THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
“ Much larger than 8. /. flaviventris, and darker, green above and below. 
Wing 157 mm. ; typ. 140-145 mm.” 
In my 1913 “ List ” I synonymised the two former and maintained the 
last named, and this conclusion can still be accepted. 
Rosenberg described an extra-limital specimen as a new genus and species 
Picnoramphus cucullatus , and this specific name is available for the extra- 
limital subspecies. 
Referring to the figure of Turdus melinus Latham, Campbell has written : 
“ There seems no doubt that Watling’s figure was intended for the Yellow- 
bellied Fig Bird ( Sphecotheres flaviventris Gould). Had Dr. Sharpe been aware 
of the fact that the Yellow-bellied Sphecotheres has been observed in New South 
Wales ( Nests and Eggs (Campbell), p. 84), he would have probably suggested 
the suppression of Gould’s specific name flaviventris in favour of Latham’s old 
melinus, on the same lines that other old and established names have been 
altered. And recently Mr. C. C. Brittlebank observed several of these birds 
in the neighbourhood of the Tweed River.” 
I have never seen or otherwise heard of this bird from New South Wales. 
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