228 MATHEWS- ■ Birds of North and North-West Australia. 



303. Poephila acuticauda acuticauda. Long-tailed Finch. 

 Amadina acuticauda (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soe. (Lond.), 



1839, p. 143, 1840. Derby, North-west Australia. 



No. 28—9. (8/5/86). 



No. 98—9. Length, 6. inches (5/6/86). 



Irides, light reddish-brown; bill, yellow; legs and feet, 

 coral red. 



No. 100— 6 . Length, 7.1 inches (5/0/86). 



No. 101— 9 . Length, 4.8 inches (5/6/86). 



Irides, reddish-brown; bill, yellowish flesh colour ; legs and 

 feet, flesh-colour. 



No. 133—3. Length, 6.8 inches (15/6/86). 



No. 169—3. Length, 5. inches (22/6/86). 



Tail feathers not developed. 



No. 435— 3 . Length, 6.8 inches (25/10/86) . 



No. 436—3 • Length, 6.4 inches (25/10/86). 



No. 494. Length, 6.3 inches (2/11/86). 



304. Neochmia phaeton fitzeoyi. Western Crimson Finch. 

 Neochmia phaeton fitzroyi (Mathews), Austral Av. Rec, 



Vol. I., p. 120, 1912. Fitzrov River, North-west Australia. 



No. 307— 3 . Length, 5.5 inches (12/9/86). 



Irides, ochre; bill, crimson, with a pinkish white line at the 

 base- of both mandibles; tarsi, ochre; feet, light yellowish- 

 brown ; claws, transparent brown. 



No. 347—3. Length, 5.5 inches (19/9/86). 



No. 348. Length. 5.5 inches (19/9/86). 



No. 433. Length, 6. inches 24/10/86). 



Lives in pampas-like grass, growing not far from the banks 

 of the rivers. They are generally seen in small flocks of about 

 ten. 



305. Mimeta sagittata BLAAUWi. North-western Oriol. 

 Oriolus sagittatus Maautci (Mathews), Nov. Zool, Vol. 



XVIIL, p. 435, 1912. 



Napier, Broome Bav, North-west Australia, 



No. 40— 9. (24/5/86). 



Irides and bill, brown; legs, bluish lead-colour. 



311. Rogersornis nuchalis oweni. Western Great Bower 



Bird. 



Chlamydera nuchalis oweni (Mathews) , Nov. Zool., Vol. 

 XVIIL, p. 440, 1912. Point Torment, North-west Australia. 



No. 313—9. Length, 14.4 inches (13/9/86). 



No. 386— 3 . Length, 15.5 inches (10/10/86) . 



No. 388—3. Length, 15.3 inches (9/8/86L 



