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No. 369—5. Length, 4.35 (3/8/86). 



No. 370— 9 . Length, 4.35 inches (3/8/86). 



No. 379— $ . Length, 4.5 inches (6/8/86) . 



299. Stizoptera bichenovii annulosa. Black-ringed Finch 

 Amadina Annulosa (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond), 1839 



p. 143. North-west Australia. 



No. 345— $ . Length, 4.5 inches (18/9/86) . 



No. 346— 9 . Length, 4.6 inches (18/9/86). 



No. 399—9. Length, 4.3 inches (13/10/86) 



Bill, lavender, darker at the base; legs and feet lead 



colour. ' 



No. 400— 9 . Length, 4.3 inches (13/10/86). 

 No. 401—9. Length, 4.35 inches (13/10/86). 



301. Heteromtinia pectoralis pectoralis. White-breasted 

 Finch. 



,c^ Amad J na P ectoraUs (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond ), 

 1840, p. 127, 1841. North-west Australia. 



No. 132—5. Length 4.9 inches (15/6/86). 



Irides, brown ; bill, bluish black ; legs and feet light 

 brown, darker in colour on the latter. 



No. 134— $ . Length, 4.9 inches (15/6/86) . 



These birds live amongst the swampy ground, flying from 

 the grass to a kind of tea-tree. 



302. Bathilda ruficauda subclarescens. North-western Red- 

 faced Finch. 



Aegintha ruficauda subclarescens (Mathews), Nov Zool 

 Vol XVIII., p. 431, 1912. Parry's Creek, North-west Aus- 

 tralia. 



No. 281— 9 . Length, 4.5 inches (19/7/86). 



Irides, orange-yellow; bill, reddish-brown, brighter on the 

 lower mandible and darker on the culmen ; legs and feet, ochre 



No. 282— $ . Length, 4.5 inches (19/7/86). 



Irides, bright orange yellow ; bill, fleshv red ; legs and feet, 

 ochre. 



No. 297— 9 . Length, 4.8 inches (10/9/86). 



Irides, light orange ; bill, red ; legs and feet, pale yellowish. 



No. 299— 9 . Length, 4.6 inches (10/9/86). 



No. 374— $ . Length, 4.6 inches (27/9/86). 



No. 362— $ . Length, 4.8 inches (3/8/86). 



No. 375— 9 . Length, 4.8 inches (27/9/86) . 



No. 363—5. Length, 4.9 inches (3/8/86). 



