STRIPED HONEY-EATER 
and these birds may have been driven from their usual habitat, and finding 
existence on the island congenial, had there remained.” 
This peculiar form with a somewhat restricted range had no subspecies 
until in my “ Reference List ” in 1912 I named 
Plectorhynchci lanceolala neglecta. 
“Differs from P. 1. lanceolata in its larger bill, and in being blackish-brown 
above. Adelaide, South Australia.” 
South Australia. 
I still retained this in my 1913 “ List,” but now the genus name must be 
corrected, so that the names will read : 
Plectorhamphus lanceolatus lanceolatus (Gould). 
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 
Plectorhamphus lanceolatus neglectus (Mathews). 
South Australia. 
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