LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Pcephibyersotvita belcheri Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXVII., p. G8, March 28th, 1911 : Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Xtochmia personata harterti Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 434, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Napier Broome Bay, 
North-west Australia. 
Neopcephila personata watsoni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 71, July 21st, 1917 : Watson River, 
North Queensland. 
Xeopcephila personata hilli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 41, Feb. 21st, 1923: Borroloola, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
CCCCLXXVII. Genus NEOCHMIA. 
Neochmla Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. II., p. (3G9), June 1849 (ex Hombron MS.). Type (by original designation): 
Fringilla phaton Hombron ot Jacquinot. 
633. NEOCHMIA PHffiTON. CRIMSON FINCH. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 83 (pt. vm.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, pi. 571. 
Fringilla phaeton Hombron et Jacquinot, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), Ser. II., Vol. XVI., p. 314, (Nov.) 1841 : Raffles 
Bay, Northern Territory. 
Xeochmia pliaton iredalci Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 434, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Rockhampton, Queensland. 
Xcochmia phaton jitzroyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 120, Dec. 24th, 1912 : Fitzroy River, North¬ 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia, but not Capo York Peninsula. 
634. NEOCHMIA ALBIVENTER. WHITE-BELLIED CRIMSON FINCH. 
Mathews, pi. 571. 
Xtochmia phaeton albiventer Mathews, South Austr. Omith., Vol. I., pt. n., p. 13, April 1st, 1914 : Claudie River, 
North Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland (Claudio River District). 
Family ORIOLID^E. 
CCCCLXXVTII. Genus MI META. 
N 
Mimeta Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 326, Feb. 17th, 1827. Typo (by subsequent 
designation, Lesson, Compl. des CEuvres Buffon, 2nd edn., Vol. II., p. 497, 1838): Gracula viridis Lath. 
=Coracias sagittal a Latham. New name for Mimetes King. 
Mimetes King, Survey Intertrop. Coasts Austr., Vol. II., p. 418, “ 1827 " = April 15th, 182G. Type (as above) : 
M. viridis=Coracias sag it tat a Latham. 
Not Mimetes Esehscholtz, Mdm. l’Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 1818, nor Huebner, Verzbekannt Schmett, 
p. 210, 1822. 
Amirnta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 62, Oct. 23rd, 1913. New name for “ Mimeta Vigors 
and Horsfield.” 
635. MIMETA SAGITTATA. AUSTRALIAN ORIOLE. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 13 (pt. xxi.), Dec. 1st, 1845. Mathews, pi. 572. 
Coracias sagittata Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. xxvi., (after May 30th) 1801 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Gracula viridis Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. xxviii., (after May 30th) 1801 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Coracias striata Shaw, Gen. Zool., Vol. VII., p. 400 (plates dated Sept. 1808), 1809 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Not Coracias striata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. i., p. 381, 1788. 
Onojus variegatus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XVIII., p. 196, Dec. 27th, 1817 : New South 
Wales (Sydney). 
Not Oriolus variegatus Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 127, 1811. 
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