144 Zoological Society. 



moribus nigerrimis ; fascid superoculari, ad occiput ductd ferru- 



gined ; corpore supra, alisque ex aureo viridibus, humeris metallice 



ceeruleis et fascid inferiore lazulind. ornatis. 



Head, neck, breast, abdomen, flanks and thighs deep velvety black; 



over the eye, extending to the occiput, a band of ferruginous brown ; 



upper surface and wings golden green ; shoulders bright metallic 



caerulean blue, bordered below with lazuline blue ; primaries black, 



passing into olive-brown at their tips ; the third, fourth, fifth and 



sixth having a spot of white about the centre of the feather ; tail 



black at the base, green at the tip, the former colour running on the 



inner web nearly to the tip ; rump-feathers tinged with caerulean 



blue ; lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts bright scarlet, 



separated from the black of the abdomen by yellowish brown ; irides 



dark brown ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



Total length, 7 inches; bill, 1J ; wing, 4; tail, If; tarsi, l£. 

 Hab. Cobourg Peninsula, north coast of Australia. 



Mr. Gould then pointed out the generic characters of two new 

 genera of Finches, the first of which he proposed to designate 



Genus Emblema. 

 Rostrum fere quam caput longum, conicum (ut in genere Ploceus). 



Alee mediocres ; remige prima parvula, quatuor proximis inter se 



aequalibus ; tertiariis elongatis. Cauda mediocris, et fere quadrata, 



vel paululum rotundata. Pedes plantigradi, digitis gracillimis ; 



digito intermedio externis longiore, illis inter se sequalibus. 



Emblema picta. Emb. facie et guld saturate miniaceis; vertice et 

 corpore suprd, fuscis ; pectore et corpore subtus nigris crebre albo- 

 guttatis, abdomine medio miniaceo adsperso. 



Face and throat deep vermilion red ; the base of all the feathers 

 of the throat black, giving that part a mingled appearance of black and 

 red ; crown of the head, all the upper surface and wings, brown ; rump 

 deep vermilion-red ; tail dark brown ; chest and all the under surface 

 jet-black, the flanks numerously spotted with white, and the centre 

 of the abdomen dashed with vermilion-red ; feet light red ; upper 

 mandible black, under mandible scarlet, with a triangular patch of 

 black at the base. 



Total length, 3J inches ; bill, ■£$ ; wing, 2\ ; tail, If ; tarsi, f . 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



From the collection of B. Bynoe, Esq. 



And the second, 



Genus Poephila. 

 Gen. char. — Rostrum ad basin tumidum, et igitur fere tarn latum et 



profundum quam longum. Alee mediocres, remige prima parvula, 



secunda tertia quarta et quinta inter se fere sequalibus; digitis 



gracilibus, medio externis longiore, illis inter se sequalibus ; digito 



postico, medio valde breviore. Cauda cuneiformis, rectricibus 



duabus intermediis productis. 



This form is nearly allied to Erythura and Estrelda. 



Type, P. acuticauda (Amadina acuticauda, Gould in Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, Part VII. p. 143). 



