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GRACULIDJC.-PARAMYTHIIDjE. 
Genus PHILESTURNUS G. St.-Hib.irc. 
Philesturnus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, N. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris, 
vol. i. p. 390, (after May) 1832. Type (by monotypy): Sturnus 
carunculatus Gm. Replaces 
Creadion , auctorum, not of Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith, p. 34, April 14th, 
1816 (c/. Mathews, Bull. B. 0. C. xlv. p. 76, Feb. 27th, 1926). 
Philesturnus carunculatus (Gm.). (3-144.) Saddleback. 
Sturnus carunculatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 805, April 20th, 
1789 : Queen Charlotte’s Sound, South Island, New Zealand. 
(Fig. Buller, 1st ed. pL 15, 2nd ed. pi. 3.) 
Creadion pharoides Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. nouv. ed. vol.viii. p. 390, 
March 15th, 1817 : new name for above. 
Creadion novcszcalandice Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool vol. xiv. pt. i. p. 265, 
1826 : new name for carunculatus Gmelin 
Icterus noveezealandi cr Lesson et Garnot, Voy. * Coquille,’ vol. i. livr. 10, p. 415, 
April 4th, 1829 : Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. 
Icterus rufusater Lesson et Garnot, Voy. * Coquille,* livr. 10, pi. 23. fig. 1, 
April 4th, 1829 (livr. 15, p. 649, April 3rd, 1830 ): same locality. 
Creadion cinereus Buller, Essay New Zealand Ornith. p. 10, (pref. Feb. 1st) 
1865 : Banks Peninsula, South Island. 
Distr. —New Zealand. 
Family PARA MY Till ID/E. 
Genus PARAMYTHIA De Vis. 
Paramythia De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea, 1890-91, App. CC, 
p. 95, 1892. Type (by monotypy): P. montium De Vis. 
Paramythia montium De Vis. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
Paramythia montium montium De Vis. 
Paramythia montium De Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea, 1890, 
App. CC, p. 95, 1892: Mt. Suckling, Astrolabe Range, S.E. 
New Guinea. 
Distr. — New Guinea (S.E.). 
Paramythia montium olivaceum Van Oort. 
Paramythia montium olivaceum Van Oort, Notes Leyden Mus. 
vol. xxxii. p. 214, 1910 : Orange Mts., S.W. New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
