LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
464. OREOSCOPUS GUTTURALIS. FERN-WREN. 
Mathews, Vol. X., pt. i. f pi. 458, Sopt. 28tli, 1922. 
Sericornis gutturalis De Via, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensi., Vol. VI., pt. 5, p. 244, (Oct. or Nov.) 1889 : Herberton, 
North Queensland. 
Orcoscopus gutturalis boiveri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 61, April 7th, 1916 : Cairns, Queensland. 
Distribution*. North Queensland (Cairns District). 
CCCLXX. Genus ACANTIIORNIS . 
Acanthornis Legge, Papers Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1886, pp. 236, 240, 1887. Type (by monotypy) : Acanthiza 
magnet Gould. 
465. ACANTHORNIS MAGNUS. SCRUB-TIT. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 28 (pt. n.), Sept. 1st, 1855. Mathews, Vol. X., pt. I., pi. 458, Sept. 28th, 
1922. 
Acanthiza magna Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl., pt. 2 (pi. 28), Sept. 1st, 1855 : Tasmania. 
Acanthornis gouldi Mathews, Austral Av. Roo., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 61, April 7th, 1916. New name for A. magna 
Gould (error). 
Distribution. Tasmania. 
CCCLXXI. Genus MALURTJS. 
Malurus Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Oraith., p. 44, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy) : Motacilla cyanea Latham. 
Malacurus Gloger, Hand*und Hilfsbuch, livr. 4, p. 282, 1842. Emendation for Malnrus Vieillot. 
466. MALURUS CYANEUS. BLUE WREN. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 18 (pt. in.), June 1st, 1841 ; Vol. III., pi. 19 (pt. in.), June 1st, 1841. 
Mathews, Vol. X., pt. I., pi. 459, Sept. 28th, 1922. 
MotaciUa cyanea Latham, Gen Synops. Birds, Vol. II., pt. 2, p. 501, 1783. Ex Ellis, Narr. Voy. Captain Cook, 
p. 22,1782, Kom. nud. Adventure Bay, South Tasmania. 
Motacilla cyanea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., pt . 2, p. 991, July 20th, 1789 ; based on Ellis and Latham : South Tasmania. 
MotaciUa supcrba Shaw and Nodder, Naturalists’ Miscellany, Vol. I., pi. 10, Nov. 1789 : South Tasmania. 
Malurus longicaudus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv,, App., p. 4, April lBt, 1838 : Tasmania=South Tasmania. 
Not Slalurus longicaudus Teimninck, Manuel Omith., 2nd ed., Vol. 1., p. 48, 1820 (Oct. 21st). 
Malurus gouldi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 287, (before March 26th) 1879. New name for M. 
longicaudus Gould=South Tasmania. 
Maluruscyonochlamys Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1881, p. 788, Oct. 1st: Moreton Bay, South Queensland. 
Malurus clizabcthcF Campbell, Ibis, 1901, p. 10, Jan. 1st: King Island, Bass’ Straits. 
Malurus australis North, Ibis, 1904, p. 672, Oct. : Sydney ( = Meadow Bank, near Rydo), Now South Wales. 
-Valurtw cyaneus henricttcc Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 357, Jan. 31st, 1912: (Olinda) Victoria. 
Malurus cyaneus leggci Mathews, ib,, p. 358 : Point, i.c.. Port Adelaide, South Australia. 
Malurus cyaneus ashbyi Mathews, ib. : Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 
Malurus cyaneus lletcherez Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 93, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Ringarooma, 
North Tasmania. 
Malurus cyaneus samueli Mathews, ib. : Flinders Island, Bass’ Straits. 
Distribution*. Eastern Australia from South Queensland to South Australia. Kangaroo Island, Tasmania 
and the islands of Bass’ Straits. 
467. MALURUS MELANOTUS. BLACK-BACKED WREN. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 20 (pt. hi.), June 1st, 1841; Suppl., pi. 23 (pt. iv.), Dec. 1st, 1867. 
Mathews, Vol. X., pt. 2, pi. 460, Dec. 12th, 1922. 
•Malum melanotus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. m. (Vol. III., pi. 20), June 1st, 1841 : Western Belts of the Murray, 
South Australia. 
Malurta callainus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1867, p. 302, Aug. 1st: South Australia=Eyre Peninsula. 
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