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Microptilotis sonoroides (Gray). (9-235.) 
Ptilotis sonoroides Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861, p. 428 : Waigou 
Island. 
Distr. —Waigou and New Guinea. 
Genus MELIPHACATOR Math. 
Mdiphacator Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlv. p. 93, 1925. 
Type (by original designation): Ptilotis provocator Layard. 
Meliphacator provocator (Lay.). (9-230.) 
Yellow-faced Honey-eater. 
Ptilotis provocator Layard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 28 : Kan- 
davu, Fiji. (Fig. Voy. Chall. pi. 13.) 
Ptilotis xanthophrys Finsch, Journ. Mus. God. Bd. iv. heft 12, p. 5, 1876 : 
Fiji. 
Distr. —Fiji Islands (Kandavu). 
Genus PARAPTILOTIS Math. 
Paraptilotis Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 414, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Type (by monotypy): Mdiphaga fusca Gould. 
Paraptilotis fusca (Gould). Fuscous Honey-eater. 
Distr. —Mid Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
Paraptilotis fusca fusca (Gould). (9-229.) 
Mdiphaga fusca Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. ii. pi. 26, April 1st, 
1837 : Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 44; Math, 
xi. pi. 529.) 
Ptilotis minuta Pelzeln, Oesterr. Freg. ' Novara,’ Birds, p. 56, (pref. May) 1865 : 
Sydney. 
Ptilotis fusca dingi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 404, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
Murray Flats, South Australia. (Fig. Math. xi. pi. 529.) 
Distr. —South Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, 
and Victoria. 
Paraptilotis fusca dawsoni (Math.). 
Ptilotis fusca dawsoni Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 404, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Dawson River, Queensland. (Fig. Math. xi. 
pi. 529.) 
Distr. —Mid Queensland. 
Paraptilotis chrysops (Lath.). Yellow-faced Honey-eater. 
Distr. —Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
