LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Family PEZOPORTD.-E. 
CCXLVI. Genus MELOPSITTACUS. 
Melopsittacus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. i. (Vol. V., pi. 44), Bee. 1st, 1840. Type (by monotypy) : Psittacus 
undulatus Shaw and Nodder. 
293. MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS. BUDGERYGAH. 
Gould, Yol. V., pi. 44 (pt. i.), Dec. 1st, 1840. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 6, pi. 322, Dec. 11th, 
1917. 
Psittactis undulatus Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Yol. XVI., pi. 673, Oct. 1st, 1805 : New South Wales. 
Melopsittacus undulatus intermedius Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 280, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, Northern 
Territory. 
Melopsittacus undulatus pallidiceps, Mathews, ib. : Point Torment, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
CCXLVTI. Genus PEZOPORUS. 
Pezoporus Illiger, Prodr. Mamin, et Av., p. 201, (pref. April) 1811. Type (by monotypy): Psittacus formosus 
Lath .—Psittacus wallicus Kerr. 
294. PEZOPORUS WALLICUS. GROUND PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 46 (pt. xviii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VT., pt. 6, pi. 323, Dec. 
11th, 1917. 
Psittacus formosus Latham, Index Omith., Vol. I., p. 103, 1790 (before Dec. 9th): New South Wales. 
Not Psittacus formosus Scopoii, Annus I., Hist. Nat., p, 30, 1769. 
Psittacus wallicus Iverr, Animal Kingdom, pt. i., p. 581, (pref. Feb.) 1792. New name for P. formosus Latham 
=New South Wales. 
Psittacus terrestris Shaw, Mus. Lever., pt. v., pi. 5, p. 217, Feb. 14th, 1793 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus uiridis Perry, Arcana, pt. iii., pi. 11, March 1st, 1810 : New South Wales. 
Not Psittacus viridis Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 125, 1790 (before Dec. 9th). 
Pezoporus flavivcntris North, Austr. Mus. Sp. Cat. No. 1, Vol. III., pt. 2, p. 175, July 27th, 1911 : King George 
Sound, West Australia. 
Pezoporus terrestris leachi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 280, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Tasmania. 
Pezoporus terrestris ’dombraini Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 91, Sept. 24th, 1914 : Glengelly River, 
south-east of South Australia. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-west Australia. 
CCXLVIII. Genus GEOPSITTACUS. 
Geopsittacus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1861, p. 100, Aug. 1st. Type (by original designation): G. occidentalis 
Gould. 
295. GEOPSITTACUS OCCIDENTALS. SPINIFEX PARROT. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 66 (pt. iv.), Dec. 1st, 1867. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 6, pi. 324, Dec. 11th, 
1917. 
Geopsittacus occidentalis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1861, p. 100, Aug. 1st: West Australia. 
Geopsittacus occidentalis whitece Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 129, Jan. 28tli, 1915 : near Lake 
Gairdner, South Australia. 
Distribution. West Australia, South Australia. 
Order PODARGIFORMES. 
Family PODARGID^E. 
CCXLIX. Genus PODARGUS . 
Podargus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d*Hist. Nat., Vol. XXVII, p. 151, Dec. 26th, 1818. Type (by monotypy) . 
P. cinereus=Caprimulgus strigoides Latham. 
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