MELITHREPTIDjE. 
797 
Creadion paradoxus kingi Math. 
Creadion paradoxus kingi Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. xii. pt. ii. p. 76, 
May 11th, 1925 : King Island. 
Distr .—King Island. 
Genus ANTHOCHAERA V. & H. 
Anthochcera Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xv. p. 320, 
Feb. 17th, 1827. Type (by subsequent designation, Mathews, 
Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 116, 1912): A . mellivora—Merops 
chrysopterus Latham. 
Anellobia Cabanis, Mus. Hoin. vol. i. p. 120, (after Oct. 23rd) 1851. Type 
(by monotypy): A. mellivora= Merops chrysopterus Latham. 
Melicha>ra Reichenbach, Handb. Spec. Ornith. Abth. ii. (Handb. Meropinae), 
p. 130, March 1st, 1852, leones Cont. no. ix. Type (by monotypy): M. 
rnellivora= Merops chrysopterus Latham. 
Anthochaera chrysoptera (Lath.). Little-wattle Bird. 
Distr . — Southern Australia. 
Anthochaera chrysoptera chrysoptera (Lath.). (9-264.) 
Merops chrysopterus Latham, Tndex Ornith., Suppl. p. xxxiii, (after May) 
1801 : Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 56.) 
Certhia mellivora Latham, iv. p. xxxvii: Sydney. 
Certhia goruch Bechstein, Kurze Uebors. Vogel, p. 198, (pref. April 12tli, 1810) 
1811: Sydney. 
Distr. —South Queensland and New South Wales. 
Anthochaera chrysoptera lunulata Gould. (9-2G5) 
Anthochcera lunulata Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. iv. App. p. 5, 
April 1st, 1838 : Swan River, West Australia. (Fig. Gould, iv. 
pi. 57 ; Math. xii. pi. 551.) 
Anthochcera chrysoptera albani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 39, 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Albany, West Australia. 
Distr . — South-West Australia. 
Anthochaera chrysoptera intermedia (Math.). 
Anellobia chrysoptera intermedia Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 419, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Adelaide, South Australia. 
Anellobia chrysoptera hatrnaturina Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 101, 
Sept. 18th, 1912 : Kangaroo Island. (Fig. Math. xii. pi. 551.) 
Distr .— Victoria and South Australia. 
Anthochaera chrysoptera tasmanica (Math.). 
Anellobia chrysoptera tasmanica Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 420, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Tasmania. (Fig. Math. xii. pi. 552.) 
Distr . — Tasmania. 
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