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Mr. D. Seth-Smith,



PECTORAL FINCH. S



(.Munia pectoralzs).



THE PECTORAL OR WHITE-BREASTED FINCH.


Munia pectoralis.


This handsome Australian Mannikin, although it has been

known amongst us for several years now, seems to be surrounded

by a certain amount of confusion in the minds of many avicul-

turists as well as bird dealers.


This species and the Chestnut-breasted Finch are often

confounded together though they do not bear very much resem¬

blance to one another. Even at the Zoological Gardens, where

one expects the animals to be correctly named at least, a pair of

Munia pectoralis which have been placed with some Parson-

finches in the Insect-house are labelled as “ Chestnut-breasted



