MEGALORNITHIDiE.—PLEGADIDiE. 
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Genus RHYNOCHETOS V. & d. M. 
Rhynochetos Verreaux et ties Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 18(50, p. 439. 
Type (by monotypy): R. jubatus V. & cl. M. 
Rhynochetos jubatus V. & d. M. (23-246.) 
Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux et des Murs, ib. p. 440, pi. 21 : 
New Caledonia. (Fig. P. Z. S. 1862, pi. 30.) 
Distr .—New Caledonia. 
Order ARDEIFORMES. 
Family PLEGADIDrE (THRESKiORNiTHiDiE). 
Genus THRESKIORNIS Gray. 
Threskiornis Gray, Appendix List Genera Birds, p. 13 (before April), 
1842. Type (by original designation) : Tantalus cethiopicus 
Latham. 
Threskiornis. molucca (Cuvier). 
Distr . — Moluccas and New Guinea to Australia. 
Threskiornis molucca molucca (Cuvier). (26-9.) 
Ibis molucca Cuvier, Regne Anim. 2nd ed. vol. i. p. 520 (note), 
April 11th, 1829 : Molucca Islands. 
Distr . — Moluccas. 
Threskiornis molucca strictipennis (Gould). 
Ibis strictipennis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. iv., App. p. 7, 
April 1st, 1838: New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, vi. pi. 46; 
Math. pi. 177.) 
Ibis molucca alligator Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 227, Jan. 3let, 1912 : 
Northern Territory. 
Distr. — Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
Genus CARPHIBIS Reichenb. 
Carphibis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. VOgel, p. xiv, 1852 (1853). Type 
(by original designation) : Ibis sp ini col Us Jameson. 
Carphibis spinicollis (Jameson). 
Distr .—Australia. 
