( 239 ) 

 ~'iiO. Munia flaviprymna (Gould). 



Dmiaiulajtnr'qiriimiia Gould, P.Z.S. 1S45. p. 81) (the type came from the Victoi-ia Rivef !). 



c?, evidently itdult., Victoriii liivrr, Northern Territory, :i i. vi. 190^ (No. R. 

 6^i2). "Iris lihick. Feet und bill dull blue." Exactly like the type and the one 

 in the British Mnseiim. 



" ?," Victoria River, 3(1. vi. \'M)'> (No. R. oSl). "Iris bhu^k. Feet and bill 

 dnll bine." 



This specimen diti'ers from the male as follows : the crown and hind-neck are 

 not pale grey-buflF, but bnffy grey with hoary grey-brown edges to the feathers ; the 

 throat, instead of being creamy buff, is creamy buff with dark chestnut edges to 

 the feathers! fan that be the regular female of M. J/nriitri/mrm'i Or can 

 .1/. Jlavijtr)/mim be a stage of M. castamothorax'i It seems hardly possible, 

 but the similarity of the upperside is suggestive. 



Here again is a case of research for Australian scientific collectors. A series 

 must be collected ; egg-hunting alone cannot settle the point. 



207. Munia castaneothorax (Gould). 



AiiiatliiKi cailami)t/iora.i: Gould, Sijn. B. . I «.<(/■. pt. ii. (1837). 



c?, Victoria River, Northern Territory, 30. vi. l'J02 (No. R. 583). 



~ (S6, Eureka, Northern Territory, January I'.t03 (Nos. 1025 to 1031). 



a ? ¥, Alligator River, September 1903 (Nos. 1630, 1631). 



208. Emblema picta Gould. 



Embkma picta Gould, P.Z.S. 1842. p. 17 (N.W. coast of Australia), 

 t? ad., Coongan IJiver, 5. iv. 1001 (No. E. 125). 



209. Taeniopygia castanotis (Gould). 



Aiiuidimi aislunotis Gould, P.Z.S. 1836. p. 105 (Australia). 



? imm., Condon Road, 15. v. 1901 (No. R. 4). 



210. Stictoptera annulosa (Gould). 



Amadina unnulom Gould, P.Z.S. 1839. p. 143 (N.W. coast of Au.stralia). 



? ad., ('rawford Si)rings, Northern Territory, 4. vii. 1902 (No. R. 584). 

 (Perhaps subspecies of bichenoivi.) 



211. Neochmia phaeton (llombr. k Jac(i.). 



Frimjilla jjliiiiitvii Hombr. & Jacq., Ann. Soc. Xal. (2) xvi. p. 314 (1841 : Austialia). 



1 c?. Eureka, Northern Territory, 24. i. 1903 (No. 1024). 



1 cj, Alligator River, 60 miles from coast, 26. x. 1903 (No. 1715). 



