Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. 
578 MELITHREPTUS LUNATUS.—WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER (613). 
G. 4, 72/3 ; H. 349 ; AL 511 ; Q.-Vic.-W.A., Kent Group (Bass Str.). 
Certhia l anal a Vieillot, Ois. Dores, 2, 122, 1802 ; N.S.W., Sydney. 
a Melithreptus albicolUs Vieillot, Nouv. Diet., 14, 325, 1817 ; do. 
b M. albicapillujs Vieillot, ib., 329 ; do. 
c Melliphaja torqucUa Swains on, Zool. Ulus., Sor. 1, 129, 1822 ; do. 
d Meliphaga atricapilla (not La. 1801) Temminck, Plan. Col., 3, 335, 1825 ; do. 
e Melilhreptus chloropsis G., B. of A., pt. 30, 1848 ; W.A., Swan R. 
f Melithreptus whitlochi M., Bull. B.O.C., 25, 24, 1909 ; S.W.A., Wilson’s Inlet, 
g Melithreptus l. adelaidensis AL, Nov. Zool., 18, 391, 1912 ; S.A., Adelaide. 
579 MELITHREPTUS ALBOGULARIS.—WHITE-THROATED HONEYEATER. 
G. 4, 74 ; H. 351 ; S.E.N.G., N.A., E.Q. (614), 
M. albogularis Gould, B. of A., 4 ,74, 1848 ; = N.T., Port Essington. 
a M. vinitinctus De Vis, P. Roy. S.Q., 1, 159, 1884 ; N.Q., Norman R. 
b M. lunatus subalbogularis AI., Nov. Zool., 18, 392, 1912 ; N.W.A., Derby, 
c M. I . gradus M., A.A.R., 1, 48, 1912 ; N.T., Alelville I. 
d M. 1. yorki AI., A.A.R., 1, 98, 1912 ; N.Q., C. York. 
580 MEUTHREPTUS GULARIS. — BLACK-CHINNED HONEYEATER (616). 
G. 4, 71; H. 348 ; AI. 512 ; E.A., S.A. 
Hccmatops gularis Gould, Synopsis B. of A., 17, 1S37 ; N.S.W., int. 
a M. g. loftyi AI., Nov*. Zool., 18, 392, 1912 ; S.A., Alount Lofty. 
581 MELITHREPTUS LAETI0R.—GOLDEN-BACKED HONEYEATER (617). 
G. Birds N.G.. 3, 40 ; AI. 512 ; Mid-W.A., C.A., N.A. 
M. luetior Gould, Ann. Alag. Nat. Hist., 16, 287, 1875; C.A., L. Eyre. 
a M. carpentariana Campbell, Emu, 4, 71, 1904 ; N.Q., Campaspe R. 
b M. gularis coongani AI., Nov. Zool., 18, 392, 1912 ; Mid-W.A., Coongan R. 
c M. g . ingrarni AI., ib., 393 ; N.Q., Inkerman. 
d M. 1. northi AI., A.A.R., 5, 37, 1923 ; W.N.T. 
582 MELITHREPTUS VALIDIROSTRIS.—STRONG-BILLED HONEYEATER (618). 
G. 4, 70; II. 347; AI. 512; T., King I., Bass Str. 
Hcematops validirostris Gould, Synopsis B. of A., 17, 1837; T. 
a S t ur n us vircscens (not Vieillot 1817) Wagler, Sys. Av. Sturnus, sp. 5, 1827; T. 
b Eidopsarus bicinctus Swainson, Classif. Birds, 2, 328, 1837; T. 
c Melithreptus ta. kingi AI., A.A.R., 2, 131, 1915; King I., Base Str. 
583 MELITHREPTUS BREVIR0STRIS.—BROWN-HEADED HONEYEATER (619). 
Emu 3, 16 ; H. 1, 570 ; AI. 511 ; S.Q.-Vic.-S.W.A., King I. (Bass Str.). 
Meliphaga breviroslns Vigors & Ilors., T.L.S., 15, 315, 1827 ; N.S.YV. 
f auct> ( not Cert ?‘ia atricapilla La., 1801 ; indeterminable), 
b Meluh. leucogenys Milligan, Emu, 2, 101, 1903 ; S.W.A., Stirling Ra. 
o MelUh. magnirostris North, Rec. Aust. Mu., 0, 20, 1905 ; S.A., Kangaroo I. 
d MelUh. a. sub magnirostris M„ Nov. Zool., 18., 393, 1912 ; S. Vic., Ringwood. 
e Mehth. a. auguslus M., ib. ; S.A., Port Augusta, 
f Melith. a. pallidiceps M., ib., 394 ; S.A., Ninety Mile Desert, 
g Melith. a. insular is AI., ib. ; King I., Bass Str. 
h Melilh. a. subleucogenys M., ib. ; S.W.A., Lake Dundas. 
i Melith. a. minnieM., A.A.R., 1, 192, 1913 ; N.E.S.A., Minnie Downs, 
j Melith. a. mallee M., ib. ; N.W. Vic., Mallee. 
584 MELITHREPTUS AFEINIS.—BLACK-HEADED HONEYEATER (620). 
G. 4, 75; H. 352 ; M. 513 ; T., Islands of Bass Str. 
Eidopsarus a finis Lesson, Revue Zool., 1839, 167 ; T., Hobart. 
a M. melanocephalus Gould, B. of A., 4, 75, 1845 ; do. 
b M. alisteri M., Bull. B.O.C., 25, 85, 1910 ; King I., Bass Str. 
