Genus— DIP ARDALOTUS. 
Dipardalotus Mathews, Austral Av. 
Rec., Vol. V., pt. L, p. 7, July 17th, 
1922. Type (by original designation) Pardalotus rubricatus yorki Mathews. 
General characters of Pardalotus (type P. punctatus Shaw and Nodder) but 
with the bill stouter and longer with tip decurved and posteriorly notched, 
the under mandible shallower and not so stout. 
The wing more rounded, the so-called second and third primaries longest, 
the first only equal to the fourth, which is scarcely longer than the fifth. 
The legs and feet smaller. 
