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6 Campbell, Dicliotomous Key. 



Crown grey ; upper tail coverts white and barred ; ear coverts 

 chestnut (male) or grey (female). 



T ceniopygia castanotis (Chestnut-eared Finch). 



499. Back and wings almost uniform. MuNiA. 500 

 Back finely marked with darker colour : wings freckled grey. 



Stictoptera. 502 



500. Abdomen pure w^hite : breast fawn, with black band. 



M. castaneithorax (Chestnut-breasted Finch). 

 Abdomen not white ; no black line on breast . . . . . . 501 



501. Under surface plain ; head grey. 



M. flaviprymna (Yellow-rumped Finch). 

 Under surface with white marks on chest ; throat and ears black. 



M. pectoralis (White-breasted Finch). 



502. Rump white. 5. bichenovi (Banded Finch). 

 Rump black. 5. anniilosa (Black-ringed Finch). 



503. Plumage chocolate or rufous ; feathers of upper surface very finely 



marked with wavy black lines ; wing 2.5 to 3 inches. 



Atrichia. Scrub-Birds. 504 

 Plumage various ; feathers not finely waved with black . . 505 



504. Length about 8.5 inches ; black patch on whitish throat. 



-4. clamosa (Noisy Scrub-Bird). 

 Length about 6.8 inches ; orange patch on abdomen. 



^4. nifescens (Rufous Scrub-Bird). 



505. Plumage black and yellow or olive-brown and yellow. Plumage 



brown or mottled l)rown, with yellow or black crown ; length 



8 to 10 inches . . . . . . . . . . 506 



Plumage various, but not as specified . . . . . . 511 



506. Yellow in the wings . . . . . . . . . . 507 



No yellow in the wings . . . . . . . . . . 510 



507. Around cheeks and eyes bare and warty. 



Meliphaga phrygia (Warty-faced Honey-eater). 

 Around cheeks and eyes not bare . . . . . . . . 508 



508. Plumage olive-brown and yellow . . . . . . . . 509 



Plumage black and yellow. Senailiis meliniis (Regent-Bird), male. 



509. Long feathers at back of head ; plumage not mottled ; length 



8.25 inches ; wing 11. 5 inches. 



Prionodiira newtoni (Golden Bower-Bird). 



No long feathers on head ; plumage mottled black and yellow or 



brown. Sericuliis melinus (Regent-Bird), immature male. 



510. Plumage mottled brown and black ; crown black ; wing 5.3 inches. 



Sericulus melinus (Regent-Bird), female. 

 Plumage mottled brown and black ; crown not black. 



Sericulus melinus (Regent-Bird), young male. 



511. Plumage brownish or greenish, with prominent crest . . . . 512 

 Not crested . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 



512. Plumage brown, with pointed crest . . . . . . . . 513 



Plumage greenish or blackish-green . . . . . . . . 514 



513. Plumage uniform, except for large white tips to tail feathers ; length 



6.5 inches. Sphenostoma cristatum (Wedgebill). 



Chest black (male) or brown (female) ; length 8.5 inches. 



Oreoica cristata (Bell-Bird). 



