AMADINA CINCTA, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Am. capite et nucha Icete griseis ; auriculis, lateribusque colli argentato-griseis ; guldloroque nigris ; 
dorso, pectore, et abdomine castaneo-brunneis ; alis colore saturatiore ; fascia pone crura atrd 
nitidd ; tectricibus caudce superioribus infer ioribusque nigris ; rostra nigro; pedibus pallide carneo- 
fuscis. 
Long. tot. H unc. ; rostri, |; alee, 2^; caudcB, 1^; 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 nuchd fusco-griseis, plmnis centris nigris ; guld nigra; pectore pallide castaneo- 
brunneo, margine inferiori fascia nigra; dorso alisqiie castaneo-brunneis ; tectricibus caudce su- 
perioribus colore qudm in dorso pcdlidiori ; tectricibus caudce inferioribus nig?-is ; caudd brunned ; 
plumis laterumfasciis alternis brunneis, nigris, etalbis ; abdomine Jlavido-ulbo ; rostra pedibusqve 
plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rastri, ^; cdce, 2^; caudal, \\; tarsi, |. 
Crown of the head and back of the neck brownish grey, each feather having a darker centre ; throat 
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. S. 
Am. summo capite, auriculis, nuchd fusca-griseis ; dorso alisque brunneis ; tectricibus cauda superi- 
oribus coccineis ; caudd nigra ; loro nigro ; guld albd ; jiectore lateribusque nigris his alba ma- 
culatis ; abdomine ceiitrali et crisso albis ; rostra coccinea ; pedibus plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 4^ unc; rostri, ^; alee, 2|-; caudm. If; tarsi, f. 
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. 
WJute-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. 
