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MELlTHREPTIDiE. 
Genus NEOPHILEMON Math. 
Neophilemon Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 117, Dec. 24th, 
1912. Type (by original designation): Philemon buceroides Sw. 
i. e. auct. = Philemon buceroides yorki (Mathews). 
Argentiphilemon Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. xii. pt. iii. p. 96, June 22nd, 1925. 
Type (by original designation): Trapidorhyncans uryenticcps Gould. 
Neophilemon buceroides (Swainson). 
Timor Helmeted Friar-bird. 
Distr .— Timor to Wetter Islands (Lesser Sunda Islands). 
Neophilemon buceroides buceroides (Swains.). 
Philedon buceroides Swainson, Anim. in Menag. p. 325, Jan. 1838 : 
New Holland, error = Timor. 
Tropidorhynchus timoriensis Muller, Verb. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volk. p. 153, 
1842 : Timor and Seraao. 
Distr .— Timor, Semao, and Lombok. 
Neophilemon buceroides pallidiceps (Hcllmayr). 
Philemon timoriensis pallidiceps Hcllmayr, Avif. Timor (in Haniel, 
Zool. Timor, Lief. 1), p. 47, 1914 : Wetter Island. 
Distr .— Wetter Island. 
Neophilemon buceroides plesseni (Rensch). 
Philemon timoriensis plesseni Rensch, Journ. f. Orn. Festchrift, 
p. 198, 1929: Alor. 
Distr. —Alor. 
Neophilemon buceroides neglectus (Butt.). 
Tropidorhynchus neglectus Biittikofer, Notes Leyden Museum, vol. xiii. 
p. 213, 1891: Flores. 
Distr .— -Flores and Sumbawa. 
Neophilemon novaeguineae (Mull.). New Guinea Friar-bird. 
Distr. —New Guinea and Islands. 
Neophilemon novaeguineae novaeguineae (Mull.). (9-274.) 
Tropidorhynchus novceguinece Muller, Verb. Nat. Gesch. Land-*en 
Volk. p. 153, 1842 : West Coast of New Guinea. 
Tropidorhynchus maryinatu* Gray, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond. 1861, p. 429, 1862 : 
Waigou Island. 
Distr .— New Guinea and Waigou Island. 
Neophilemon novaeguineae aruensis (Moyor). 
Tropidorhynchus aruensis Meyer, Zeit. Ges. Orn. vol. i. p. 216, 1884 : 
Aru Islands. 
Distr .— Aru Islands. 
