Supplement to "The E)iin." t^z 



480. Small yellow patch on wing ; third primary edged white. 



P. affliiis (Yellow-tipped Pardalote). 



Small red patch on wing ; third primary edged white, sometimes 



third and fourth. P. assijiiilis (Orange-tipped Pardalote). 



48 1. \Miite spot in front of eye ; primaries all black except tips . . 482 

 Scarlet spot in front of eye ; primaries edged rufous. 



P. rnbricatus (Red-browed Pardalote). 



482. Rump mostly chestnut. P. pnnctatiis (Spotted Pardalote). 

 Rump all yellow. P. xanthopygiiis ( Yellow- rumped Pardalote). 



483. Centre pair of tail feathers with thread-like points. Poephila. 484 

 Centre pair of tail feathers not elongated . . . . . . 490 



484. Back green . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 



Back brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 



485. Head yellow. P. aruiilinna (A phase of P. gouldice.) 

 Head not yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 



486. Forehead and face black. P. gouldicF (Gouldian Finch). 



(This is the youthful stage of the following species.) 



Forehead and face red. P. tnirabUis (Scarlet-headed Finch). 



487. Head brown, except for black circle around yellow bill . . . . 488 

 Head grey ; throat black . . . . . . . . . . 489 



488. Patch on side of head white. P. leucotis (White-eared Finch). 

 Xo white on side of head. P. personata (Masked Finch). 



489. Bill black. P. cinda (Black-throated Finch). 

 Bill yellow. P. acuticauda (Long-tailed Finch). 



490. Plumage nearly all crimson. Neochmia phaeton (Crimson Finch). 

 Plumage not crimson . . . . . . . . . . 491 



491. Rump crimson ; bill red (but black in youth) . . . . 492 

 Rump not crimson . . . . . . . . . . 496 



492. Plumage almost uniform tone . . . . . . . . 493 



Throat, chest, and abdomen different from back . . . . 495 



493. Plumage uniform olive ; eyebrow red. 



Mgintha temporalis (Red-browed Finch). 

 Plumage very finely barred with black lines ; lores black. 



Zfjx.-EGIXTHUS. 494 



494. Red spot behind eye ; abdomen spotted. 



Z. ociilatus (Red-eared Finch). 

 Xo red spot behind eye ; abdomen similar to throat. 



Z. hellus (Fire-tailed Finch). 



495. Under surface black, with scarlet and white spots. 



Emblema pida (Painted Finch). 

 Under surface mostly white ; chest band and sides black ; white 

 spots only on black sides. 



Staganopleiira guttata (Sjiotted-sided Finch). 



496. Face and bill red, face spotted with white (female has very little 



red on face). Bathilda riificauda (Red-faced Finch). 



Face and bill not red . . . . . . . . . . 497 



497. Forehead ])lum colour. Aidemosvne modesta (Plum-head Finch). 

 Forehead not plum colour . . . . . . . . . , 498 



^98. Crown and back brown ; uj)per tail coverts not barred . . . 499 



