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Genus HEMIPTILOTIS Math. 
Hemiptilotis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 127, Dec. 24th, 
1912 : new name for Trichodere North. Type (by original designa¬ 
tion) : Ptilotis cockerdli Gould. 
Trichodere. North. Ibis, 1912, Feb. 7th, 1912, p. 120. Type (by original designa¬ 
tion) : Ptiloiis cockerdli Gould (not Trickoderes Guerin, Mag. de Zool. 
1843, p. 35). 
Hemiptilotis cockerelli (Gould). White-streaked Honey-eater. 
Ptilotis cockerelli Gould, Birds Austr., Suppl. pt. v. pi. 43, Aug. 1st, 
1869 : Cape York. (Fig. Gould, Suppl. pi. 43 ; Math, xi pi. 535.) 
Trichodere cockerelli jardinei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iii. p. 71, 
July 21st, 1917 : Jardine Creek, Cape York, North Queensland. 
Distr . — North Queensland. 
Genus LOPHOPTILOTIS Math. 
Lophoptilotis Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 414, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Type (by monotypy): Ptilotis leadbeteri McCoy=Ptilotis cassidix 
Gould. 
Lophoptilotis cassidix (Gould). (9-243.) Helmeted Honey-eater. 
Ptilotis cassidix Gould, Birds Austr., Suppl. pt. 4 (pi. 39), before 
Dec. 1st, 1867 (ex Jardine, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 558, Dec. : 
nude name): Western Port, Victoria. (Fig. Gould, Suppl. pi. 39.) 
Ptilotis leadbeteri McCoy, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. xx. p. 442, Dec. 1st, 
1867 : Western Port. 
Distr. — Victoria. 
Lophoptilotis melanops (Lath.). Yellow-tufted Honey-eater. 
Distr, — Queensland to Victoria. 
Lophoptilotis melanops melanops (Lath.). (9 242.) 
Turdus melanops Latham, Index. Ornith., Suppl. p. xl, (after May) 
1801 : Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 37.) 
Muscicapa auricomis Latham, ib. p. xlix : Sydney. 
Muscicapa mystacea Latham, ib. p. li : Sydney. 
Certhia chrysootos Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 197, (pref. April 12th, 
1810) 1811 : Sydney. 
Certhia aurieulala Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. viii. p. 236, 1812 : Sydney. 
Philemon erythrotis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. nouv. ed. vol. xxvii. 
p. 429, Dee. 26th, 1818 : Botany Bay. 
Muscicapa australis Strickland, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xi. p. 336, May, 
1843 ; as synonym of auricomis . 
Muscicapa novcehollandiat Strickland, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xi. p. 336, 
May, 1843 ; as synonym of auricomis Latham (ex Latham MS., not Latham, 
Index Ornith. p. 378, 1790). 
Distr. — South Queensland and New South Wales. 
