RED-COLLARED BENGALY. 



Amadina fasdata, SWAINS. 

 PLATE XV. 



Pale testaceous, with transverse angulated stripes ; middle of 

 the body cinereous ; belly white ; a crimson bar across the 

 chin and ears. 



Loxia fasciata, Gfmelin, Latham, &c. Fasciated Gros-beak, 



Brown's lllus., PI. 27 Le Loxia Fascie'e, Vieill. Ois. Chant., 



PI. 58 5 p, 90, fig. opt. 



WE now come to another division of the genus 

 Amadina, where the hill assumes the typical cha- 

 racter of the whole group ; that is, it is short, yet 

 remarkahly hroad in proportion to the heighth 

 of the upper mandible ; the tail also is short. 

 The feet, however, still retain the structure of the 

 last group, for the hinder-toe and its claw are 

 shorter than the tarsus. The most perfect example 

 we have yet seen of this modification is the beau- 

 tiful Amadina Lathami of New Holland. Yet 

 the one now before us is also a typical species. 

 Nearly all these small footed species are found in 

 Africa and New Holland, while the great footed 

 Bengaly (representing, or perhaps uniting to, Eu- 

 plectes), are chiefly inhabitants of tropical Asia. 

 This elegant bird is about the size of a canary. The 



