Australian Museum Journal On an insular form of Melithreptus brevirostris, Vigors and Horsfield
- Shortform:
- North, 1905, Rec. Aust. Mus. 6(1): 20–21
- Author(s):
- North, Alfred J.
- Year published:
- 1905
- Title:
- On an insular form of Melithreptus brevirostris, Vigors and Horsfield
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 20
- End page:
- 21
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.6.1905.984
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate v, figures 1 and 2
- Date published:
- 15 June 1905
- Cover date:
- 15 June 1905
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 06 August 2009
- Reference number:
- 984
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (93kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (599kb PDF)
Abstract
Being at present engaged on the Meliphagidae for the next part of "Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania," among other species, Mr. A. Zietz, the Assistant Director of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, has kindly drawn my attention to three skins of which he writes "You will notice three specimens of Melithreptus brevirostris with remarkably strong bills; the birds were shot on the 3rd October, 1901, by my son Mr. F. R. Zietz out of a flock at Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Island. This might be an insular form of the mainland species."