THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
J. Ramsay, the son of the famous E. P. Ramsay previously quoted, has 
noted among the Birds of the Upper Clarence River District: “ A number 
of males were noted, in which the cap of the head, nape, and a narrow line 
running down to the back of the neck was a bright golden yellow, caused by 
the pollen of wild flowers (probably ‘native passion fruit’) accumulating 
in the feathers. On shooting a specimen the pollen was found like a yellow 
powder, and so heavy that it would fall out if the bird was laid on its back.” 
Owing to its restricted range, though this species received five names 
by the earliest workers, these were all based on plumage changes from the 
same locality, so that they were all absolute synonyms. 
In my “ Reference List ” in 1912 I separated 
Myzomela sanguineolenta sanguineolenta (Latham). 
South Queensland, New South Wales, 
Victoria. 
Myzomela sanguineolenta Stephen si Mathews. 
“ Differs from M. s. sanguineolenta in the red on the under-surface extending 
down on to the abdomen. Cooktown, N. Queensland.” 
North Queensland. 
In my 1913 “ List ” I made no alteration, and recently Campbell and 
Barnard have written : “ We could not separate it from the southern form, 
the reason for separation given by Mathews being the extension of red further 
down the abdomen. This trivial reason was not convincing,” Apparently 
they did not compare topotypical birds at all. 
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