THE KED-BROWED FINCH 405 



The White-breasted Finch. 



Munia pectoralis. 



All the Northern tracts. 



Head and back lavender grey; wing-coverts light brown; wing, tail- 

 coverts, and tail blaekish-browu; lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and 

 throat purplish-black; fore-neck black with a patch of broad white- 

 tipped black feathers; sides of body pale vinaceous brown, ornamented 

 with white bars edged on each side with a black line. Total length 4.7 

 inches, culmen .5, wing 2.3, tail 1.4, tarsus .6. 



Genus Aidemosyne. 

 Contains three isolated species, one occupying the country 

 from Senegambia to Southern Arabia ; a second Ceylon, the 

 Indian Peninsula, Baluchistan and Afghanistan; and the third 

 the Centre and South-east of Australia. 



The Plum-headed Finch. 



Aidemosyne modesta. 



Central Australia, South Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. 



Crown of head dark brown, the fore part deep crimson; upper surface 

 generally dark brown; rump and upper tail-coverts with broad white 

 bars or spots at the ends of the feathers; chin and upper throat black; 

 breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, part barred with pale 

 brown; bill black; feet fleshy white; iris reddish-brown; a narrow blackish 

 eyebrow. Total length 4.3 inches, culmen .4, wing 2.2, tail 1.8, tarsus .6. 

 Egg white, .5 x .4 inch. 



Genus ^gintha. 

 Confined to Australia. 



The Red-browed Finch. 



JEgintha temporalis. 



Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 



Head and nape slaty-grey; rump and upper tail-coverts crimson; rest 

 of upper surfaces dark olive-brown; lores, eyebrow, and a streak above 

 the ear-coverts crimson; under surfaces ashy grey; the abdomen 

 isabelline; bill blood-red; feet yellowish-white; iris brownish-red; eyelash 

 narrow nut-red and black. Total length 4. .5 inches, culmen .4, wing 2.05, 

 tail 1.8, tarsus .55. Egg beautiful flesh white .6 x .45 inch. 



