LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CCXCIV. Genus ERYTHRODRYAS. 
Erythrodryas Gould, Birds Austr., pt. viii. (Vol. III., pi. 1), Sept. 1st, 1842. Type (by subsequent designation, 
Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 112, Jan. 1843) : Saxicola rodinogaster Drapiez. 
350. ERYTHRODRYAS RODINOGASTER. PINK-BREASTED ROBIN. 
Gould, Yol. III., pi. 1 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Yol. VIII., pt. 2, pi. 378, June 
17th, 1920. 
Saxicola rodinogaster Drapiez, Ann. Gen. des Sci. Phys. Bruxelles, Vol. II., p. 341, 1819 : Maria Island, 
Tasmania. 
Muscicapa lathami Vigors, Zool. Journ., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 410, pi. 13, Jan. 1825 : Tasmania. 
Not Muscicapa lathami Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool., Vol. X., pt. 2, p. 336, 1817. 
Muscicapa chrysoptera Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de l’Astrol. Zool., Vol. I., p. 177, pi. 4, fig. 2 (pref. June 29th) 
1830 : Hobart, Tasmania. 
Petroica rodinogaster incxpectata Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 304, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Gippsland, Victoria. 
Distribution. Tasmania, Victoria (? South Australia), Islands of Bass Strait. 
CCXCV. Genus BELCH ERA. 
Belchera Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 109, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation) : 
Petroica rosea Gould. 
351. BELCHERA ROSEA. ROSE-BREASTED ROBIN. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 2 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 2, pi. 377, June 17th, 
1920. 
Petroica rosea Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1839, p. 142, March 1840 : Hunter River, New South Wales. 
Belchera rosea queenslandica Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 59, April 7th, 1916 : North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 
CCXCVI. Genus MELANODRYAS. 
Melanodryas Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 283, Dec. 1865. Type (by monotypy) : Muscicapa cucullata 
Latham. 
352. MELANODRYAS CUCULLATA. HOODED ROBIN. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 7 (pt. vm.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 2, pi. 379, June 
17th, 1920. 
Muscicapa cueullata Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. li. (after May 30th), 1801 : New South Wales. 
(Enanthe pectoralis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XXI., p. 436, May 30th, 1818 : “ Timor,” 
error=New South Wales. 
Grallina bicolor Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 233, Feb, 17th, 1827 : Prospect Hill, 
New South Wales. 
Saxicola jardinii Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 236, note, Feb. 17th, 1827 : =$ 
New South Wales. 
Melanodryas picaia Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 285, Dec. 1865 : North-west Coast Australia. 
Petroica cucullata vigorsi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 305, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Frankston, Victoria. 
Petroica cucullata westralensis Mathews, ib., p. 306 : Perth, West Australia. 
Petroica cucullata subpicata Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 306, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, Northern 
Territory. 
Petroica cucullata melvillensis Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. I., p. 15, Jan. 1st, 1914 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia. Not Tasmania. 
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