886 
PTILONORHYNCHIDyE. 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus violaceus (V.). (6-381.) 
Pyrrhocorax violaceus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hisfc. Nat. nouv. ed. 
vol. vi. p. 569, Dec. 14th, 1816 : Sydney, New South Wales. 
(Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 10; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 19; Math. xii. 
pi. 581.) 
Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus Kulil, Beitr. Vergl. Anat. p. 150, (prof. April 9th) 
1820, ox Robert Brown’s MS.: Port Hacking, Now South Wales. 
Cortms equamulosu s Kuhl, ib., as synonym of holosericeus. 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. pt. 1, p. 72, 
1826 (end): “South Sea Islands ”= New South Wales. 
Ptilonorhynchus niger Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. pt. i. p. 72, 1826 : 
based on Satin Grakle of Latham : New South Wales. 
Ptilonorhynchus macleayi Vigors & Horslield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xv. 
p. 263, Feb. 17th, 1827 : Port Hacking. New South Wales. (Same bird as 
described by Kuhl.) 
Ptilonorhynchus squamulosus Waglcr, Syst. Av., Ptilon. sp. 2, Oct. 1827 : New 
South Wales. 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus dulcice. Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 438, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : South Queensland. 
Distr .—South Queensland to Victoria. 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor A. J. Campbell *. 
Ptilonorhynchus minor A. J. Campbell, Emu, vol. xii. p. 19, July 1st, 
1912: Herberton, Queensland (ex Bull. Roy. Austr. Orn. 
Union, no. 3, May 21st, 1912, unpublished). 
Distr. — Queensland. 
Genus AMBLYORNIS Elliot. 
Amblyornis Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 113. Type (by monotypy): Ptilo- 
rhynchus inornatus Schl. 
Amblyornis inornatus (Sch.). Gardener Bower-Bird. 
Distr . — New Guinea. 
Amblyornis inornatus inornatus (SchL). (6-394.) 
Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlcgel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. vol. iv. p. 51, 
1871 : New Guinea (N.W.). (Fig. Sharpe, ii. pis. 20-21, and Nov. 
Zool. iii. pi. 1. fig. 1.) 
Distr . — New Guinea (N.W.). 
Amblyornis inornatus musgravii Goodwin. 
Amblyornis musgravii Goodwin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 451, 
April 1st: Mt. Belford, New Guinea. 
Amblyornis musyravianus Goodwin, IbiB, April 1st, 1890, p. 153 : Musgrave 
Range. 
* Ptilonorhynchus rawnsleyi Piggies, Orn. Austr. pt. xv, 1867: Brisbane, is 
based on an aberration or hybrid. 
