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PODlOIPIDJfi. 
Podiceps cristatus australis Gould. 
Podiceps australis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1844, p. 135, Pec.: 
Australia and Van Piemen’s Land, error = New Zealand. (Fig. 
Gould, Austr. vii. pi. 80.) 
Podiceps hectori Buller, Essay New Zealand Ornith. p. 19, 18G5 : Now Zealand. 
Distr. —New Zealand. 
Genus POLIOCEPHALUS Selby. 
Poliocephalus Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgcn. Types, Aves, p. 47, 1840. 
Type (by monotypy) : Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine & Selby. 
Dasyptilus Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 369, July 1st, 1837. Type (by 
monotypy): P. poliocephalus Jardine & Selby; not Wagler, Abhandl. Ak. 
Wiss. Munch, vol. ii. p. 502, 1832. 
Tachybaptm, Reiohenbaeh, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. iii, 1852 (?1853). Type (by 
monotypy): Colymbus minor Gmeliu = C. ruficollis Vroeg. 
Colymbetes Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 361 (pref. Sept.), 
1890 : new name for Poliocephalus Selby; not of Sohellenberg, Helvet. 
Entom. vol. ii. p. 188, 180G. 
Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby). 
Distr . —A ustralia. 
Poliocephalus poliocephalus poliocephalus Jardino & Selby. (26-522.) 
Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine & Selby, Illustr. Ornith. vol. i. pt. 1, 
pi. 13, Feb. 1827: New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, Austr. vii. 
pi. 82; Math. pi. 63.) 
Podiceps nestor Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. i. pi. 19, Jan. 1837, and Proc. 
Zool. Soc. Lond. 1836, p. 145, Juno 27th, 1837 : New South Wales and 
Van Diemens Island. 
Distr . —Tasmania and Australia (except Mid and North-West). 
Poliocephalus poliocephalus cloatesi Mathews. 
Podiceps poliocephalus cloatesi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 197, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Point Cloates, Mid-West Australia. 
Distr . — Mid and North-West Australia. 
Poliocephalus rufopectus Gray. (23-523.) 
Podiceps ( Poliocephalus ) rufopectus Gray, in Dieffenbach’s Travels 
in New Zealand, vol. ii., mid-J an. 1843, p. 119: North Island 
(New Zealand). (Fig. Ereb. & Terr. pi. 19.) 
Fuliea novazealnndiic Colenso, Tasm. Journ. Sci. vol. ii. p. 283, April 1845 
North Island (New Zealand), 4 
Distr. — New Zealand (both Islands). 
Poliocephalus ruficollis (Vroeg). 
Distr . —Europe to Asia and Australia. 
