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Alisteranus cinctus vinotinctus Math. 
Alisteranus cinctus vinotinctus Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 433, 
Jan. 3l8t, 1912 : Inkerman, Queensland. 
Distr .—Queensland. 
Alisteranus atropygialis (l)iggles). Black-tailed Finch. 
Distr .—Queensland and New South Wales. 
Alisteranus atropygialis atropygialis (Higgles ). 
Poephila atropygialis Diggles, Trans. Philos. Soc. Queensland, pt. 1, 
Aug. 3rd, 1876 : Normanton, Queensland. 
Distr. —Queensland (Gulf Country). 
Alisteranus atropygialis nigrotecta (Hart.). 
Poephila nigrotecta Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. viii. p. lix, 
July 4th, 1899: Cape York, North Queensland. (Fig. Math, 
xii. pi. 574.) 
AliMeranns civrtns maclernmni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iii. p. 159, 
June 25th, 1918: Watson River, North Queensland. (Fig. Math. xii. 
pi. 574.) 
Distr. —North Queensland (Cape York Peninsula). 
Alisteranus atropygialis neglectus (North). 
Poephila neglecta North, Rec. Austr. Mus. vol. v. p. 263, June, 1904 : 
New South Wales. 
Distr. —New South Wales. 
Genus NEOPOEPHILA Math. 
Noepoephila Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 196, March 20th, 
1913. Type (by original designation) : Poephila personata bel- 
cheri Math. 
Neopoephila personata (Gould). Masked Finch. 
Distr .—Northern Australia. 
Neopoephila personata personata (Gould). (13-377.) 
Poephila personata Gould, Birds Austr. pt. vi. (vol. iii. pi. 91) 
March 1st, 1842: Port Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig. 
Gould, iii. pi. 91.) 
Distr .—Northern Territory (West). 
Neopoephila personata leucotis (Gould). (13-377.) 
Poephila leucotis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1846, p. 106, Jan. 26th, 
1847 : River Lynd, Queensland. (Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 92 ; Math, 
xii. pi. 575.) 
