( 432) 



Differs from A. r. ruficamh in its darker upper coloration, deeper red, darker 

 green, and pallid abdomen with only wash of yellow. 

 Type : West Anstralia (Coongan River), No. 3538. 

 Range; West Anstralia. 



137ti. Aegintha ruficauda clarescens. 



Balliiliht nifimuda cliinnrens Hartert, Nov. Zml. vol. vi. p. 427. 1899 : Cape York, Queensland. 



Cape York Red-faced Finch. 

 Mathews, Hnmllist No. 840. 

 Range : North Qneensland (Cape York). 



Genus FOEFHILA. 



Puephiln Gould, Prnr. Zool. Soc. (Loml.) 1841'. p. 18. 



Type (by orig. desig.) : P. acaticauda (Gonld). 



1371. PoepMla acuticauda acuticauda. 



Amadiiia aciiticaudu Gould, Proe. Zool. Sue. (Land.) 1839. p. 14.-! (1840) : Derby, North-West 

 Australia. 



Long-tailed Finch. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 841. 

 Range : North-West Anstralia. 



1372. Poephila acuticauda hecki. 



Poephda hecki Heinroth, Oruith. .Uonatsb. Jahrh. vol. viii. p. 22. 1900 : Port Darwin ? Xorth 

 Territory. 



Synonym : 



Poejjhila (vmniliirunlrh North, Proc. Linn. Sue. N.S.W. vol. xxvii. p. 208. 1902; Wyndham and 

 Port Darwin. 



Red-billed Long-tailed Finch, 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 842. 

 Range : Northern Territory ? 



1373. Poephila gouldiae gouldiae. 



Amadina r/OKhliae Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xv. (vol. iii. pi. 88), June 1844 : Victoria River, 

 Northern Territory. 



Synonym : 



Poephila mirabiliK Des Murs, Icongr. Ornith. pi. iii. 184,5 : Raffles Bay, Northern Territory. 



Goiildian Finch. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 846 (pars). 



Range : Northern Territory, Nortli-West Anstralia. 



1374. PoepMla gouldiae armitiana. 



Poephila armitiana Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. X.S.W. vol. ii. pp. 70, 187. 1878 : Queensland. 



Qneensland Gonldian Finch. 

 Matiiews, Handlist No. 846 (pars). 

 Range : Queensland. 



