AMADINA CINCTA, Gould. 



Fig. 1. 



Am. capite et nucha late griseis ; auriculis, lateribusque colli argentato-griseis ; guldloroque nigris ; 

 dorso, pectore, et abdomine castaneo-brunneis ; alis colore saturatiore ; fascia pone crura atrd 

 nitidd; tectricibus caudcB superioribus infer ioribusque nigris ; rostronigro; pedibus pallide carneo- 

 fuscis. 



Long. tot. 4-J unc. ; rostri, J; alee, caudas, 1J; tarsi, 



Crown of the head and back of the neck grey ; ear-coverts and sides of the neck silvery grey ; throat 

 and lores black ; back, chest, and abdomen chestnut brown ; wings the same but darker ; lower part 

 of the body surrounded by a black band ; tail-coverts white ; tail black ; bill black ; feet light flesh- 

 colour. 



Amadina cincta, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



In the Collections of the British Museum and Zoological Society. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



AMADINA CASTANEOTHORAX, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Am. capite summo et nucha fusco-griseis, plumis centris nigris ; guld nigra; pectore pallide castaneo- 

 brunneo, mar gine inferiori fascia nigra; dorso alisque castaneo-brunneis ; tectricibus caudae su- 

 perioribus colore qudm in dorso pallidiori ; tectricibus cauda inferioribus nigris ; caudd brunned ; 

 plumis laterum fasciis alternis brunneis, nigris, et albis ; abdomine fiavido-albo ; rostro pedibusque 

 plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc; rostri, J; aloe, 2J ; caudos, 1^; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head and back of the neck brownish grey, each feather having a darker centre ; th oat 

 black ; chest light chestnut brown, bounded below by a narrow band of black ; back and wings chest- 

 nut brown becoming lighter on the upper tail-coverts ; under tail-coverts black ; tail brown ; feathers 

 of the flanks alternately marked transversely with brown, black, and white ; abdomen yellowish white ; 

 bill and feet lead colour. 



Amadina castaneothorax, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



In the Collection of King's College, London. 



Habitat. Australia. 



AMADINA LATHAMI. 

 Fig. 3. 



Am. summo capite, auriculis, nucha fusco-griseis ; dorso alisque brunneis ; tectricibus caudoz superi- 

 oribus coccineis ; caudd nigra ; loro nigro ; guld alba ; pectore lateribusque nigris his albo ma- 

 culatis ; abdomine centrali et crisso albis; rostro coccineo ; pedibus plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 4^ unc; rostri, J; aloB, 2-|; caudce, 1|-; tarsi, ^. 



Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck dark grey ; back and wings brown ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts scarlet ; tail black ; space between the bill and the eye black ; throat white ; 

 chest and flanks black, the latter spotted with white ; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 white ; bill scarlet ; feet lead colour. 



Syn. Fringilla leucocephala ?, Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl. xlviii. — Shaw, Zool., vol. ix. p. 493. 

 Spotted Grosbeak, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pi. ix. 

 Wliite-headed Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 210. pi. 132. 

 Spotted-sided Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. v. p. 248. pi. 89. 

 Fringilla Lathami, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 256. 



La Fringille leucophore, Fringilla leucocephala, Vieill. Hist. Nat. des Ois. Chant., p. 50. pi. 26. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



