LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Plegadis falcinellus rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 56, April 7th, 1916: Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
CXLII. Genus SPATHERODIA. 
Spatherodia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xvi., 1852 (?1853). Type (by original designation): S. melano- 
rhynchos = Platalea regia Gould. 
157. SPATHERODIA REGIA. BLACK-BILLED SPOONBILL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 50 (pt. vii.), June 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 180, March 
26th, 1914. 
Platalea regia Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 7, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Spatherodia melanorhynchos Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xvi., 1852 (?1853) : New South Wales. 
Platalea regia stalkeri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 229, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally (except the south-west). Not Tasmania. 
CXLIII. Genus PLATIBIS. 
Platibis Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XL., p. 724, before April 9th, 1855. Type (by 
monotypy) : Platalea fiavipes Gould. 
158. PLATIBIS FLAVIPES. YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 49 (pt. vii.), June 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 181, March 
26th, 1914. 
Platalea fiavipes Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 7, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Platalea fiavipes whitei Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 229, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally (except the south-west). Not Tasmania. 
Family CIC'ONIID^E. 
CXLIV. Genus XENORHYNCHUS. 
Xenorhynchus Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XL., p. 721 ; before April 9th, 1855. Type 
(by tautonymy) : Xenorhynchus indicus (Lath. ) = JR. asiatica Latham. 
159. XENORHYNCHUS ASIATICUS. JABIRU. 
\Mycteria asiatica Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. II., p. 670, 1790 (before Dec. 9th). India. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 51 (pt. xxviii.), Sept. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 182, March 
26th, 1914. 
Mycteria australis Shaw, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. V., p. 33, 1800 : New South Wales. 
Mycteria novcehollandice (Donovan), Rees’ Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXIV., (March) 1813, pt. ii., sheet 3N 2, pi. 62, fig. 4 : 
New Holland. In Lev. Mus. = New South Wales. 
Ciconia leucopiera Wagler, Syst. Av. Ciconia, sp. 6, p. (138), Oct. 1827 : New South W T ales. 
Xenorhynchus asiaticus rogersi Mathews , Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 229, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Fitzroy River, North- 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally, except south-west. Not Tasmania. 
Family ARDEIDJE. 
CXLV. Genus TYPHON. 
Typhon Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p, xvi., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation) : Ardea typhon 
Temminck =A. sumalrana Raffles. 
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