THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
drawings he recognised the figure of Certhia melanops Latham as applicable, 
and proposed the usage of G. melanops, hut Gould demurred and continued 
the name of G. julvifrons, querying its identity with C. melanops Latham. So 
for the next sixty years until Sharpe examined the Watling drawings when 
he wrote about No. 99 : “ This is the type of Certhia melanops of Latham, 
founded on the ‘ Black-eyed Creeper,’ of which Dr. Gadow doubted the identity. 
There need be no further questions, however, on this point, and the species 
must he called Glyciphila melanops (Lath.).” 
I accepted this in my “ Handlist ” in 1908 and have used it ever since. 
No subspecies were distinguished until I prepared my “ Reference List ” 
in 1912, when I proposed three new ones thus : 
Gliciphila melanops melanops (Latham). 
New r South Wales. 
Gliciphila melanops chandleri Mathews. 
“ Differs from G. m. melanops in its paler coloration, especially noticeable 
on the mantle and abdomen. (Frankston) Victoria.” 
Victoria. 
Gliciphila melanops crassirostris Mathews. 
“ Differs from G. m. melanops in its much longer bill.” 
Tasmania. 
Gliciphila melanops westernensis Mathews. 
“ Differs from G. m. melanops in its much paler crown and smaller size. 
(Wilson’s Inlet) South-west Australia.” 
West Australia. 
A little later I added : 
Gliciphila melanops braba. 
“ Differs from G. m. chandleri in having a much paler fore-head and in being 
slightly smaller; paler than G. m. westernensis 
Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 
These five were admitted in my 1913 “ List.” 
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