378 PLOCETT).!:. 



cnverts like the breast ; quills dusky hclow. reddish on the inner 

 web: '-bill j-ellowish horn -colour ; feet red; iris dark brown" (J'. 

 Gould). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-15, tail 1-75, 

 tarsus O'oo. 



Hah. North Australia. 



a. (S ad. sk. Australia. Forbes Colb 



5. Poephila gouldiaB. 



Poephile admirable (pt.), Tlonihr. et Jacq. Voy. Pole Snd, Atlas, 



pi. 2-2. tig. 2 (1842-63). 

 Amadina gouldias, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1844, p. 5 ; Graif, Gen. P. ii. 



p. -.'uO (1849) ; Reichenh. Vd(j. Neuholl. p. 111 (1850) ; Gray, 



Hmul-1. P. ii. p. 55, no. 0774 (1870). 

 Poephila gouldije, Des Miirs, Iconogr. Or/i. pi. iii. fig. 2 (1845) ; 



Gould, P. Austr. fol. pi. 88 (1848) ; Pj). Consp. i. p. 456 (1850); 



Gould, P. Austr. i. p. 420 (1865) ; Armit, Journ. Linn. Sac. 



(Lond.), Zool. xiv. p. 96 (1877) ; Rmnsmj, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



ii. pp. 70, 187 (1878); id. op. cit. (2) i. p. 1091 (1887), ii. p. 169 



(1888) ; id. Tab. List Austr. P. p. 10 (1888). 

 Chloebia gouldise, Reichenh. Singv. p. 30, Taf. x. figs. 84-86 (1862). 



Adult male. Similar to P. mirabilis, but distinguished by a black 

 forehead and sinciput, followed by a broad band of cobalt-blue, 

 separating the black forehead from the green of the nape and back : 

 " bill pink and Avhite, the tip yellow " (J. B. Elsey) ; " feet flesh- 

 colour " (Gilbert). Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-55, 

 tail 2-7, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Duller in colour than the male, especially as regards 

 the blue on the head and the lilac breast. 



Young. Dingy yellowish green ; the head ashy grey, with a little 

 black on the face ; throat ashy grey, the breast pale brown and the 

 abdomen pale yellowish. 



JIah. North and North-west Australia. 



a-d. Imm.sk. N.Australia. Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. ; /. Juv.sk. Port Essington. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 



r/, h. Ad. et juv. st. Port Essington. Sir J. Richardson [P.J. 



i. Ad.sk. Port Essington (Capt. Stan- Voy. H.M.S. ' Rattle- 



lei/). snake.' 



k. Ad. St. Port Essington. Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



/, m. (S; n. 2 ad. ; N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey,'Esq. [P.]. 



0. p, q. x\d et 



juv. sk. 



6, Poephila mirabilis *. 



Poephile admirable (pt.), Ilouihr. et Jacq. \'<y. Pule iSud, Atlas, 

 pi. 22. fig. 1 (1842-53). 



* Poephila .iRsuTiANA. 

 Poepliila armifiana, Eamsay, Proc. Limi. Soc. N. S. W. ii. pp. 70, 187 

 (1878) ; id. Tab. List Aiisfi: B. p. 10 (1888). 

 '• May be looked upon as the goklen- or yellow-headed phase of P. mirabilis " 

 (Ramsay, Tab. List, /, c). 



Hub. Derby, N.W. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria. 



