Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 690. 
Family MELITHREPTIDJE. 
MYZANl’HA MELANOCEPHALA. 
B L A C K.H E A D ED MIN A K. 
(Plate 546.) 
Gractjla MELANOCEPHALA Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. xxvnr., (after May 30tli) 
1801: New South Wales, based on General Davies’ drawing. 
Oracvla melanocepluila Latham, Index Ornith. SuppL, p. xxvm., (after May 30th) 1801. 
Merops cucullaitts Latham, t6., p. xxxm., also based on General Davies’ drawing: New 
South Wales. 
Merops garrulus Latham, i6., p. xxxrv., based on Lambert drawing (Watling No. 96) : 
New South Wales. 
Merops albifrons Latham, i6., p. xxxv., based on General Davies’ account: New South 
Wales. 
Black-headed Gr(akle) Latham, Gen. Synops. Birds, Suppl. II., p. 129, 1801. 
Hooded Bee-eater Latham, ib., p. 152. 
Chattering Bee-eater Latham, ib., p. 154. 
White-fronted Bee-eater Latham, ib., p. 156. 
Turdus variv^ Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., 1st ed., Vol. XIV., p. 378, 1803 ; Nouvelle 
Hollande=New South Wales ; id. (Lath.), ib., nouv, ed., Vol. XX., p. 264, 1818. 
Philemon ncevius Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol, XXVII., p. 428, Dec. 
26th, 1818 ; New South Wales. 
Myzantha garrvla Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 319, 1827; 
Gould Birds Austr., pt. xv. (Vol. IV., pi. 76), June 1st, 1844; id., Handb. Birds 
Austr., Vol. I., p. 674, 1865; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 191, 
1878 ; id.y Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 14, 1888 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
Birds, Vol. I., p. 420, 1901; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. U., p. 199, 
1907; Batey, Emu, Vol. VII., p. 9, 1907 (Vic.); Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral, 
p. 98, 1908 ; Jackson, Emu, Vol. VIII., p. 285, 1909 (Q.); Cleland, ib., Vol. IX., 
p. 226, 1910 (Food); Gubanyi, ib., Vol. X., p. 120, 1910 (N.S.W.); Broadbent, 
ih.y p. 239 (N.Q.); Littler, Handb. Bii’ds Tasm., p. 61, 1910 (Tas.); Fletcher, 
Emu, Vol. XI., p. 108, 1911 (Tas.); Ashby, ih., Vol. XIL, p. 46, 1912; S. A. 
White, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 128, 1914 (S.A.); Cheney, t6., Vol. XIV., p. 212, 1915 
(Vic.); Purnell, ib., Vol. XV., p. 44 (Vic.); Hall, i6., p. 185, 1916; Campbell 
and Barnard, i6., Vol. XVII., p. 34, 1917 (N.Q.); Hanscombe, ib., p. 58 (N.S.W.); 
Qeland, t6., Vol. XVIU., p. 283, 1919 (N.S.W.). 
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