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Cissomela nigra (Gould). (9-138.) Black Honey-eater. 
Myzomda nigra Gould, Birds Austr. Adj. Isl. pt. ii. pi. 8, Feb. 1838 : 
interior of New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 66.) (Fig 
Math. xi. pi. 516.) 6 
Myzomela nigra westralensis Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 396, Jan. 31st* 
1912 : Day Dawn, West Australia. 
Myzomela nigra ashbyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 98, Sept. 18th, 
1912 : Mount Barker, South Australia. 
Distr . — Interior of New South Wales, South Australia, and 
Western Australia. 
Genus ACANTHORHYNCHUS Gould. 
Acanthorhynchus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. ii. pi. 27, April 1st, 
1837. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, 1840, p. 15): 
Certhia tenuirostris Latham. 
Leptoglossm Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 327, July 1st, 1837. Type 
(by monotypy): L. cucullatus = Certhia tenuirostris Latham. Not Guerin- 
Meneville, M. Duperry, Voy. ‘Coquille,’ Zool. vol. ii. (2) p. 174, Nov. 1831. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Lath.). Eastern Spine-bill. 
Distr. —Eastern Australia and Tasmania. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris tenuirostris (Lath.). (9-144.) 
Certhia tenuirostris Latham, Index Orn., Suppl. p. xxxvi, (after May) 
1801: Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 61 ; Math, 
xi. pi. 518.) 
Certhia cucullata Vieillot, Oiscaux Dores, vol. ii. pi. 60, p. 121, 1802 (ex Shaw 
MS.): Sydney. 
Certhia sujjuscula Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 195, (pref. April 12th, 
1810) 1811 : Sydney. 
Melithreptus collar is Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist.Nat. nouv. ed. vol. xiv. p. 324, 
Sept. 13th, 1817 : Sydney. 
Leptoglossus cucullatus Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii, p. 327, July 1st, 1837 : 
Sydney. 
Acanthorhynchus halmaturina A. G. Campbell, Emu, vol. v. pp. 140-2, Jan. 1st, 
1906 : Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris victoria! Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 398, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Olinda, Victoria. (Fig. Math. xi. pi. 518.) 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris loftyi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 398, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mt. Lofty, South Australia. 
Distr .—South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris dubius Gould. 
Acanthorhynchus dubius Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. ii. pi. 27, 
April 1st, 1837 : Tasmania. 
Distr. —Tasmania. 
