THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Again, on geographical grounds, Gould named a third species as distinct 
observing the long nape-band, and recording it from North Queensland, 'wrote: 
“ In giving North Queensland as the habitat of this species, it must be taken 
in a general sense, for the precise locahty is miknovn to me.” 
A few years later, when he figured it in the Birds of New Guinea, he 
observed that he had been told by the seller that it came in a collection 
from Port Albany, North Queensland. 
Ramsay allowed the two former as distinct species, but rejected the 
last, -wTiting: “ Gould’s C. occipitalis is only a fine plumaged adult male 
of C. maculata, type examined.” 
Consequently, the two species were admitted until a few years ago, -when 
Rothschild regarded them as subspecies only, and I so considered them. 
In my “Reference List” I revived Gould’s occipitalis in a subspecific 
sense and added two other subspecies, makmg five subspecies in all, thus: 
Chlamydera maculata maculata (Gould). 
Queensland, New South Wales. 
Chlamydera maculata occipitalis Gould. 
(North) Queensland. 
Chlamydera maculata clelandi Mathews. 
“ Differs from C. m. maculata in its smaller biU, which is light-coloured, its 
paler nuchal crest, and its redder abdomen.” 
South Australia. 
Chlamydera maculata guttata Gould. 
North-west Austraha. 
Chlamydera maculata suhguttaia Mathews. 
“ Differs from C. m. guttata hi its much paler upper and lower coloration and 
especially m its grey head. East Murchison.” 
Mid-Westralia. 
These were retained unchanged m my 1913 “ List,” but since I have 
added: 
Chlamydera maculata macdonaldi. 
“ Differs from C. m. subguttata in bemg darker and in havhig a much smaller 
bill. MacDonald {sic) Ranges.” 
MacDomiell Ranges, Central Australia. 
Chlamydera maculata sedani. 
“ Differs from C. m. maculata in being much lighter, and ■with the frill on the 
neck of quite a pinkish colour.” 
Cloncurry River, Queensland. 
Chlamydera maculata nova. 
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