Family XXVI. PR OM E R O P IDÆ .
Meliphagidce, pt., Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ix. p. 282 (1884).
Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 161 (1900).
I. PROMEROPS, Briss.
(Gradow, t. c. p. 282.)
1. cafer (Linn.), (p. 283.)
(Shelley, t. c. p. 161.)
Cape Colony
(Cape Town to
Grahamstown).
2. gumeyi, J. Verr. (p. 284.)
(Shelley, t. c. p. 165.)
Natal and
E. Transvaal.
Family XXVII. M E L IP H A G ID Æ *.
[C f. Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ix. p. 127 (1884) ; Salvad.
Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 290 (1881) ; id. Ibis, 1884, pp. 326-
329 ; Rothsch. &Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. pp.435-445 (1903).]
I. MELITHREPTES, Vieill.
(Cf . Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 362, 1881;
Gadow, t. c. p. 204.)
1. atricapillus (Lath.).
lunulatus (Shaw), (p. 204.)
[Cf. Sharpe, Hist. Coll. ii. p. 51 (1905).]
S. Queensland.
S. & S.E. Australia
(Victoria & S. Australia
to N. S. Wales and
Wide Bay district).
2. albigularis, Gould, (p. 205.) N.E. Australia
(Cf. Salvad, t. c. p. 362.) (Cape York.
S. to Herbert River, in
N.E. Queensland).
N.W. Australia
(Derby).
S.E. New Guinea.
* For information as to the species of Meliphagidce and their distribution in
Australia, I am much indebted to Mr. A. J. North, of the Australian Museum, Sydney.
3. v in itin c tu s , De Vis, P. Roy. Soc. Queensl. i. Norman River,
p. 159 (1884). Gulf of Carpentaria.
4. chloropsis, Gould, (p. 204, pt.)
[Cf. Ramsay, Tab. List, 1888, p. 14.]
5. gularis, Gould, (p. 205.)
W. Australia.
Australia
(N. S. Wales to
Queensland.
Victoria. S. Australia.
W. Australia).
N. Australia.
N.W. Australia (Derby).
6. lætior, Gould, (p. 205, pt.)
7. ca rp en ta r ian u s, Campbell, Emu, iv. p. 71 (1904). N. Queensland.
3. v a lid iro str is (Gould), (p. 206.) Tasmania.
9. b r ev iro stris, Vig. f Horsf. (p. 207.) S. & E. Australia
[Cf. North, Rec. Austr. Mus. v. p. 337,1904.] (N. S. Wales to
[Fig., Campbell, Emu, iii. pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1904).] Queensland.
Victoria. S. Australia).
10. leu co g eny s, Milligan, Emu, ii. p. 160 (1903). S.W. Australia
[? = (9), Sclater, Bull. B. O. C. xv. p. 9 (1904); (Stirling Ranges).
Hartert, t. c. p. 10.]
11. melan o c ep h a lu s, Gould, (p. 207.) Tasmania.
f x PLECT0RH AMPHUS, Cray.
(Plectorhynclms, Gould (nec Lacep.), Gadow, Cat. B.
Brit. Mus. ix. p. 208, 1884.)
1. lanceolatus, Gould, (p. 208.) E. & S. Australia
(Queensland
to N. S. Wales.
Victoria.
S. Australia).
f ■OB. y. E.