406 THE BIEDS OF AUSTRALIA 



The Lesser Red-browed Finch. 



JEgintha minor. 



Northern Australia. 



Smaller than A. temporalis; wings and mantle more golden-green, and 

 the under surface lighter coloured; the throat and abdomen being almost 

 white, while the scarlet brow is more intense in colour. Length 3.8 inches, 

 wing 1.86, tail 1.2. 



Genus Bathilda. 

 Confined to Australia. 



The Red-faced Finch. 



Bathilda ruficauda. 



North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New 

 South Wales. 



Head and back olive-brown; the forehead, lores, sides of face and 

 chin crimson; the upper tail-coverts crimson with a large rosy spot at 

 end of each feather; tail dull crimson; throat, fore-neck, sides of body 

 and upper breast ashy-olive with large white spots; lower breast and 

 abdomen olive-yellow; bill red; iris orange. Total length 4.3 inches, 

 eulmen .4, wing .2, tail 1.75, tarsus .55. Female smaller and duller, with 

 little crimson. 



B. clarescens from North Queensland, is smaller than B. rufi- 

 cauda, the red extends nearly over the whole crown, encircles the 

 eye, and extends further clown on the throat, and the abdomen 

 is rather bright yellow. Wing .50, tail .45 mm. (Hartert) . 



Genus Poephila. 

 Confined to Australia. Remarkable for the long fine point of 

 the tail, formed by the elongation of the two centre tail feathers. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Back pinkish or cinnamon brown, upper tail-coverts white; 



tail hlack. 

 Head grey, a black band across the rump. 



Bill red or yellow, breast pinkish-fawn. p. acuticauda. 



Bill black, breast cinnamon-tawny. p. cincta. 



Head like back. 



Ear coverts pinkish-brown. p, personata. 



Ear coverts white. p. leucotis. 



H. Back green, with blue on hinder crown, sides of neck, 



rump and upper ta^il-coverts. 

 Head black followed by broad cobalt blue band on 



occiput. p. gouldiffi. 



