THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
8vo. ed., p. 65, 1848 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 13, 1888 ; A. G. Campbell, 
Emu, Vol. IV., pp. 116-122, 1905; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. II., 
p. 104, 1906 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 93, 1908; Mellor and White, 
Emu, Yol. XII., p. 163, 1913 ; Dove, ib., Vol. XV., p. 235, 1916. 
Leptoglossus cucullatus Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 327, July 1st, 1837: New South 
Wales, probably same basis as Latham’s C. tenuirostris. 
Acanthorhynchus lialmaturina A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. 3, pp. 140-2, Jan. 1st, 
1906 : Kangaroo Island; Hall, Key Birds Austr., 2nd ed., p. 112, 1906; White, 
Emu, Vol. XII., p. 263, 1913. 
Acanthorhynchus halmaturinus Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 93, 1908. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris tenuirostris Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 397, 1912 ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 265, 1913. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris cairnsensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 397, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Cairns, North Queensland ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 265, 1913. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris victories Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVHL, p. 398, Jan. 31st, 
1912, (Olinda) Victoria; id., List Birds Austr., p. 265, 1913; Belcher, Birds 
Geelong, p. 331, 1914. 
AcanthorliyncJms tenuirostris lojtyi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 398, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Mount Lofty, South Australia ; id,. List Birds Austr., p. 266, 1913. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris halmaturinus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 398, 1912; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 266, 1913. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris dubius Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 398, 1912 ; id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 265, 1913. 
Acanthorhynchus cairnsensis Campbell and Barnard, Emu, Vol. XVII., p. 32, 1917 (N.Q.). 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from Cairns, North Queensland, to South Australia ; 
Tasmania ; Kangaroo Island. 
Adult male. Top of head, lores and sides of face glossy black ; hind-neck, mantle, sides 
of neck, and middle of throat dull chestnut ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
scapulars and general aspect of wings dark slate-grey ; bastard-wing and inner 
webs of flight-quills blackish with whitish margins to some of the latter ; tail 
blackish, the two outermost feathers on each side white on the greater part of the 
terminal portion ; chin, cheeks and fore-neck cream-white ; sides of fore-neck, sides 
of breast and a band across the breast black ; lower breast, abdomen, sides of 
body, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale chestnut ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, 
and inner-margins of flight-quills below bufiy-wliite, remainder of quill-lining dark 
brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill black, feet slate, eyes 
scarlet. Total length 163 mm. ; culmen 26, wing 71, tail 63, tarsus 20. Figured. 
Collected at Olinda, Victoria, on the 13th of May, 1911, and is the type of A. t. 
Victoria:. 
Adult female very similar to the adult male, but the feathers on the head not so glossy; 
in some cases the sexes are very much alike. 
Adult. Entire top of head and nape glossy black; lores, sides of crown, a zigzag line down 
the sides of the neck, and side of breast dull black ; hind-neck and mantle dark 
rust-brown; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark slate-grey like the upper 
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