Order PASSERIFORMES. 
Family MELITHREPTIDM, 
No. 691. 
MYZANTHA OBSCURA. 
DUSKY MINAH. 
(Plate 547.) 
Myzantha obscxjra Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 159, July 1841 : Perth, 
Western Australia. 
Myzantka obsctira Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Load.), 1840, p. 159, July 1841 : (Perth) West 
Australia ; id., Birds Austr,, pt. xv. (Vol. IV., pi. 77), June 1st, 1844 ; id., Handb. 
Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 576, 1865; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., 
p. 191, 1878 ; id.. Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 14, 1888; Campbell, Nests and Eggs 
Aastr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 421, 1901; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. II., 
j). 204, 1907 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p, 98, 1908 ; Gibson, Emu, VoL IX., 
p. 75, 1909 (W.A.); GVossman, ib., p. 90 ; Whitlock, ib., Vol. XI., p. 243, pi. 
XXVI., 1912 (W.A.) ; Orton and Sandland, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 80, 1913 (W.A.); 
S. A. White, ib., Vol. XX., p. 129, 1921 (W.A.); Ashby, ib., p. 136; Alexander, 
ib. p. 168 ; Ashby, ib., Vol. XXI., p. 252, 1922. 
Manorhina obscura Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. L, p. 127, 1847 ; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus., Vol. IX., p. 260, 1884; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 44, 1899 ; Milligan, Emu, 
Vol. III., pp. 11, 18, 79, 1903 (W.A.); Hill, ib., p, 228, 1904 (W.A.); Milligan, 
ib., Vol. IV., pp. 6-10, 1904 (W.A.); Lawson, ib., p. 135, 1905 (W.A.); Whitlock, 
ib., Vol. X., p. 313, 1910 (W.A.). 
Myzantha melanotis Wilson, Emu, Vol. XI., pt. ii., p. 124, Oct. 2nd, 1911; MaUee, North¬ 
west Victoria ; Ross, ib., p. 210, 1912 (Eggs); Wilson, ib., Vol. XIL, p, 38, 1912 
(Vic.); Ashby, ib., p. 46 (S.A.); S. A. Wliite, ib., p. 180, 1913 (S.A.); Chandler, 
ib., Vol. XIII., p. 44 (Vic.); Cheney, ib., Vol. XTV., p. 212, 1915 (Vic.). 
Myzantha flavigula melanotis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 417, 1912 ; id.. List 
Birds Austr., p. 286, 1913. 
Myzantha flavigida obscura Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTIL, p. 418, 1912; id.. List 
Birds Austr., p, 287, 1913. 
Myzantha flavigida delandi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 418, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
Broome Hill, South-west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 287, 1913. 
Myzantha flavigula vnlsoni Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 51, April 2nd, 
1912 : Turner’s Well, South Australia. 
Myzantha obscura ortoni Ashby, Emu, Vol. XXI., pt. 4, p. 254, April 1st, 1922 : Moora, 
West Australia. 
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