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PA RID.#:.-SITTID M . 
Aphelocephala nigricincta nigricincta (Nortli). 
XerophUa nigricincta North, Ibis, July 1st, 1895, p. 340: Missionary 
Plain, Central Australia. (Fig. Rep. Horn Sci. Exped., Zool. pi. 7.) 
Distr . — Central South Australia. 
Aphelocephala nigricincta tanami Math. 
Aphelocephala nigricincta tanami Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 378, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Tanami, interior of Northern Territory. (Fig. 
Math. xi. pi. 494.) 
Distr .—Central Northern Territory. 
Genus SPHENOSTOMA Gould. 
Sphenostoma Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. iv. pi. 63, April 1st, 1838. 
Type (by monotypy): S. cristatum Gould. 
Sphenostoma cristatum Gould. Wedgebill. 
Distr. —Central Australia. 
Sphenostoma cristatum cristatum Gould. (8 74.) 
Sphenostoma cristatum Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. iv. pi. 63 
April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 17.) 
Distr. —South-West Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. 
Sphenostoma cristatum pallidum Math. 
Sphenostoma cristatum pallidum Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 378, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Leigh’s Creek, South Australia. (Fig. Math, xi! 
pi. 495.) 
Sphenostoma cristatum occidentale Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 378 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Day Dawn, Mid-West Australia. 
Sphenostoma cristatum tanami Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol xviii. p. 378, Jan. 31st 
1912 : Tanami, interior of Northern Territory. 
Distr . — South Australia, Mid-West Australia, and Northern 
Territory (Central). 
Family SITTIim 
Genus CALLISITTA Bonap. 
Calisitta Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 226, 1851 (before 
June 24th). Type (by monotypy): Sitta formosa Blyth. Re¬ 
places Dendrophila Swainson, Class. Birds, vol. ii. p. 318, June 
1837. Type (D. Jlavipes) not Dendrophilus Leach, Zool.’ Misc. 
vol. iii. p. 171, 1817, or Dendrophila Hodgson, April, 1837. 
