VERNACULAR NAMES FOR AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 
FAMILY—PLOCEIDA: “WEAVERS.” 
SuB-FAMILY— VIDUINZ. 
. Staganopleura guttata. ‘‘ Spotted-sided Finch.” 
. Zoneginthus bellus. ‘“ Fire-tailed Finch.” 
. Zoneeginthus oculatus. ‘ Red-eared Finch.” 
. Emblema picta. “ Painted Finch.” 
. Teeniopygia castanotis. ‘‘ Chestnut-eared Finch.” 
. Stictoptera bichenovii. ‘‘ Banded Finch.” 
. Stictoptera annulosa. ‘ Black-ringed Finch.” 
. Munia castaneithorax. ‘ Chestnut-breasted Finch.” 
. Munia flaviprymna. ‘“ Yellow-rumped Finch.” 
. Munia pectoralis. ‘“ White-breasted Finch.” 
. Aidemosyne modesta. ‘ Plum-head Finch.” 
. Aigintha temporalis. ‘ Red-browed Finch.” 
. Bathilda ruficanda. ‘ Red-faced Finch.” 
. Poephila acuticauda. ‘“ Long-tailed Finch.” 
2. Poephila cincta. “ Black-throated Finch.” 
3. Poephila personata. ‘ Masked Finch.” 
. Poephila leucotis. ‘ White-eared Finch.” 
. Poephila atropygialis. ‘ Black-rumped Finch.” 
. Poephila gouldiz. ‘ Gouldian Finch.” 
. Poephila mirabilis. ‘‘ Scarlet-headed Finch.” 
. Neochmia phaeton. ‘ Crimson Finch.” 
FAMILY—ALAUDIDA: “LARKS.” 
. Mirafra horsfieldi. ‘ Bush-Lark.” 
. Mirafra secunda. ‘“ Lesser Bush-Lark.” 
FAMILY—ATRICHIIDA: “SCRUB-BIRDS.” 
. Atrichia clamosa. ‘ Noisy Scrub-bird.” 
. Atrichia rufescens. ‘ Rufous Scrub-bird.” 
FAMILY—MENURIDA: “LYRE-BIRDS.” 
. Menura superba. “ Lyre-bird.” 
. Menura victorie. ‘ Victoria Lyre-bird.” 
. Menura alberti. ‘“ Albert Lyre-bird.” 
FAMILY—PITTIDA: “ ANT-THRUSHES.” 
. Pitta strepitans ('). “Noisy Pitta.” 
. Pitta mackloti. ‘ Blue-breasted Pitta.” 
. Pitta iris. ‘“ Rainbow Pitta.” 
(1) Includes P. stmillima. 
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