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M ELITH RE PTID M • 
Family MELITHREPTIM. 
Genus MELITHREPTUS V. 
Melithreptus Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 46, April 14th, 1816. 
Type (by mouotypy): Certhia lunata V. 
Hcsmatops Gould, Synope. Birds Austr. pt. i. pi. 17, Jan. 1st, 18.37. Type 
(by subsequent designation, Bonaparte. Compt. Rond. Acad. Sci. Paris, 
vol. xxxviii. p. 264, 1854): Certhia lunata Shaw, i. e. Vieillot. 
Gymnophrys Swain son, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 327, July 1st, 18.37. Type (by 
monotypy): “ G. torquatus " = Certhia lunata Shaw, i. e. Vieillot. 
Eidopsants Swainson, ib. Type (by monotypy): E. bicinctus = Hcematops 
vatidirostrie Gould. 
Melithreptus lunatus ( Vieillot). White-naped Honey-eater. 
Distr. —Australia and New Guinea. 
Melithreptus lunatus lunatus (Vieillot). (9-204.) 
Certhia lunata Vieillot, Ois. Dords, vol. ii. p. 122, pi. 61, 1802 (ex 
Shaw MS.): Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 72.) 
Melithreptus albimllis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vol. xiv. p. 325, 
Sept. 1.3th, 1817 : Sydney. 
Mdilhreptus alb icapi flux Vieillot, ib. p. 329 : Sydney. 
MeUipkaga torquata Swainson, Zool. Illustr. ser. 1, pi. 129, Nov. 1822 : Sydney. 
Melipha-ja alrir^pilia Temminek et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. 56th livr. 
pi. 335. fig. 1 (vol. iii.). April 16th, 1825 : Sydney. Not Certhia atricapilla 
Latham, Index Orn. p. xxxvii, 1801. 
Distr. —South Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. 
Melithreptus lunatus chloropsis Gould. 
Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, Birds. Austr. pt. xxx. March 1st, 1848: 
Swan River, West Australia. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 73.) 
Distr. —South-West Australia (Swan River). 
Melithreptus lunatus albogularis Gould. (10-205.) 
White-throated Honey-eater. 
Melithreptus albogularis Gould, Birds Austr. no. xxx. March 1st, 
1848: Port Easing ton, Northern Territory. (Fig. Gould, iv. 
pi. 74; Math. xi. pi. 511.) 
Melithreptus lunatus eubalhuyvlaris Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 392 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Derby, North-West Australia. 
Melithreptus lunatus gradus Mathews, Austral Av. Reo. vol. i. p. 48, April 2nd 
1912: Melville Island, Northern Territory. (Fig. Math. xi. pi. 511.) 
Melithreptus lunatus y»rki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 98, Sept. 18th 
1912 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Distr. — North-West Australia, Northern Territory, North Queens¬ 
land, and New Guinea. 
