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GRACULIDjE. 
Melanopyrrhus anais robertsonii (D’A.)*. 
Mina robertsonii D’Albertis, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. x. p. 12, 1877 : 
Fly River, New Guinea. 
Gracula ajjinis Rosenberg, Malay Arch. p. 590, 1879 : New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea (South). 
Genus APLONIS Gould. 
Aplonis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1836, p. 73, Oct. 18th. Type 
(by subsequent designation, Gray, 1840, p. 30): Aplonis fuscus 
Gould. 
Aplonis striata (Gm.). (13-127.) Striated Starling. 
Coracias striata Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. i. p. 381, 1788 : New 
Caledonia. 
Lamprotomia obscurus Du Bus, Bull Acad. Roy. Bros. 1839, pt. i. p. 97 : New 
Caledonia. 
Lamprotornis nigroviridis Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, July 14th, 1844, 
p. 81 : New Caledonia (cf. Menegaux, Reprint, p. 272). 
Coracias pacifica Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 261, 1844 : New Caledonia. 
Aplonis viridigrisea Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 164 : Nu Island, New 
Caledonia. 
Aplonis cahdonicus Verroaux et Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1860, p. 433 : 
New Caledonia. 
Distr. — New Caledonia. 
Aplonis atronitens Gray. Loyalty Island Starling. 
Distr. —Loyalty Islands. 
Aplonis atronitens atronitens Gray. (13-128.) 
Aplonis atronitens Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, p. 164: Mar6 
Island, Loyalty Islands. 
Distr. — Mare Island. 
Aplonis atronitens minor Sar. 
Aplonis atronitens minor Sarasin, Vog. Neu-Cal. Loy. Ins. p. 49, 
1913: Lifu and Uvea. 
Distr. — Loyalty Islands (Lifu and Uvea). 
Aplonis cantoroides (Gray). The Singing Starling. 
Distr. — New Guinea, Solomon, Bismarck, New Ireland, and 
Admiralty Islands. 
Aplonis cantoroides cantoroides (Gray). (13-128.) 
Calomis cantoroides Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861, p. 431, 1862 : 
Mysol Island. 
Distr. — Mysol Island. 
* Probably first described in Journ. Exped. Expl. Fly River, Sydney, p 38 
1877. * r 
