SYLVIID.dE. 
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Cisticola exilis mixta Mathews. 
Cisticola exilis mixta Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 343, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Bartle Frere, Queensland. (Fig. Math. ix. pi. 443.) 
Distr. —Queensland (Bartle Frere). 
Cisticola exilis dimiimta Mathews. 
Cisticola exilis diminuta Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. ix. p. 373, 
May 22nd, 1912 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland, New Guinea. 
Cisticola exilis rustica Wall. 
Cisticola rustica Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1863, p. 25 : Burn 
Island. 
Cisticola grayi Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1872, p. 400 : Celebes. 
Cisticola semirufa Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1872, (July) p. 316: Luzon, Philip¬ 
pines (ex. id. J. f. O. 1866, p. 10). 
Cisticola celebensis Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 663, 1875 : 
Menado, Celebes. 
Distr. —Celebes, Peling, Moluccas, and Philippine Islands. 
Genus MEGALURUS Horsfield. 
Megalurus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xiii. p. 158, May 
1821. Type (by monotypy): M. palustris Horsf. (which is fig. 
Planch. Color, pi. 65. fig. 2). 
Dulciornis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 112, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type 
(by original designation) : Megalurus alisteri Mathews. 
Megalurus macrurus (Salvad.). Tawny Grass-Bird. 
Distr. —Australia, New Guinea (S.E.), New Ireland, and New 
Britain. 
Megalurus macrurus macrurus (Salvad.). (7-126.) 
Sphenceacus macrurus Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ix. p. 35, 
1876 : Naiabui, New Guinea. 
Megalurus punctatus De Vis, Ibis, July 1897, p. 385 : Mt. Scratchley, British 
New Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea. 
Megalurus macrurus alisteri Math. (7-127.) 
Megalurus alisteri alisteri Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 345, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Napier Broome Bay, North-West Australia. 
(Fig. Math. ix. pi. 445.) 
Megalurus alisteri dulcet Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 345, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Cook town, Northern Queensland. 
Magalurus alisteri melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 92, 
Sept. 18th, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
