LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CCCLIV. Genus ASHBY I A. 
Ashbyia North, Agric. Gazette, N.S.W., Vol. XXII., pt. 3, p. 211, March 2nd, 1911 : Type (by original designation) : 
Ephthianura lovensis Ashby. 
437. ASHBYIA LOVENSIS. DESERT CHAT. 
Mathews, Vol. IX., pt. 7, pi. 441, April 4th, 1922. 
Ephthianura lovensis Ashby, Emu, Vol. X., pt. 4, p. 251, Jan. 21st, 1911 : Leigh’s Creek, South Australia. 
Ashbyia lovei North, Agric. Gazette N.S.W., Vol. XXII., pt. 3, p. 211, March 2nd, 1911. Emendation of specific 
name only. 
Ashbyia lovensis whitei Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXXVI., p. 90, July 7th, 1916 : Mary’s Well, 12 miles 
east of Todmorden Camp, Central Australia. 
Distribution. Interior of South Australia. 
Family SYLVIID^E. 
CCOLV. Germs CONOPODERAS. 
Conopoderas Billberg, Synops. Faunae Scand., Vol. I., pt. n., Tab. A., 1828 (c/. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 
2-3, p. 38, 1913). Type (by monotypy) : Turdus longirostris Gmelin = Sitta caffra Sparrman. 
Tatare Lesson, Traite d’Orn., livr. 4, p. 317, Sept. 25th, 1830. Type (by tautonymy) : Tat are otantensis Lesson = 
Sitta caffra Sparrman. 
438. CONOPODERAS AUSTRALIS. REED-WARBLER. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 37 (pt. xxvii.), June 1st, 1847 ; Vol. III., pi. 38 (pt. xxrv.), Sept. 1st, 
1846. Mathews, Vol. IX., pt. 7, pi. 442, April 4th, 1922. 
Calamoherpe australis Gould, in Lewin’s Nat. Hist. Birds N.S.W. (ed. Eyton). Index to synonyms to plate 18. 
Reed-Warbler, 1838 : Parramatta, New South Wales. 
Calamoherpe longirostris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1845, p. 20, April : King George’s Sound, West Australia. 
Not Turdus longirostris Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., p. 823, 1789, which = Sitta caffra Sparrman, the type of 
the genus. 
Acrocephalus gouldi Dubois, Synops. Avium, Vol. I., fasc. vi., p. 369, 1901. New name for C. longirostris Gould. 
Acrocephalus australis mellori Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 342, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mannam, South Australia. 
Acrocephalus australis carterce Mathews, ib., p. 343 : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Acrocephalus australis melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 77, June 28th, 1912 : Melville 
Island, Northern Territory. 
Acrocephalus australis inexpectatus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 92, Sept. 18th, 1912: New South 
Wales. 
Not A. inexpectatus Berezowski and Bianchi, Ann. Mus. Zool., St. Petersb., Vol. V., p. 210, 1900. 
Distribution. Australia and Tasmania. 
COOL VI. Genus CISTICOLA. \\ 
Cisticola Kaup, Skizz. Entwick. Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 119 (pref. April), 1829. Type (by tautonymy) : Sylvia 
cisticola Temminck. 
Cysticola Lesson, Traite d’Orn., livr. 6 e , p. 415, March 1st, 1831. Type (by tautonymy) : Sylvia cisticola 
Temminck. 
439. CISTICOLA EXILIS. GRASS-WARBLER. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 42 (pt. xxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846 ; Vol. III., pi. 43 (pt. xxvii.), June 1st, 
1847 ; Vol. III., pi. 44 (pt. xxvi.), March 1st, 1847 ; Vol. III., pi. 45 (pt. xxvi.), March 
1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. IX., pt. 8, pi. 443, May 22nd, 1922. 
Malurus exilis Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 223, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New South 
Wales (near Sydney). 
Cysticola ruficeps Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 4, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales (Liverpool 
Plains). 
Not Malurus ruficeps Cretzschmer in Riippell’s Atlas, p. 54, pi. 36a, 1826, which is a Cisticola. 
Cysticola lineocapilla Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1847, p. 1, March 29th: Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Cysticola isura Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxvi. (Vol. III., pi. 44), March 1st, 1847 : New South Wales (Liverpool 
Plains). 
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