MELITHREPTIDiE. 
789 
Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera rex Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. xii. pt. 1, p. 7, 
March 3rd, 192.5 : King Island, Bass Straits. 
Distr .—Tasmania and King Island, Bass Straits. 
Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera halmaturina (A. G. Campbell). 
Meliornis ( Lichmera ) auslralasiana subsp. halmaturina A. G. Camp¬ 
bell, Emu, vol. v. pp. 140-143, Jan. 1st, 1906: Kangaroo 
Island. (Fig. Math. xii. pi. 543.) 
Meliornis pyrrhoptera indistincta Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 414 
•Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mt. Lofty, South Australia. 
Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera mixta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 38 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Victoria. 
Distr . — Victoria and South Australia. 
Genus MELIORNIS Gray. 
Meliornis Gray, List Gen. Birds, April, 1840, p. 15. Type (by original 
designation): Certhia novcehollandiw Lath. 
Mdiphaga Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xv. p. 311 
Feb. 17th, 1827 : not Lewin, 1808. 
Purnellomis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 112, Sept. 24th, 1914. Type 
(by original designation) : Certhia nigra Bechst. 
Meliornis novaehollandiae (Lath ). Yellow-winged Honey-eater. 
Distr. —Southern and Eastern Australia. 
Meliornis novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Lath.). (9-253.) 
Certhia novmhollandicB Latham, Index Orn. vol. i. p. 296, (before 
Dec. 9th) 1790 : Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould iv 
pi. 23.) 
Mdiphaga balgonera Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 261, 1826 
(end): Sydney. 
Mdiphaga barbata Swainson, Class. Birds, vol. ii. p. 326, July 1st, 1837 : 
Sydney (based on Ois. Dor6s, pi. 57). 
Distr. —New South Wales. 
Meliornis novaehollandiae canescens (Lath.). 
Sylvia canescens Latham, Index Orn. vol. ii. p. 553, (before Dec. 9th) 
1790: Tasmania. 
Mdiomis diemenensis Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxv. p. 100, 
May 12th, 1910 : Tasmania. 
Distr .—Tasmania. 
Meliornis novaehollandiae longirostris (Gould). (9-254.) 
Mdiphaga longirostris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1846, p. 83 : 
Nov., Swan River, West Australia. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 24.) 
Meliornis novcehollandim intermedins Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 38, 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Stirling Ranges, West Australia. 
Distr .—South-West Australia. 
