LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
647. PRIONODURA NEWTONIANA. GOLDEN BOWER-BIRD. 
Sharpe, Mon. Birds Paradis (Yol. 2, pi. 24), pt. i., pi. 7, 1S91. Mathews, pi. 583. 
Prionoclura newtoniana De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. X.S.W., Vol. VII., p. 562, April 18S3 : Tully River Scrubs, 
North Queensland* 
Gorymbicola mestoni Meston, Rep. Gov. ScL Exped. Bellenden Ker Range, North-east Queensland, p. 120, (after 
Oct. 7th) 1SS9 (ex De Vis MS.). Alternative name for Prionoclura newtoniana De Vis. 
Prionodura newtoniana fairfaxi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 133, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Bartlefrere, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
Family PARADISEIDvE. 
CCCCXC. Genus PTILORIS. 
Ptiloris Swainson, Zool. Journ., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 479, Jan. 1825. Type (by monotypy) : P. paradiseus Swainson. 
648. PTILORIS PARADISEUS. RIFLE-BIRD. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 100 (pt. xxvii.), June 1st, 1847. Mathews, pi. 584. 
Ptiloris paradiseus Swainson, Zool. Journ., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 481, Jan. 1825 : Northern New South V oles. 
Epimachus brisbanii Wilson, Illustr. Zool., pt. 3, pi. xi., (end ?) 1827 : Port Macquarie, New South Wales. 
Epimachus regius Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., Vol. I., livr. 15, p. 067, April 3rd, 1830 : Port Macquarie, New 
South Wales* 
Ptiloris paradisea qucenslandica Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 42, Feb. 21st, 1923 : Blackall 
Ranges, South Queensland. 
Distribution. Northern New South Wales, South Queensland. 
649. PTILORIS VICTORIA. LESS RIFLE-BIRD. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 50 (pt. 1), March 15th, 1851. Mathews, pi. 585. 
Ptiloris Victoria Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1S49, p. Ill, Aves, pi. 12, (between Jan. and June) 1850: 
Barnard Isles, North Queensland. 
Ptiloris paradisea dyotti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 133, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Cairns, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
CCCCXCI. Genus 21A THE W SI ELLA . 
Mathewsiella Iredale, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, Vol. XLIII., p, 39, Nov. 29th, 1922. Typejby original designation): 
Craspedophora magnifica claudia Mathews. 
Craspedophora Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., add. and err., 1, April 1840. Typo (by original designation): 
Falcinellus magnificus Vieillot. 
Not Craspcdophorus Hope, Coleopt. Manual, Vol. II., pp. 91-165, 1838. 
650. MATHEWSIELLA MAGNIFICA. MAGNIFICENT RIFLE-BIRD. 
[ Falcinellus magnificus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XXVIII., p. 167, (about March) 1819: 
Now Guinea. Extra dim it ah] 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 51 (pt. i), March loth, 1851. Mathews, pi. 586. 
Ptiloris alberti Elliot, Pipe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1871, p. 583, Oct. 1st : Capo York, Queensland. 
Not Ptilornis alberli Gray, Handl. Gen. Sp. Birds B.M., Vol. I., p. 105, 1869. 
Craspedophora magnifica claudia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. 111., pt. 4, p. 72, July 21st, 1917: Claudie 
River, North Queensland. 
Craspedophora magnifica yorki Mathows, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pt. i., p. 8, July 17th, 1922: Cape York, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland from Cape York to Claudio River. 
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