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SYLYIIDAS. 
Musciparus alboscapulatus (Meyer). White-winged Wren. 
Distr .—New Guinea. 
Musciparus alboscapulatus alboscapulatus (Moyer). (4-297.) 
Malurus alboscapulatus Meyer, Sitzungsb. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. lxix. 
p. 496, 1874 : Arfak. 
Distr. —Arfak, New Guinea. 
Musciparus alboscapulatus naimii (Salvad.). 
Malurus naimii Salvadori k D’Albertis, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. 
p. 827, 1875 : Mon, Yule Island, New Guinea (S.). 
Musciparus tapjwnbecki Reichenow, Om. Monatsb. vol. v. p. 25, 1897 : Jagci 
River, Rarau, Now Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea (Jagei River). 
Musciparus lorentzi (Oort). 
Malurus lorentzi Van Oort, Nova Guinea, vol. ix. Zool. livr. 1, p. 91, 
1909: Noord River, S.W. New Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea (S.W.). 
Genus RYANIA Math. 
Ryania Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 113, Dec. 24th, 1912. 
Type (by original designation): Muscicapa melanocephala Latham. 
Ryania melanocephala (Lath.). Red-baeked Wren. 
Distr— Northern Australia (Derby to New South Wales). 
Ryania melanocephala melanocephala (Lath ). (4-296.) 
Muscicapa melanocephala Latham, Index Orn.. Suppl. p. lii, (after 
May) 1801 : Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 26.) 
Sylvia dorsalis Lewin, Birds New Holland, pi. 14, Sept. 1808 : Paterson River, 
New South Wales. 
Malurus btownii Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. p. 223. 
Feb. 17th, 1827 : Thirsty Sound, South Queensland. 
Distr .—South Queensland and New South Wales. 
Ryania melanocephala cruentatus (Gould). 
Malurus cruentatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839, p. 148, 
March 1840 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig. Gould, iii’. 
pi. 27.) 
Malurus melanocephala melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 45, 
April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Distr. — Northern Territory. 
