mathews, ib. : Emu Well, South Australia (Interior). 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, South-west Australia. 
XXXII. Genus HISTRIOPHAPS. 
Histriophaps Salvadori, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., Vol. XXI., p. 529, June 30th, 1893. Type (by original designation): 
Columba histrionica Gould. 
34. HISTRIOPHAPS HISTRIONICA. FLOCK-PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 66 (pt. ii.), March 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 37, April 29th, 1911. 
Columba ( Peristera ) histrionica Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 114, May 1841 : Liverpool Plains, New 
South Wales (Interior). 
? Columba marmorata Mitchell, Three Exped. Austral, Vol. I., p. xviii., 1838 (pref. Aug. 18th) : Nomen nudum. 
Phaps histrionica alisteri Mathews, Nov. Zook, Vol. XVIII., p. 189, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution : New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
XXXIII. Genus PETROPHASSA. 
Petrophassa Gould, Proc. Zook Soc. (Lond.) 1840, p. 173, July 1841. Type (by monotypy) : Petrophassa albi- 
ptnnis Gould. 
35. PETROPHASSA ALBIPENNIS. WHITE-QUILLED ROCK PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 71 (pt. x.), March 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 38, April 29th, 1911. 
Petrophassa aibipennis Gould, Proc. Zook Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 173, July 1841 : Wyndham, North-west Australia 
(East). 
Petrophassa aibipennis alisteri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 28, April 2nd, 1912 : Napiet Broome 
Bay, North-west Australia (West). ' 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory. 
36. PETROPHASSA RUFIPENNIS. CHESTNUT-QUILLED ROCK PIGEON. 
Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 39, April 29th, 1911. 
Petrophassa rufipennis Collett, Proc. Zook Soc. (Lond.), 1898, p. 354, Oct. 1st : South Alligator River, Northern 
Territory. 
Distribution. Northern Territory. 
XXXIV. Genus GE OP HAPS. 
Geophaps Gray, Appendix List Gen. Birds, p. 12, March 1st, 1842. Type (by original designation): Cohimba 
scripta Temminek. 
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