LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
598. XANTHOUS FLAVIVENTER. STREAK-NAPED HONEY-EATER. 
[Myzantha flaviventer Lesson, Manuel d'Orn., Vol. II., p. G7, .Tune 1828 : New Guinea. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 42 (pfc. i.), March loth, 1851. Mathews, pi. 542. 
Ptilotis filigera Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl., pt. I. (pi. 42), March 15th, 1851 : Capo York, Queensland. 
Hanthotis flaviventer t vatsoni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 71, July 21st, 1917 : Watson River, 
North Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland (Capo York to Watson River). 
CCCCXLVII. Genus PH YLIDON YRIS. 
Phylldonyris Lesson, Traits d’Orn., livr. 4, p. 298, Sept. 25tli, 1830. Typo (by subsequent designation, Gray, 
Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 24, 1855): Ccrthia australasiana Shaw =Certhia pyrrhoptera Latham. 
Mdisympotcs Reichenbuch, Handb. Spec, Ornith., Abth. II. (Haudb. Meropirue), p. 121 : leones Synopsis Avium, 
Cont. IX., March 1st, 1852. Type (by monotypy): Certhia australasiana Shaw — Certhia pyrrohoptera 
Latham. 
599. PHYLIDONYRIS PYRRHOPTERA. CRESCENT HONEY-EATER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 27 (pt. i.), Dec. 1st, 1840, Mathews, pi. 543. 
Cert/iw pyrrhoptera Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. xxxviii., (after May 30th) 1801 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Certhia australasiana Shaw, Gen. Zool., Vol. VIII., pt. i„ p. 220, 1812 : Now South Wales (Sydney). 
Melithnpiusnulanoleucus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XIV., p. 328, Sept. 13th, 1817 : New 
South Wales (Sydney). 
Meliphaga inornata Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 5, April 1st, 1838 : Tasmania. 
Mdiornis (Lichmera) australasiana subsp. halmaturina A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. 3, p. 140-3, Jan. 1st, 
1906: Kangaroo Island. 
Mdiornis pyrrhoptera indistincta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 414, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mount Lofty, South 
Australia. 
Phylidonyris pyrrhopteramixta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 38, Feb. 21st, 1923: Victoria. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from Queensland to South Australia. Tasmania. 
CCCCXLVIIL Genus MELIORNIS. 
Meliornis Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 15, April 1840. Type (by original designation): Certhia tiovcb- 
hollandue Latham. 
Meliphaga Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 311, Feb. 17th, 1827. 
Not Meliphaga L.'win, 1808 (sc j Dorothina). 
600. MELIORNIS NOViEHOLLANDIffi. WHITE-BEARDED HONEY-EATER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 23 (pt. x.), March 1st, 1S43; pi. 24 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846. 
Mathews, pi. 544. 
Certhia novaehollandise Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 296, (before Dec. 9th) 1790 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Sylvia canescens Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. II., p. 553, (before Dec. 9th) 1790: Tasmania. 
Meliphaga balgoncra Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool., Vol. XIV., pt. I., p. 261,1826 (end): New South V ales (Sydney). 
Mdipltaga barbata Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 326, July 1st, 1837, based on Ois Dores, pi. 57 : New South 
Wales (Sydney). 
Meliphaga longirostris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1846, p. 83, Nov.: West Australia, Swan River. 
Meliornis nowhollandim subsp. halmaturina A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. 3, pp. 140-4, Jan. 1st, 1906: 
Kangaroo Island. 
Not Meliornis ( Lichmcra) australasiana subsp. halmaturina, id., ib. 
Mdiornis diemenensis Mathews, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, Vol. XXV., p. 100, May 12th, 1910 : Tasmania. 
Meliornis novxhollandiaz assiinili8 Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 415, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Olinda, \ ictoria. 
Meliornis nomhollanduv. subassimilis Mathews, ib. : Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia. 
Meliornis iwi'cehoUandice quecTislandicus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2—3, p. 38, Feb. ^lst, 19~3. 
Queensland. 
Meliornis novcchollanduc campbelli Mathews, ib. : Kangaroo Island. 
Mdiornis novcehollandice intermedius Mathews, ib. : Stirling Ranges, South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
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