374 PLOCEID.E. 



36. BATHILDA. 



Type. 

 Batliilda, Beiclwnb. Sinffv. p. 10 (1861) B. ruticauda. 



Mange. Confined to Australia. 



1. Bathilda ruficauda. 



Amadina ruficauda, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 106 ; id. Si/n. B. Austr. 



pt. i. pi. 10. fi^. -2 (1837); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849). 

 E.strilda ruticauda, Goidd, B. Austr. fol. iii. pi. 84 (1848) ; Dlygles, 



Orn. Austr. pi. 49. fi^. 1 (1870); Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. o2, 



no. 6725 (1870) ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. 8. W. (2) i. p. 1090 



(1887), ii. p. 168 (1888). 

 Astrilda ruficauda, Beichenh. Vog. NeuhoU. p. 114 (1850). 

 Steganopleura ruticauda, Bp. Consp. i. p. 456 (1850). 

 Batliilda ruticauda, Beichenb. Sim/v. p. 19, Taf. v. tigs. 41-43 (1863) ; 



Gould, Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 413 (1865). 

 Estrelda (B.atliilda) ruticauda, Bamsaij, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 



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



Adult male. General colour above olive-brown, the wiug-coverta 

 like the back ; quills duslcy, externally olive-brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts dull crimson, with a large subterminal spot of rosy white ; 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, externally dull crimson, the centre 

 feathers entirely dull crimson ; head like the back, the forehead, 

 lores, sides of face, and chin crimson, with tiny white dots on the 

 ear-coverts and fore parts of cheeks ; hinder ear-coverts and hinder 

 cheeks olive-brown spotted with white ; throat, fore neck, and 

 upper breast ashy olive with large white spots, as also the sides of 

 the body ; lower breast and abdomen and thighs olive-yellow, 

 whiter on the under tail-coverts : under wing-coverts pale fulvous ; 

 quills dusky below, ashy fulvous along the inner web : •' bill red ; 

 iris orange-yellow or red " {J. R. Ehei/, MSS.). Total length 4-3 

 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2-05, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but duller everywhere, with 

 no rosy spots on the upper tail-coverts, but only a subterminal 

 rosj'-white bar ; very little crimson on the forehead and face, and 

 scarcely any on the chia. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 

 2-1, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-6. 



Toung. Uniform buffy brown ; eye yellowish olivC; surrounded bv 

 a narrow olive lash ; bill reddish brown ; feet brownish yellow. 



Hah. Xorth-western and Northern Australia, Queeusland. New 

 South Wales and Interior of Australia {E. P. R.). 



a,b. [ d 2 ] ad. N. Australia (J. T. Cockerel!). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



St. 



c, d. S ad. sk. N.W. Australia, Feb. 1856. J. R. Elsev, Esq. 



[P.J. ■ 



e, f. Ad. ; g. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



JllV. St. 



h. Ad. sk. Australia. Seebohra Coll. 



