LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Family MELITHREPTIDZE. 
CCCCXV. Genus MEL1THREPT US. 
Melithreptus Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 40, April 14th, 181G. Type (by monotypy): “ Heorotaire 
fuscalbin ’ ’ = Certhia lunata Shaw, i.e Vieillot. 
HcematopsG ould, Svnops. Birds Austr., pt. I., pi. (17), Jan. 1st, 1837. Type (by subsequent designation, Bonaparte, 
Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XXXVIII., p. 2G4, 1854) : Certhia lunulata Shaw, i.e. Vieillot. 
Gymnophrys Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 327, July 1st, 1S37. Typo (by monotypy): " G. torquatu8”= 
Certhia lunata Shaw, i.e., Vieillot. 
Eidopsarus Swainson, Classif. Birds., Vol. II., p. 327, July 1st, 1S37. Type (by monotypy) : E. bicinctus= 
=Hcvmaiops validirostris Gould. 
547. MELITHREPTUS LUNATUS. WHITE-NAPED HONEY-EATER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pis. 72, 73 and 74 (all in pt. xxx.), March 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. XI., 
pt. 4, pi. 511, Feb. 20th, 1924. 
Certhia lunata Vieillot, Ois. Dor6s,Vol. II., p. 122, pi. 01, 1802, ex. Shaw MS.: New South Wales (Sydney). 
Melithreptus albicollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XIV., p. 325, Sept. 13th, 1817 : New 
South Wales (Sydney). 
Melithreptus albicapillus Vieillot, ib., p. 320 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Melliphaga torquata Swainson, Zool. Ulus., Ser. I., pi. 129, Nov. 1822 ; New South Wales (Sydney). 
Meliphaga atricapilla Temminck ct Laugier, Planch. Color. d’OLs., 50® livr., pi. 335, f. 1 (Vol. III.), April 16th, 
1825 : New South Wales (Sydney) ; not Certhia atricapilla Latham, Index, p. sxxvii., 1801. 
Melithreptus chloropsis Gould, Birds Austr., pt, XXX., March 1st, 1848 : West Australia (Swan River). 
Melithreptus albogularis Gould, ib. : Northern and Eastern Australia = Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Melithreptus vinitinctus De Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., Vol. I., pt. in., p. 159, (after Sept.) 1S84: Norman 
River, Queensland. 
Melithreptus whitlocki Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXV., p. 24, Xov. 30th, 1909 : Wilson’s Inlet, 
South-west Australia. 
Melithreptus lunalus adclaidensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 391, Jan. 31st, 1912: Adelaide, South 
Australia. 
Melithreptus lunatus subalbogularis Mathews, ib., p. 392 : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Melithreptus lunatus gradus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 48, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Melithreptus lunatus yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 98, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Capo York, Queens¬ 
land. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
548. MELITHREPTUS GULARIS. BLACK-CHINNED HONEY-EATER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 71 (pfc. xx.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 4, pi. 512, Feb. 
20th, 1924. 
H(vmatops gularis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. I., pi. (17), Jan. 1st, 1837 : Interior, New South Wales. 
Melithreptus gularis loftyi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 392, Jan. 31st, 1912: Mount Lofty, South 
Australia. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 
549. MELITHREPTUS LAETIOR. GOLDEN-BACKED HONEY-EATER. 
Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. III., pi. 40 (pt. it.), Jan. 1st, 1876 ; Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 4, 
pi. 512, Feb. 20th, 1912. 
Melithreples laetior Gould, Ann. Mng. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., Vol. XVI., p. 2S7, Oct. 1st, 1875 : Lako Eyre District, 
Central Australia. 
Melithreptus carpenlariana Campbell, Emu, Vol. IV., pt. n„ p. 71, Oct. 1st, 1904: Campospe River, North 
Queensland. 
Melithreptus gularis coongani Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 392, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Coongan River, Mid¬ 
west Australia. 
Melithreptus gularis ingrami Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 393, Jan. 31st, 1912: Inkcrmon, Queensland. 
Melithreptus lertior norlhi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 37, Feb. 21st, 1923: Western Nort hero 
Territory. 
Distribution. Northern Australia. 
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