37. poEPHiLA. 377 



3. Poephila personata. 



Poephila personata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 18 ; id. B. Austr. fol. 



iii. pi. 91 (1848); Eeichmb. Tor/. Neuholl. p. 117 (1850): Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 4o6 (1850) ; Rekhenb. Siiujv. p. 1^9, Taf. ix. figs. 80, 81 



(1862) ; Gould, Hancib. B. Austr. i. p. 423 (1865) ; Bamsaxj, Pi-oc. 



Linn. Soc. ii. p. 187 (1878) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 10 (1888). 

 Amadina persouata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 5.5, no. G771 (1870). 



Adult male. Pinkish brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts white; 

 wing-coverts like the back ; quills browu, externally like the 

 back ; tail-feathers black ; head a little more cinnamon-brown than 

 the back ; base of forehead, lores, base of cheeks, and a large chin- 

 spot, black ; sides of face and under surface of body pinkish brown, 

 with a large black patch on either flank separated by a line of 

 white from the brown of the breast; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts white ; under wing-coverts like the breast ; quills dusky 

 below, reddish along the inner web : " biU bright orange ; legs and 

 feet fleshy red; iris red" (Gilbert). Total length 5-2 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-2, tail 2-0.5, tarsus Oo-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but somewhat duller in colour. 

 Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-3, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-6. 



Young. Browner than the adult, with a blackish bill; the whole 

 plumage with less pink, and the black mask and flank-spots not so 

 pronounced. 



Hah. North and North-west Australia. 



a, h. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Juv. sk. N. Australia. Goidd Coll. 



d. Ad. St. Port Essington. Sir J. Richardson TP.]. 

 e,f. d 2 ad. ; g. $ N. W. Australia, April 1856. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



juv. sk. 



4. Poephila leucotis. 



Poephila leucotis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 106 ; id. B. Austr. fol. iii. 



pi. 92 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 456 (1850) ; Gould, Handb. B. 



Austr. i. p. 424 (1865) ; Bamsay, Proc. Limi. Soc. N. 8. W. ii. 



p. 18 (1878) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 10 (1888). 

 Amadina leucotis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849); id. Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 55, no. 6773 (1870). 



Adult. General colour above warm cinnamon-brown, the rump 

 and upper tail- coverts white, with a black patch on the sides of the 

 former, and the lateral tail-coverts externally black ; wing-coverts 

 like the back, the quills dusky blackish, externally like the back, 

 the primaries edged with whitish; tail-feathers black; crown of 

 head rather darker cinnamon-brown like the back ; base of forehead, 

 lores, eyelid, fore part of cheeks, and chin black ; hinder cheeks and 

 ear-coverts silvery white ; sides of neck, throat, and breast pinkish 

 isabelline ; abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; sides of 

 lower breast also white, followed by a broad black patch on the 

 flanks, the lower feathers being black with white tips ; under wing- 



