Order PASSEBIFOEMES. 
Family CINCLOSOMATIDMi. 
SAJVrUELA CINNAJ^I03^^EA. 
CINNAMON GROUND-BIRD. 
SamheiuI cin’namomea Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IX., pt. 5, plates 425-6, Dec. 15th, 
1921. 
In the Birds Austr., Vol. IX., pt. 5, pp. 196-202, Dec. 15th, 1921, I dealt 
with this species, making Gould’s Cinchsoma castaneothorax and Sharpe’s 
C. marginatum subspecies only. This was questioned by my Australian 
friends, and recently, when hlr. Edwin Ashby was in England, skins were 
sent to him for comparison. We examined the whole matter very closely with 
somewhat extraordinary results as to details, but with the satisfaction of 
agreement as to the relationship of the named form. 
Gould first named Ginclosoma cinnamomeus from South Austraha, and 
recently I selected Finke River as the type locahty, as he stated it came 
from the interior of South Australia. But upon again examining the 
matter I note that Captain Sturt procured a single specimen during his 
lengthened sojourn at the Depot in that sterile and inhospitable region, the 
interior of South Austraha. Tliis gives us the exact type locahty, as it is 
now well known that Sturt’s Depot w^as fixed in the north-western corner 
of New South Wales. Gould later described Ginclosoma castaneothorax from a 
single male forwarded by Coxen, who discovered it in the scrubby belt of 
trees growing on the tableland to the northward of the Darling Downs. 
Macgfihvray, writing in March, 1924, tehs me that he obtained a female 
near Adavale in Queensland. In the British Museum is a specimen catalogued 
“ad ad. sk. Darling Downs (J. Coxen). J. Goidd, Esq. (Type of species).” 
This specimen has Gould’s small label with “ Ginclosoma castaneothorax 
Gould ” on the front, and on the back is written the British Museum Register 
No. “55.11.5.31 ex Gould.” Upon reference to the British Museum Register 
this is described as “ Ginclosoma bought of Gould ” but with no other details. 
As the specimen was figured by Gould in his Supplement in the part published 
September 1st, 1855, this can be safely considered as the tjq)ical specimen. 
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