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AQU1LID M* 
Leucospiza novaehollandiae* (Gmelin). 
Distr. —Australia generally, Tasmania, and New Guinea. 
Leucospiza novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Gmelin). (1-118.) 
Falco novodhollandiw Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. i. p. 264, July 
25th, 1788: Tasmania, ex Forster. (Fig. Gould, i. pi. 15.) 
Falco albas White, Journ. Voy. New Sonth Wales, p. 250, pi. 35 (before Aug.), 
1790. Not Gmelin, 1788, p. 257 : New South Wales. 
Sjmrvius niveus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. nouv. ed. vol. x. p. 338, 
June 21st, 1817: new name for novmhollandise. 
DasdaUon candidwn Lesson, Traits d’Orn. livr. i. p. 66, Fob. 13tli, 1830: New 
South Wales. 
Falco leucaUos Forster, Deaer. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 70 (pref. Jan.), 1844: 
Tasmania. 
Astur naevius “V" Gray, Hand-1. Gen. Sp. Birds B.M. pt. i. p. 29, (1869 = ) 
Feb. 2nd, 1870 : error for niveus. 
Distr. —Eastern and Southern Australia and Tasmania. 
Leucospiza novaehollandiae alboides (Mathews). 
Astur novahollandice alboides Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 246, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. (Fig. 
Math. v. pi. 237.) 
Distr. —Northern Australia. 
Leucospiza novaehollandiae leucosomus (Sharpe). (1-119.) 
Astur novcehollandia subsp. a. Astur leucosomus Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. vol. i. p. 119, 1874: New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
Leucospiza hiogaster (Miill.). 
Distr. —Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Islands. 
Leucospiza hiogaster hiogaster (Miill.). (1-104.) 
Falco hiogaster Muller, Yerh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk. p. 110, 
1841: Moluccas. (Fig. P61e Sud, ii. iig. 1 ; and Ibis, 1859, 
pi. 8.) 
Astur tenuirostris Briiggemann, Abb. Nat. Yer. Bremen, Bd. v. p. 43, pi. 3. 
fig. 2, 1873: Celebes, error=Ceram ? 
Distr. —Moluccas. 
* If novsehollandise and rail are considered the same species, the nomenclature 
will be 
Leucospiza novsehollandiee novaekollandiEe (Gmelin). (1-117-118.) 
With the synonyms as given under this name, and the addition of Astur rail 
Vigors & Horsfield and Sparvius cinereus Vieillot, 1817, p. 338, not 327. 
Leucospiza novaehollandise cooktowni (Math.). 
W ith Astur clarus robustus Zeitz and Astur novxhollandise alboides Mathews as 
sync uyms. 
