DLVPHORILLAS. 
as being Gould’s missing A. macrourus. About this time I began to receive 
specimens, and these showed matters more complicated than at first appeared, 
so I will again tabulate the items as at that time on record : 
Amytis textilis Dumont, being used for East Australian bird ex Gould. 
Amytis gigantura Milligan, regarded as distinct, from Mid-west Australia. 
Amytis macrourus Gould, in use for the South-west Australian bird, 
named by Carter, A. varia. 
Amytis striatus Gould, both East and West Australia. 
Amytis goyderi Gould, unrecognised since description, types in British 
Museum. 
Amytis modesta North, distinct Central Australian bird. 
I described in 1910-11 three forms of the striatus series which fortunately 
have given little trouble so we can pass over those here. 
In my “Reference List ” in 1912 I arranged the forms of the textilis group 
as just given, but including modestus as a form and adding two more, thus : 
Shark’s Bay, West Australia. 
Mid Australia. 
S.E. of S.W. Australia. 
South-west Australia. 
Central Australia. 
New South Wales. 
New South Wales. 
Victoria, South Australia. 
Mid-west Australia. 
North Westralia. 
Diaphorillas textilis textilis Dumont. 
Diaphorillas textilis giganturus Milligan. 
Diaphorillas textilis morgani Mathews. 
Diaphorillas textilis macrourus Gould 
= varia Carter. 
Diaphorillas textilis modestus North. 
Diaphorillas textilis inexpectatus Mathews. 
I also allowed my own forms of striatus thus 
Diaphorillas striatus striatus Gould. 
Diaphorillas striatus howei Mathews. 
Diaphorillas striatus oweni Mathews. 
Diaphorillas striatus whitei Mathews, 
and as a distinct species 
Diaphorillas goyderi Gould. 
Soon after this Mellor described as a new species Amytornis merrotsyi 
from Lake Torrens, and Campbell and Kershaw added Amytornis rufa from 
the Interior of Northern Territory. 
In my 1913 “ List ” I reduced the former to subspecific rank under textilis 
and the latter to subspecific rank under striatus , but otherwise made no change. 
Captain White’s explorations, however, brought to light three more forms 
and rather upset the values I had given some of the above. I described the 
bird North had determined as textilis from Central Australia as D. t. purnelli, 
another form which Ashby and Captain White at first thought was the long 
lost A. goyderi as D. textilis indulkanna also from Central Australia, and a 
different one from the Gawler Ranges as D. textilis myall. 
South Australia. 
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