LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Leggcornis lambcrti eyrei Mellor. South Austr. Ornithologist, Vol. VI., pt. r.. p. 10, Jan. 1st, 1921: Eyre's 
Peninsula, South Australia. 
Distribution. South and South-west Australia interior from Stirling Ranges to Wongan Hill3 and south 
to Eyre's Peninsula. 
CCCLXXV. Genus RYAN I A. 
Ryania Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 113, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation): 
Muscicapa melanocephala Latham. 
475. RYANIA MELANOCEPHALA. RED-BACKED WREN. 
Gould, Vol. m., pis. 26, 27 (pt. in.), June 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol.'X., pt. 2, pi. 464, Dec. 
12th, 1922. ’ 
Muscicapa melanocephala Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lii-, (after May 30th) 1801 : New South Wales 
(Sydney). 
Sylvia dorsalis Lewin, Birds New Holland, pi. 14, (Sept. ?) 1808 : New South Wales (Paterson River). 
Malurus brovmii Vigors and Horsfiold, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), \ ol. XV ., p. 223, Feb. 17th, 182 1 : Thirsty Sound, 
South Queensland. 
Malurus cruentatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.). 1839, p. 143. March 1840 : North-west Coast Australia= 
Port. Essington, Northern Territory. 
Malurus cruentatus botceri Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Ser. II., Vol. I., 1886, p. 1100, Feb. 22nd, 1837 : 
Derby, North-west Australia. 
Malurus melanoccphalas pyrrhonotus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 362, Jan. 31st, 1912: Cairns, North 
Queensland. 
Malurus mclanocephalus melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 45, April 2nd, 1912: Melville 
Island, Northorn Territory. 
Distribution. Northorn Australia, ranging on the east down to New South Wales, on the we3t to Derby, 
North-west Australia. 
CCCLXXVL Genus ROSIN A. 
Rosina Mathews. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 113, Dec. 24th, 1912: Type (by original designation): 
Malurus coronalus Gould. 
476. ROSINA CORONATA. PURPLE-CROWNED WREN. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 20 (pi. 3), Sept. 1st, 1859. Mathews, Vol. X., pt. 2, pi. 464, Dec. 12th, 1922. 
Malurus coronatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1857, p. 221, Jan. 12th, 1858 : Victoria River, Northern 
Territory. 
Malurus coronatus macgiUivrayi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. i., p. 9, August 2nd, 1913: Augustus Downs, 
Leichhardt River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. 
Rosina coronata rogersiana Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. X., pt. 2, p. 129, Dec. 12th, 1922 : Derby, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution, North-west Australia from Derby, through Northorn Territory to Leichhardt River, Weft 
Queensland. 
CCCLXXVII. Genus STIPITURUS. 
Stipiturus Lesson, Traite d'Om., livr. 6, p. 414, Feb. 13th, 1831. Typo (by mottotypy): Muscicapa malachura 
Shaw. 
477. STIPITURUS MALACHURUS. EMU-WREN. 
Gould, Vol. IH., pi. 31 (pt. in.), June 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. X., pt. 2, pi. 465, Dec. 12th, 
1922. 
Muscicapa malachura Shaw, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. IV., p. 242, May 24th, 1798 : New South Wales 
(Sydney). 
Motacilla fimbriata Wilkes, Encycl. Londinensis, Vol. XVI., p. 102, 1817: based on Lo Vaillant, Ois. d'Afrique, 
Vol. III., pi. 130, f. 2 : New South Wales. 
Malurus palustris Vieillot, Nouv. Dist. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XX., p. 213, May 30th, 1818. New name 
for Muscicapa malachura Shaw. 
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