314 PLOCEID^. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but less brilliant in plumage 

 and the bands on the chest narrower (Gould). 



Young. More uniform above, without the transverse vermicula- 

 tions ; the black bands on the throat and breast imperfect, the 

 latter merely represented by a few black feathers. 



Hab. Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Linnean Society. (Type 



of species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Australia, Sept. 25. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 

 e. Ad. st. Australia. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Forbes Coll. 



e. Juv. sk. Liverpool Plains. Gould Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



ff, h, i. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. K. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Stictoptera annulosa. 



Amadina amnilosa, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 143 ; Graij, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 370 (1849) ; id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 37, no. G792 (1870). 

 Estrelda annulosa, Goxdd, B. Austr. fol. iii. pi. 81 (1848) ; Bujgles, 



Orri. Ausir. pi. 48. fig. 3 (1870). 

 Astrilda annulosa, Reichenh. Vog. Neuholl. p. 116 (1850). 

 Steganopleura annulosa, Bp. Consp. i. p. 45G (1850). 

 Stictoptera annulosa, Beichenb. Singv. p. 31, Taf. x. figs. 89, 90 



(18(32) ; Goidd, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 410 (1865). 

 Estrilda (Stictoptera) annulosa, Eamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



ii. p. 186 (1878) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 10 (1888). 

 Estrelda annulosa, Rumsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N, S. W. (2) i. p. 1090 



(1887) ; id. op. cit. (2) i'i. p. 168 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to S. hiclienovii, but having the rump black 

 instead of white: "bill and feet lead-colour" (/. Gould); "iris 

 red-brown " {J. Ii. Elsey). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-4, 

 wing 2, tail I'S, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male : "bill and feet slate- colour ; 

 iris brown " (J. R. Elsey). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-4, 

 wing 1-9, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-5.5. 



Hcd). Northern and North-western Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. N. Australia {J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Port Essington. Dr. Richardson [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Fitzroy River, N.W. Australia Capt. Bowver Bower 



{T. H. Boivyer Bouvr). [P.]. 



d,e. cf ? ad. sk. Victoria River, N.W. Australia, J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 

 May. 



30. NIGRITA. rv 



Tjpe. 



yEthiops, SfrieJd. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 30 (nee Martin, Nat. 



II. Qiuidr. p. 508, 1840) N. canicapilla. 



Nigrita, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1842, p. 145 N . canicapilla. 



Percnopsis, Heine, J. f. 0. 1860, p. 144 N. piuarduota. 



Banye. Confined to Africa. 



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