MELITHREPTIDdE. 
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Meliornis schistacea De Vis. 
New Guinea White-bearded Honey-eater. 
Meliornis schistacea De Vis, Ibis, 1897, pi. 381 : S.E. New Guinea. 
Distr. — New Guinea. 
Genus ANTHORNIS Gray. 
Anthornis Gray, List Gen. Birds, April 1st, 1840, p. 15. Type (by 
original designation) : Cerlhia melanura Sparrman. 
Anthomiza Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 320, July 1st, 1837. Type (by 
original designation) : A. cairuleoeephaht — Certhia melanura Sparrman, not 
Anlhomyza Fallen, Sp. Ent. Nov., Dipt. p. 20, 1810. 
Anthornis melanura ('SparrmanJ. New Zealand Bell Bird. 
Distr. —New Zealand, Auckland, and Chatham Islands. 
Anthornis melanura melanura (Sparrman). (9-255.) 
Certhia melanura Sparrman, Mus. Carlson, fasc. 1, no. 5, 1786 : 
Queen Charlotte’s Sound, South Island, New Zealand. 
Certhia sannio Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. i. p. 471, July 25th, 1788 : same 
locality. 
Anthomiza cwruleocephala Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii, p. 327, July 1st, 
1837 : new name for melanura Sparrman. 
Certhia olivacea Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 79, (pref. Jan.) 1844 : same 
locality. 
Anthornis ruficeps Pelzeln, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, p. 316, 1867 : 
South Island. 
Distr . — New Zealand (South Island). 
Anthornis melanura dumerilii (L. ot G.). 
Philedon dumerilii Lesson et Garnot, Voy. 4 Coquille,’ Atlas, livr. 6, 
pi. 21, March 22nd, 1828 (livr. 9, p. 416, note, Feb. 25th, 
1828) (livr. 14, p. 644, Jan. 9th, 1830) : North Island, New 
Zealand. 
Distr . — New Zealand (North Island). 
Anthornis melanura incoronata Bangs. 
Anthornis incoronata Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vol. xxiv. p. 23, 
Feb. 24th, 1911 : Auckland Islands. 
Distr. — Auckland Islands (breeding). 
Anthornis melanura melanocephala Gray. (9-256.) 
Anthornis ynelanocephala Gray, in Dieffenbach’s Travels in New 
Zealand, vol. ii. p. 188, Mid-Jan. 1843 : Chatham Islands. (Fig. 
Ereb. & Terr. pi. 2.) 
Anthornis auriocula Buller, Essay, New Zeal. Ornith. p. 8, (pref. Feb. 1st) 
1865 : Chatham Islands. 
Distr .—Chatham Islands. 
