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CINCLOSOMATIDJE. 
Genus POMATOSTOMUS Cab. 
Pomatostomus Cabanis, Mus. Hein. vol. i. p. 83, (after Oct. 23rd) 
1851. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, 1855, p. 45): 
Pomatorhinus temporalis V. & H. 
Morganornis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 112, Dec. 24th, 1912 : 
Type (by original designation): P. superciliosus V. & H. 
Pomatostomus temporalis (V. & H.). Grey-crowned Babbler. 
Distr. —Australia (except West). 
Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis (Y. & H.)(7-418.) 
Pomatorhinus temporalis Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 
vol. xv. p. 330, Feb. 17th, 1827 : Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. 
(Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 20 ; Math. ix. pi. 432.) 
Pomatorhinus trivirgatns Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. 75th livr. 
vol. iv. pi. 443, Jan. 5th, 1828 : Blue Mts., New South Wales. 
Pomatorhinus temjtoralis tregellasi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 334, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Frankston, Victoria. (Fig. Math. ix. pi. 432.) 
Distr. — Queensland (Mid), New South Wales, and Victoria. 
Pomatostomus temporalis rubeculus (Gould). (7-421.) 
Pomatorhinus rubeculus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839, p. 144, 
March 1840 : North-west coast of Australia = Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Pomatorhinus temporalis cornwalli Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 335, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cairns, North Queensland. 
Pomatorhinus temporalis intermedins Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 335, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexander, Northern Territory. 
Pomatorhinus temporalis bamba Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 43, 
April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Distr. — Northern Territory and North Queensland. 
Pomatostomus nigrescens (Math.). Red-breasted Babbler. 
Pomatorhinus temporalis nigrescens Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. 
p. 335, Jan. 31st, 1912: Strelley River, Mid-West Australia. 
(Fig. Math. ix. pi. 432.) 
Pomatostomus innominatus Mathews, Check-list Birds Austr. pt. 3, p. 223, 
Sept. 8th, 1924 : Point Torment, North-West Australia. 
Distr. — Mid- and North-West Australia. 
Pomatostomus superciliosus (V. & H.). White-browed Babbler. 
Distr. — Southern Australia. 
* Pomatorhinus f rivolus Sharpe, Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. B. M. vol. ii. p. 137, 1906, 
ex Turdus frivolus Latham, Index Ornith., Suppl. p. xlviii, 1801 ( cf. Austral Av. 
Rec. vol. v. p. 28, pi. 4, July 17th, 1922), is not this bird. 
