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Avhite and brown ; under surface wliite, barred with lines of brown ; 

 bill black. 



Hab. : 3, 7. 



Genus — rEGlNTHA. — Upper mandible deeper than the lower. 



'412. JEi. temporalis. Lath., Red-browed Finch. 



Rump, patch over eye, and bill crimson ; upper surface, wings, 

 and tail dai'k olive-brown. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



Genus -BATHILDA.— Tail very long. 



413. B. rnficaucla. GUI. (Estrilda ruficauda), Red-faced Finch. 



Male. — Face and cheeks scarlet, the cheeks covered with narrow 

 feathers finely spotted with white at tip ; upper tail coverts and tail 

 deep crimson-brown, the former liaving a large spot of white near 

 tip of each feather. 



Female. — Uniform bufFy -brown. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 7, 8. 



Genus — POEPHILA. — Centre tail feathers have thread-like points. 



414. P. acilticailda, Gld. (Estrilda acuticauda), Long-tailed Finch. 



Long central tail feathers nearly 4 in. ; crown of head and cheeks 

 grey ; upper and under suifaces fawn ; upper tail coverts white ; 

 black band across rump ; shield of black under chin. 

 Hab. : 1, 8. 



415. P. cillCta, Black -throated Grass- Finch. 



Back reddish brown ; throat black ; upper tail coverts white ; 

 sidps of lower al^domen black ; head grey ; black band across rump ; 

 bill black ; breast tawny. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, (6). 



41(). P. personata, GUI., Masked Finch. 



Black velvety ring on face, surrounding a yellow bill ; lower part 

 of abdomen black ; lower rump, upper and under tail coverts white ; 

 head and back light brown ; ear coverts like breast. 

 Hab. : 1, 



417. P. leilCOtis, Gld., White-eared Finch. 



Back brown ; upper tail coverts white ; sides of lower abdomen 

 bla(^ ; head like back ; ear coverts white, contrasting with breast 

 Hab : 1. 



418. P, mirabilis, Hombr. and Jacq., Scarlet-headed Grass-Finch. 



Back green, with blue on hinder crown, sides of neck, rump, and 

 upper tail coverts ; forehead crimson ; vertex black, followed by 

 blue line ; breast purple ; abdomen yellow. 



Young.— Head grey ; upper surface light olive ; under surface 

 light butf. 



Hab. : 1, 8. 



P. g01ll4li%« Gld. (var. of R mirabilis, Ramsay), Gouldian Finch. 

 Head black, followed by blue line. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



P. aruiitiaiia, Ramsay (var. of P. mirabilis), Yellow- headed Grass- 

 Finch. 

 P.L.S. N.S.W., vol. ii., p. 70. 

 Head yellow. 

 Hab. : 1, 8. 



419. P. atl'Opy.ifialiS, Diggles, Black-rumped Finch. 



Diggles, Queensland Phil. Soc, 876. 

 Doubtful species. 

 Hab. : 1. 



