THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Captain S. A. White has written : “ A. lunulata seems to be identical 
in habits and very hke in caU, so that it seems strange it should only lay one 
egg. The nest is very shallow, composed of small twigs and lined with strips 
of bark and gi*ass. Nesting-season seems from September to November.” 
Ashby wote that it was common at Claremont, West Australia, and 
Alexander recorded from the Perth district: “ Resident. Common, especially 
in the coastal districts.” 
As already indicated, the variation betw^een the eastern and western 
forms described as distinct species by Gould was queried by jMiUigan, but then 
allowed. However, he only made comparison with one eastern skin and 
lumped the variable western forms together. In my “ Reference List” m 1912 
I subordinated the western form subspecificaUy and added two others, thus: 
Anellobia chrysoptera chrysoptera (Latham). 
South Queensland, New South Wales. 
Anellobia chrysoptera intermedia Mathews. 
“ Differs from A. c. chrysoptera in its larger size (wing 138 mm.) and darker 
upper coloration. (Adelaide) South Austraha.” 
Victoria, South Austraha. 
Anellobia chrysoptera tasmanica Mathews. 
“ Differs from A. c. intermedia in its shghtly larger size and still darker upper 
coloration.” 
Tasmania. 
Anellobia chrysoptera lunulata (Gould). 
West Austraha. 
I then added 
Anellobia chrysoptera halmaturina. 
“ Differs from A. c. intermedia in its much darker colour, and from 
A. c. tasmanica in its smaller size.” 
Kangaroo Island. 
In my 1913 “List” I transferred the genus name Anihochcera to this 
species and admitted the above five subspecies, but it is obvious many more 
must be distinguished, there being three or four’ in Western Austraha alone, 
Albany specimens being smaUer with smaller bihs and paler coloration 
throughout. 
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