The B6X6fl differ slightly in colouring, but the difference is scarcely noticeable, consisting merely 

 oi the abeenoe in the female of the black on the chin. 



The fore part of the lead, deep crimson; chin, black; upper surface, blackish-brown; wings, 

 ,l,n K brown; ramp and upper tail-coverts, with alternate bars of white and brown; tail, black; under 

 Burfaoe, white, transversely barred with lines oi brown; irides, red; bill, black; legs, brownish-black 



Total length, »! inches; wing, -', inches; tail, 2 inches; tarsi, ;> inch. 



Habitats [nterior of New South Wales and Queensland. 



STAGONOPLEUKA GUTTATA. 



SPOTTED-SIDED FINCH. 



Till IIS is one of the few species of Finch which is found in the southern part of the continent- 

 I It i- rather plentiful in most parts <>f New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 



In it- food and general habits it docs not differ from the other Finches, like them, subsisting 

 chiefly on grass seeds. 



It- manner of constructing a nest is certainly original and very strange. It builds it among 

 the sticks composing the nest of some of the smaller eagles/ and the two species hatch their eggs 

 and rear their progeny at the same time. Sometimes, however, the nest is placed on a small branch 

 of a Eucalyptus or Apple-tree. In form it is round, with an opening in the side to admit the bird. 

 Five or six eggs are laid, white in colour, and of an elongated form. 



The crown of the head and back of the neck are brownish-grey ; back and wings, dark 

 brown; a line round the eye, a band across the chest, the tail and Hanks, black, each feather of the 

 flanks having a s|><>t of white near the tip; rump and upper tail-coverts, bright scarlet; throat, 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts, white; irides, red; bill, red; legs and feet, purplish-brown. 



Habitat > : Xew South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 



GENUS T.KNIOPYGIA (Reichenbach). 



OY this form there are three species, one inhabiting Australia, and the others some of the East 

 India islands. 



