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Ptiloris paradiseus Sw. (3-154.) Rifle-bird. 
Ptiloris paradiseus Swain son, Zool. Jo urn. pt. iv. p. 481, Jan. 18 25 
Northern New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 100 ; Mathews, 
xii. pi. 590 ; Sharpe, i. pi. 1.) 
Epimachus regius Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vi. no. 23, p. 263, Nov. 1825 ; 
id. et Garnofc, Voy. 4 Coquille,’ Zool. Atlas, pi. 28, livr. 1, Nov. 1st, 1826 
(livr. 15, p. 667, April 3rd, 1830) : Port Macquarie. 
Epimachus brisbanii Wilson, Illustr. Zool pt. iii. pi. xi. 1827 (end ?): Port 
Macquarie, N.S.W. 
Ptiloris paradisea queenslandica Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 42, 
Feb. 21st, 1923: B lac kail Ranges, Queensland. 
Distr. — New South Wales (North) and South Queensland. 
Ptiloris victories Gould. (3-155.) Lesser Rifle-bird. 
Ptiloris victorice Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, p. Ill, pi. 12, 
(between Jan. & June) 1850 : Barnard Isl., North Queensland. 
(Fig. Gould, Suppl. pi. 10; Math. xii. pi. 591 ; Sharpe, i. pi. 2.) 
Ptiloris jiaradisea dyotti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 133, Jan. 28th, 
1915 : CairiiB, North Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Genus MATHEWSIELLA Ired. 
Mathewsielia Iredale, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xliii. p. 39, Nov. 29th, 
1922. Type (by original designation) : Craspedophora magnifica 
claudia Mathews. To replace Craspedophora Gray, 1840, not 
Craspedophorus Hope, 1838. 
Craspedophora Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1st ed. add. & err. p. i, April, 1840. Type 
/by original designation): FalcineUus magni ficus Vieillot (not Craspedophorus 
Hope, Coleopt. Manual, vol. ii. pp. 91-165, 1838). 
Mathewsielia magnifica (V.). Magnificent Rifle-bird. 
Distr. — New Guinea and North Queensland. 
Mathewsielia magnifica magnifica (V.). (3-157.) 
FalcineUus rnagnificus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. nouv. ed. 
vol. xxviii. p. 167, (about March) 1819 : New Guinea (N.W.). 
(Fig. Sharpe, i. pi. 3.) 
Epimachus sphndidus Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 77, 1826 
(end): New Guinea. 
Paradisia magnifica major Schlegel, Journ. f. Orn. 1861, (for Sept.) p. 386: 
New Guinea. 
Ptiloris wilsonii Ogden, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1875, p. 451, pi. 254: 
New Guinea. 
Epimachus filamentosus Sharpe. Monogr. Parad. vol. i. text to pi. 3, 1891, as 
synonym of magnifica , ex Miiller, 1840 : nude name. 
Ptiloris alberti Gray, Handl. Gen. Sp. Birds B. M. vol. i. p. 105, 1869 (Feb. 2nd, 
1870), as synonym of magnifica. 
Distr .—New Guinea (N.W.). 
