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PTIL0N0RHYNCHIDA5. 
Prionodura newtoniana De Vis. Golden Bower-Bird. 
Prionodura newtoniana Dc Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. vii. p. 562, 
April, 1883 : Tully River Scrubs, North Queensland. (Fig. Sharpe, 
Monogr. pi. 24 ; Math. xii. pi. 589.) 
Corymbicola mestoni De Vis, Brisbane Courier, Oct. 4th, 1889 : Bellendon Ker 
Range, 5000 ft.; and Meston, Rep. Govt. Sci. Exped: Beilenden Ker 
Range, N.E. Queensland, p. 120, (after Oct. 7th) 1889. 
Prionodura newtoniana fairfaxi Mathews, Austral Av. Roc. vol. ii. p. 133, 
Jan. 28th, 1915: Bartlefrere, Queensland (3800 ft.). (Fig. Math. xii. 
pi. 589.) 
Distr. — North Queensland (Bartlefrere and Beilenden Ker). 
Genus XANTHOMELUS Bp. 
Xanthomelus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xxxviii. 
p. 262, 1854. Type (by original designation) : Coracias aureus 
Lin lie. 
Xanthomelus aureus (Linne). Golden Bird-of-Paradise. 
Coracias aurea Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 108,1758: Asia, error= 
New Guinea. (Fig. Sharpe, ii. pi. 25.) 
Paradisea aurantia Shaw', Gen. Zool. vol. vii. p. 499, 1809 : New Guinea. 
Oriolu8 paradiseus Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat., Levrault, vol. xxvii. p. 215, 1823 : 
New Guinea. 
Sericulus xanthogaster Schlegel, Ned. Tijilschr. Dicrk. vol. iv. p. 50, 1871 : 
interior of New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea (N.W.). 
Xanthomelus bakeri Chapin. Madang Golden Bird-of-Paradise. 
Xanthomelus bakeri Chapin, Amer. Mus. Nov. no. 367, p. 1, August 9th, 
1929 : Madang, New Guinea. 
Distr. — Madang, Friederich Wilhelmshaven in German New 
Guinea. 
Xanthomelus ardens IVA. & S. 
Xanthomelus ardens D’Albertis & Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 
vol. xiv. p. 113, 1879 : Upper Fly River. (Fig. Sharpe, ii. pi. 26 (a 
made-up figure); Nova Guinea, pi. 3,1909 (a correct figure, from 
skins); Ibis, Suppl. 1915, pi. 1.) (As shown by Van Oort, this 
is a species, Sharpe’s figure being quite wrong.) 
Distr. —New Guinea (South). 
Genus SERICULUS Sw. 
Sericulus Swainson, Zool. Journ. vol. i. pt. iv. p. 476, Jan. 1825. 
Type (by monotypy): Meliphaga chrysocephalus Lewin. 
