LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
524. NEOSITTA ALBATA. PIED TREE-RUNNER. 
Gould, Birds Now Guinea, Yol. III., pi. 2S (pt. xi.), Feb. 1st, 1880. Mathews, Vol XI nt 1 
pi. 496, Oct. 8th, 1923. ' ’ 
Sittella albafa Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1877, p. 351, Aug. 1st: Bowen, Port Denison, North Queensland. 
Xeositta albata ramsciyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 36, Feb. 21st, 1923 : North of Brisbane, 
South Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland. 
525. NEOSITTA PILEATA. BLACK-CAPPED TREE-RUNNER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 104 (pt. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Yol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 497 Nov 
21st, 1923. 
Sittella pileata Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv„ pi. (GS), April 1st, 1838: Swan River, West Australia. 
Sittella mclanoccphala Gould, ib. : Swan River, West Australia. 
Sittella tenuiroslris Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 610, note, (Dec.) 1865 : South Australia. 
Xeositta pileata miUigani Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 3S0, Jan. 31st, 1912: East Murchison, (Mid) West 
Australia. 
Xeositta pileata broomi Mathews, ib. : Broome Hill, South-west Australia. 
Xeositta pileata whitlocki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 47, April 2nd, 1912 : Stirling Ranges, South¬ 
west Australia. 
Distribution. South-west Australia, along Southern Australia into South Australia, and Victorian dry 
districts. 
526. NEOSITTA LEUCOPTERA. WHITE-WINGED TREE-RUNNER 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 103 (pfc. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 497, Nov. 
21st, 1923. 
Sittella leucoptera Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1839, p. 144, March 1S40 : " N.W. Coast ”=Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Xeositta pileata rogersi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 380, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mungi, (Interior of) North¬ 
west Australia. 
Xeositta pileata subUucoptcra Mathews, ib. : Alexandra, Northern Territory (East). 
Xeositta mortoni North, Ibis, 1912, p. 118, Feb. 7th: Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Xeositta pileata meleillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 47, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Xeositta pileata broomci Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 95, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Napier Broome Bay, 
North-west Australia. 
Xeositta pileata napieri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 68, Oct. 23rd, 1913. New name for 
preceding which i3 not N. p. broomi , Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 3S0, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory ; North Queensland (Cloncury). 
CCCCIV. Genus NEOSITTELLA. 
Neosittella Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 114, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation) : 
Sittella striata Gould. 
527 NEOSITTELLA STRIATA. STRIATED TREE-RUNNER. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 54 (pt. v.), Aug. 1st, 1869. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 497, Nov. 21st, 1923. 
Sittella striata Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl., pt. v. (pi. 54), Aug. 1st, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., Vol. IV., 
p. 110, Aug. 1st, 1869 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Xeositta raagnirostris Ingram, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXI., p. 99, May 30th, 1908 : Inkerman, Queensland. 
Xeositta striata rothschildi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 381, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cairns, Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland. 
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