No. 5.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD lOli 



I had thought of using that name for my E. picta 

 coongani, but the Coongan River birds disagree too 

 much with Gould's figure and description. 



p. 299. Emblema picta ethel^, subsp. n. 



Differs from E. j)- clelandi in being lighter above and 

 the tail brown not black. 



Type, Hermansburg, MacDonnell Ranges. 

 Range, Central Australia. 



p. 300. Add Genus Erythruea 



Erythiura Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 280, 



1837. 

 Type (by monotypy), Loxia prasina Sparrman. 

 Eryth^ura trichroa. 

 [Erythrura trichroa trichroa. 



Fringilla trichroa Kittlitz, Mem. pres. I'Acad. Imp. 

 Sci. St. Peterb., Vol. II., p. 8, pi. x., 1833: 

 " Ualan " : Caroline Group. Extra limital.] 



Erythrura trichroa macgillivrayi, subsp. n. 

 Australian Green-backed Finch. 



Differs from E. trichroa cyaneifrons Layard (Ibis, 

 1878, p. 260 : Lifu, Loyalty Islands) in its larger bill, 

 deeper blue coloration on the fore-head and cheeks, 

 deeper coloured upper tail-coverts and tail and longer 

 wing. Specimens from British New Guinea, named 

 E. t. goodjellowi Ogilvie-Grant (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 Vol. XXIX., p. 29, 1911) come nearer, but the blue on 

 the fore-head is extended on to the top of the head in 

 the Australian form. 



Wing 62 mm. 



Type, Claudie River, North Queensland. 



Collected by Dr. WiUiam MacgilKvray in Feb., 1914. 



Range : North Queensland (Claudie River District). 



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