(Amaclina Guttatai). 



'HERE are about twenty different kinds 

 of Finches in Australia, each kind 

 differing somewhat from the other in appear- 

 ance and habits. The Aborigines call them 

 by various names such as Weejbong, Jeeree, 

 Goolungagga, Ingadamoon, &c. They mostly 

 inhabit grassy patches in the forests, or stony 

 ridges, or flats where small trees grow. They do 

 not fly in large flocks like parrots and cockatoos, 

 but keep together in small families, and rarely 

 fly into very high trees. None of them sing 

 as sweetly as the finches of other lands. Their 

 voices have rather a sad mournful sound ; 



