LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Family PTILONORHYNCHID^E. 
CCCCLXXXII. Genus PTILONORHYNCHUS. 
Ptilonorhynchus Kuhl, Beitr. Vergl. Anat,, p. 150, (prof. April 9th) 1820. Type (by monotypy) : Ptilonorhynchus 
holosmcus Kuhl = Pyrrhocorax violaccua Vieillot. 
Kitta Temminck et Lnugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois, 07* livr. (Vol. IV, pi. 395), July 12th. 1826. Type (by original 
designation): P. holosericus Kuhl = Pyrrhocorax violaceus Vieillot. 
639. PTILONORHYNCHUS VIOLACEUS. SATIN BOWER BIRD. 
Gould, Vol. IV., p!. 10 (pt. iv.), Sept. 1st, 1841 ; Suppl. Birds Austr., pi. 43 (pt. v.), 1865 
(rawnslcyi). Mathews, pi. 575. 
Pyrrhocor cue violaceus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed.. Vol. VI., p. 569, Dec. 14tli, 1816 : New South 
Wales (near Sydney). 
Ptilonorhynchus hohscriceus Kuhl, Beitr. Vergl. Anat., p. 150, (pref. April 7th) 1820, ex Robert Brown MS. : 
Port Hacking, New South Wales. 
Corvus squamulosus " Illigor ° Kuhl, ib. : in synonymy of holosericeus. 
Ptilonorhynchus violacrus Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool., Vol. XIV., pt. I., p. 72, 1826 (end) : " South Sea Islands " 
=New South Wales. 
Ptilonorhynchus niger Stephens, i’6,, based on Satin Grakle Latham : New Holland =Now South Wales. 
Ptilonorhynchus maclcairii Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Loud.), Vol. XV., p. 263, Feb. 17th, 1827: 
(Port Hacking) New South Wales (same bird as Kuhl described). 
Ptilonorhynchus sqmmulosus Wagler, Syst. Av. Plilon „ sp. 2, (Oct.) 1827 : New South Wales. 
Ptilonorhynchus rawnslcyi Diggles, Omith. Austr., pt. xv., 1867 : Brisbane, Queensland (based on aberration 
or hybrid). 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus dulcicr. Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 438, Jan. 31st, 1912: Queensland. 
Ptilonorhynchus minor Campbell, Emu, Vol. XII., pt. I., p. 19, July 1st, 1912 (ex Bull. Roy. Austr. Orn. Union, 
No. 3, May 21st, 1912. Unpublished) : Herberton, Queensland. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from the Herberton district, North Queensland to Northern Victoria. 
CCCCLXXXIII. Genus SCENOPCEETES. 
Scenopceetes Coues, Auk, Vol. VIII., p. 115, Jan. 1891. New name for Scenopceus Ramsay. Type (by 
monotypy): Scenopceus dentirostris Ramsay. 
Scenopceus Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1875, p. 591, April 1st, 1876. Type (by monotypy) : S', dentirostris 
Ramsay. 
Not Scenopceus Agassiz, Index Univers., 12mo ed., p. 963, 1848. 
Tectonornis Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis., pt. I., 1891 (end). New name for Scenopceus Ramsay. 
640. SCENOPCEETES DENTIROSTRIS. TOOTH-BILLED BOWER-BIRD. 
Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. I., pi. 43 (pt. x.), Sept. 1st, 1879. Mathews, pi. 576. 
Scenopceus dentirostris Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1875, p. 591, April 1st, 1876 : Bellenden Iver Range, 
North Queensland. 
Scenopoeetes dentirostris minor Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 132, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Johnstone 
River, North Queensland. 
J Distribution. North Queensland (Bellenden Ker Range district). 
CCCCLXXXIV. Genus AILUBCEDUS. 
AilUKEdus Cabanis, Mus. Heine, Vol. I., p. 213 (note), (after Oct. 23rd) 1S51. Type (by monotypy) : Plilonor- 
hynchus smithi Vigors and Horsfield —Lanius crassirostris Paykull. 
Chhrohtta "Kaup" Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 148, (before April ISth) 1855. In synonymy of Ailurccdus 
Cabanis. 
641. AILURCEDUS CRASSIROSTRIS. CAT BIRD, 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 11 (pt. xxi.), Dec. 1st, 1845. Mathews, pi. 577. 
Lanius crassirostris Paykull, Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal., Vol. VII., p. 283, 1815 : Nouvelle Hollande= New 
South Wales. 
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