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Astur meyerianus Sharpe. 
Astur meyerianus Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. Loud. vol. xiii. p. 458, 
ph 22,* 1877 : Johi Island. 
Astur planes Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn. 1910, p. 412 : New Britain. 
Astur planes manehi Streseraann, Orn. Monatsb. 1922, p. 110: Ceram. 
Distr. —Ceram, Halmahera, Jobi Island, New Britain, and 
Guadalcanal* (Solomon Islands). 
Genus LEUCOSPIZA* Kaup. 
Leucospiza Kaup, Classif. Saugeth. u. Vogel, p. 119, March loth, 
1844. Type (by original designation) : Falco nov cell oil an dice 
Gmelin. 
Leucospiza albiventris (Salvad.). 
Distr .—Key and Teniuiber Islands. 
Leucospiza albiventris albiventris (Salvad.). 
Urospiza albiventris Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 983, 
1875 : Key Islands. 
Distr .—Key Islands. 
Leucospiza albiventris polionotus (Salvad.). 
Urospiza polionotus Salvadori, Orn. Pap. e Mol. Agg. i. p. 19, 1889; 
and Mem. Acad. Torino, vol. xl. p. 147, 1890 : Timor Laut. 
Distr .—Tenimber, Banda, Babbar, and Dammer Islands. 
Leucospiza raii (V. & 11.). 
Distr .—Eastern and North-Eastern Australia only. 
Leucopiza raii raii (Vigors & Horsfiold). (1-117.) 
Astur raii Vigors & llorslield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xv. p. 180, 
Feb. 17th, 1827 : New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, i. pi. 14.) 
Spareius cinereus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vol. x. p. 338, June 21st 
1817. Not id. ib. p. 327. 
Distr .—South Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria 
(South Australia?). 
Leucospiza raii cooktowni (Mathews). 
Astur raii cooktowni Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 245, Jan. 31st, 
1912: Melville Island. 
Astur darns robustus Zeitz, South Austr. Ornith. vol. i. p. 13, Jan. 1914: 
Melville Island. 
Distr. —North Queensland and Northern Territory. 
* Stresemann considers all the forms in this genus to be subspecies of novse ■* 
hollandix Gm. 
