Subgenus Grus (Mathewsia) Iredale, 1911

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• Mathewsia Iredale, T. 1911. A new generic name for the Australian Crane. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 27: 47 [47] [new name replacing Antigone Reichenbach, 1853, not Antigone G.R. Gray].

  Type species:

   Ardea rubicunda Perry, 1810 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. [188]; Peters, J.L. 1934. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 2 xvii 401 pp. [150]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [108].
• Antigone Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1853. Die Vollständigste Naturgeschichte..., 2 Vögel, 1 Avium Syst. nat. Dresden-Leipzig : F. Hofmeister pp. 5-18. [xxiii].

  Type species:

   Ardea collaris Boddaert, 1783 (not Antigone Gray, 1847) by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [108].
• Mathewsena Iredale, T. 1914. On the genus -name Mathewsia. Austral Avian Records 2: 81-82 [82] [new name for Mathewsia Iredale,1911; not Mathewsia Sauley, 1868 (= Coleoptera)].

  Secondary source:

   Peters, J.L. 1934. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 2 xvii 401 pp. [150]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [108].

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