THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Gould described a Broad-billed Flycatcher from the “ North Coast” under 
the name latirostris, but a few years later Pucheran pointed out that this species 
had been previously named by Vieillot and, of course, the accurate Salvador! 
at once took note of this and made the necessary correction. However, in the 
authoritative Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum the incorrect name 
was continued, and even workers on New Guinea birds, who have prided them- 
selves on their good work, ignored Salvadori’s action, and thus we find Ogilvie- 
Grant writing Myiagra latirostris mimikce. Quite independently, endeavouring 
to make correct the nomenclature of Australian birds, I noted Pucheran’s 
record and found that Gould had been anticipated by Swainson even in the 
choice of his specific name, so that Gould’s name could not even be retained in 
a subspecific sense. 
Consequently the nomination of the forms will be : 
Mastersornis ruficollis kempi (Mathews). 
Cape York, North Queensland. 
Mastersornis ruficollis cooperi (Mathews). 
Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Darker coloration above and with a broader bill. 
Mastersornis ruficollis tormenti (Mathews). 
North-west Australia. 
Lighter coloration above and bill narrower. 
Mastersornis ruficollis mimikce (Ogilvie-Grant). 
Dutch South-west New Guinea. 
Larger than Mastersornis ruficollis cooperi with throat darker. Aru Islands 
birds were accepted by Ogilvie-Grant as identical. 
Mastersornis ruficollis ruficollis (Vieillot). 
Timor. 
It may be noted that this species differs from the typical forms of Masters- 
ornis in its broader bill and retention of similar coloration in both sexes, whereas 
the sexes show different coloration in the former genus. There is a series of birds 
showing variation in coloration and structure to which the name should be 
restricted, and the species with unlike coloration should be absolutely separated. 
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