312 PLOCEID^. 



Adult. Ashj- brown, greyer on the head ; wing-coverts like the 

 back ; quills dusky, externally ashy brown like the back ; rump 

 white, with a black patch ou each side ; upper tail-coverts black, 

 with a broad white band at the end ; tail-feathers dark brown ; 

 lores and fore part of cheeks white, skirted by a narrow black line 

 along the line of the bill, and another from below the eye ; entire 

 ear-coverts and adjacent region of the sides of the neck light orange- 

 rufous ; sides of neck ashy grey ; throat and fore neck pearly grey, 

 with narrow blackish cross lines ; across the fore neck a distinct 

 bar of black ; breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; 

 sides of body deep tawny or chestnut, spotted with white ; under 

 wing-coverts white, washed with chestnut ; quills dusky, pale buff 

 along the inner web : " bill reddish orange : feet reddish orange, 

 rather lighter than the bill ; iris red " (J. Gould). Total length 

 3-8 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2"15, tail 1-4, tarsus 0*5. 



Adult female. Like the male, but with entirely grey sides to the 

 face ; lores and cheeks white, skirted by the same black lines as in 

 the male ; throat and chest uniform ashy grey, but with no blackish 

 cross lines ; breast and abdomen pale ochreous buff. Total length 

 3"6 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-2, tail 1-3, tarsus 0'55. 



ITah. North-western, Northern, and Western Australia, New 

 South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Interior Province (E. 

 P. B.). 



a. cJ ad. sk. S. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C], 



b. c? ad. sk. Kiver Darling. Gould Coll. 



c. d. S 2 8d. sk. Queensland (J. T. Cockered). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e,f. (S 2 ad. sk. S. Queensland. - Tweeddale Coll. 



ff, k. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



[P.]. 



i. S ad. sk. Fitzroy River, N. W. A. {T. H. Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Boioyer Bower). [P.]. 



k, I. Ad. St. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.:. 



m, M. c? 2 ad. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.. 



sk. 



0. ^ jun. sk. Australia. Forbes Coll. 



p,q. S 2 ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Tseniopygia insularis. 



Amadina insularis, W(dl. P. Z. S. 1803, p. 495 ; Fiiisch, Neu-Guiiea, 

 p. 176 (1865) ; Gra^J, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 57, no. 6791 (1870). 



Adidt male (type of species). Similar to T. castanotis, but vith 

 the throat and fore neck uniform pearly grey, with no cross liiBs of 

 black ; across the fore neck a broad baud of black. Total logth 

 3'8 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2, tail 1'35, tarsus 0'55. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of T. castanotis, but iither 

 browner. Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2, tai" 1"3, 

 tarsus 0"55. 



I/ah. Timor and Flores. 



