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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



preceding, of an ashen grey colour above, and white 

 beneath ; there is a red spot on the face, and the sides and 

 tail coverts are spotted with black and white ; there is a 

 moustache or two black lines diverging from the corners of 

 the carmine red bill. The female is all grey. 



Food and treatment like the preceding. It is a native of 



Fn;. 64. — r/if Parson Flwh. 



New South Wales, but the diamond sparrow is found also 

 in Victoria in the Murray district. 



GouLDiAN, or Painted Finches. — They are well known, 

 and more fretjuently mot with than they were a few years 

 ago. There are two principal varieties or species — it is not 

 yet satisfactorily determined in which relation they stand 

 to each other — the red-faced and the black-faced. They are 



