MELITIIREPTIDjE. 
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Glycichsera poliocephala Salvacl. 
Glyciohcera poliocephala Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. xii. 
p. 336, 1878 : Andai, New Guinea. 
Distr . — New Guinea (Andai). 
Genus CEDISTOMA Salvad. 
(Edistoma Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ii. p. 952, 1875 (1876). 
Type (by original designation): (Edistoma pygmceum Salvad. 
(Edistoma pygmaeum Salvad. Pigmy Honey-eater. 
Distr . — New Guinea and Fergusson, Goodenougli. 
CEdistoma pygmseum pygmaeum Salvad. (9-293.) 
(Edistoma pijgmceum Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 952, 
1875 (1876) : Arfak. 
Distr . — New Guinea. 
(Edistoma pygmaeum meeki (Hart.). 
Anthreptes meeki Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. iii. p. 239, 1896 : Fergusson 
Island. 
Distr. — Fergusson, Goodenough, and D’Entrecasteaux Islands. 
Genus MELILESTES Salvad. 
Melilestes Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 950, 1875. 
Type (by original designation): Ptilotis megarhynchus Gray. 
Melidipnus Cabanis u. Rc^chenow, Journ. f. Ornith. 187G, p. 321 (July). 
Type (by monotypy): Ptilotis megarhynchus Gray. 
Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray). Large-billed Honey-eater. 
Distr . — New Guinea, Waigou, Mysol, and Aru Islands. 
Melilestes megarhynchus megarhynchus (Gray). (9-248.) 
Ptilotis megarhynchus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1858, p. 174 : 
Aru Islands. (Fig. Cat. Birds, ix. pi. 5.) 
Ptilotis megalorhynchus Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. ix. p. 248, 1884 : 
new spelling. 
Distr . — Aru Islands. 
Melilestes megarhynchus vagans (Bernst.). 
Arachnotliera vagans Bernstein, Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 405 : Waigou 
Island. 
Ptilotis rostrala Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865, p. 478: restricted to 
New Guinea [Waigou and Mysol]. 
Distr . — New Guinea, Waigou and Mysol. 
