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iVo^(?.— Although Poephiln armitiana Ramsay was introduced for an aberra- 

 tion, it should be used for the Queensland race, which is distingnishable from the 

 typical form. 



Genus ALISTEBAITUS nov. 



The tail is square — none of the feathers are elongated. 

 Type : A. cenctus = Amadina ciiicta Gould. 



13T5. Alisteranus cinctus cinctus. 



Amadimi cincia Gould, Proc. Zmd. Sue. (Lund.) 1830. p. 10.'< (18.'i7) : Xew South Wales. 



Synonym : 



Poephila neglecta North, Rec. Austr. Miis. vol. v. p. 263. 1904 : New South Wales. 



Black-throated Finch. 



Mathews, Ilcair/list No. 843 (pars) and 848. 

 Range : New Soutli Wales. 



1376. Alisteranus cinctus vinotinctus sulisp. n. 



Pale Black-throated Finch. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 843 (pars). 



Differs from A. cinctus cinctus iu its paler coloration above and below, its 

 silvery head, and the breast pale rosy brown. 

 Type : Queensland (Inkerman). 

 Range : Queensland (Inkerman). 



1377. Alisteranus cinctus atropygialis. 



Poephila aO-npyglalis Castelnau and Ramsay, Prw: Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vol. i. p. 382. 1876 : Norman 

 River, Queensland. 



Black-rumped Finch. 



Matliews, Handlist No. 847 (pars). 



Range : Queensland (Norman River). 



1378. Alisteranus cinctus nigrotectus. 



Pnephila iiirjrotecUt Hartert, Bull, Brit Orii. Chili vol. viii. p. lix. 1899 : Cape York, Queensland. 



Cape York Black-rumped Finch. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 847 (pars). 

 Range : North Queensland (Cape York). 



Genus ITEOCHMIA 



Neoehmia Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Ar. vol. i. p. 458. 1850. 



Type (by monotypy) : X. phaeton (Hombron and Jacciuinot). 



1379. Neoehmia personata personata. 



Poephila persunala Gould, Pror. Znnl. Soe. {/.uml.) 1842. p. IH : Xortliern Australia. 



Masked Finch. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 844 (pars). 



Range : Northern Territory. 



