LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Xerophila pcctoralis Gould, Ann. M&g* Nat. Hist., Ser. T\ ., ^ ol. ^ III., p. 19-, Sept. 1st, 1S71: Port Augusta, 
South Australia. 
Aphelocephala pc.ctoralistodmoTd.cni Mathews, Austral Av. Roc., ol. ^ ., pts. — — 3, p. 3o, Feb. —1st, 19-3: Todmorden, 
Central Australia. 
Distribution. Central Australia. 
521a. APHELOCEPHALA NIGRICINCTA. BLACK-BANDED WHITEFACE. 
Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 1, pi. 494, Oct. 8th, 1923. 
Xerophila nigricincta North, Ibis, 1895, p. 340, July 1st: Missionary Plain, Central Australia. 
Aphelocephala nigricincta tanami Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 378, Jan. 31st, 1912: Tanami, (Interior of) 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Central Australia. 
CCCCII. Genus SPHENOSTOMA. 
Sphenostoma Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., pi. (63), April 1st, 1838. Type (by monotypy): S. cristatum 
Gould. 
522. SPHENOSTOMA CRISTATUM. WEDGE-BILL. 
Gould, Vol. 3H., pi. 17 (pt. ra.), June 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 1, pi. 495, Oct. 8th, 
1923. 
Sphenostoma cristatum Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., pi. (03), April 1st, 1838: New South Wale3. 
Sphenostoma cristatum pallidum Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 378, Jan. 31st, 1912: Leigh's Creek 
South Australia. 
Sphenostoma cristatum occidcntalc Mathews, ib. : Day Dawn, (Mid) West Australia. 
Sphenostoma cristatum tanami Mathews, ib., p. 379 : Tanami, (Interior of) Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Central Australia. 
Famiuy SITTID.-E. 
CCCCIII. Genus NEOSITTA. 
Neositta Hellmayr, Joum. fur Omith., 1901, April number, p. 187. New name for Sittella Swainson. Type (by 
monotypy); Sitta chrysoptcra Latham. 
Sittella Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 317, July 1st, 1837 (ex Ency. Geogr. (Murray), p. 1,484, July 1834, 
nom. nud.). Type (by monotypy) : Sitta chrysoptcra Latham. 
Not Sittella Rafinesque, Analyse tie la Nature, p. 68, IS 15. 
523. NEOSITTA CHRYSOPTERA. ORANGE-WINGED TREE-RUNNER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 101 (pt. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 1, pi. 496, Oct. 
8th, 1923. 
Sitta chrysoptcra Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. xxxii., (after May 30th) 1S01 : Now South Wales (Sydney). 
Neositta chrysoptcra lathami Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 379, Jan. 31st, 1912: Panvan, Victoria. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Soifth Australia. 
523a. NEOSITTA LEUCOCEPHALA. WHITE-HEADED TREE-RUNNER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 102 (pt. xxx.), March 1st, 184S. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 1, pi. 496, Oct. 
8th, 1923. 
Sittella Icucoccphala Gould, Synops. Birds* Austr., pt. iv., pi. (68), April 1st, 1S38 : Moreton Bay, South 
Queensland. 
Neositta leucoptcra (error) lumholtzi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 01, April 7th, 191G: Mid-Queens- 
Distribution. Queensland. 
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