Genus ENTOMOPHILA, Gould 
CHARACTERES GENERIC!. 
Gen. Char. Rostrum fere capitis longitudinem ceqiians ; ad basin latiuscidmn, dein compressum, etad 
apicem acutum ; numdibidcB superioris tomiis arcuatis, et apicem versus leviter indentatis. Nares 
basales, ovales, in membrand positce, et operculo tectce. Ate longiuscula; ; remige prima spuria, 
secundo tertiimi fere cequante, hoc longissiino. Cauda brevis, sub-qiiadrata. Tarsi breves., et stib- 
debiles ; digito posteriore brevi, forti ; dtgitis extei-nis Jicmd cequalibus, interna paululkm breviore, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill nearly as long as the head, somewhat broad at the base, becoming compressed and pointed 
the tip ; tomia of the upper mandible arched and slightly notched at the tip ; nastrils basal, oval, 
pierced in a membrane and protected by an operculum; wings rather long, first quill spurious, the 
second nearly as long as the third, which is the longest ; tail short and nearly square ; ta^-si short and 
rather feeble ; hind toe short and stout ; lateral toes unequal, the inner one being rather the shortest. 
ENTOMOPHILA PICTA, Gould. 
Mas. Ent. capite, genis, corporeque supra nigris ; plumis auricularibus postice alba Jiinbriatis ; alis 
nigris primariis secandar Usque extiis nitide jiavis ; caudce rectricibus nigris, extiis Jiavo marginatis, 
onmibusque {duabus internis exceptis) pliis minusve extu,s cdbo ad apicem notatis ; gulu, corparecpie 
subtiis albis, hoc ad latera notis sulfuscis longitudinalibus sjiarse ornato; rostra Jlavescente; pedibus 
nigrescentibus. 
FcEM. VEL MAS JUNIOR? Diffei't partibus fiiscis, (jucc in mare cidulto nigrcB ; in cceteris mari simillima , 
jiavo colore minus nitido, rostroque ad apicem fusca. 
Long. tot. 5^ unc. ; rasiri, J ; alec, 3|- ; caudoe, 2f ; tarsi, ^. 
Male. Head, cheeks, and all the upper surface black, the posterior edges of the ear-coverts tipped 
with white ; wings black, the outer edges of the primaries and secondaries rich yellow, forming a con- 
spicuous broad bar on the wing ; tail black, margined externally with rich yellow, each feather except 
the tv/o centre ones more or less largely tipped on the internal web with white ; throat and all the under 
surface white, the flanks having a few longitudinal faint spots of brown ; bill yellowish white ; feet 
blackish brown. 
Female, or young male. Differs in having all those parts of hair brown which are black in the male ; 
in other respects the colours are the same, except that they are less brilliant, and the bill brown at the 
tip. 
Syn. Entamophila picta, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Remark. The disposition of the yellow markings of the wings and tail of this kind reminds us of 
the Goldfinch ( Carduelis elegans, Steph.) : the lengthened wing, broad and short tail, the great breadth 
of the bill at its base, and the short tarsi lead me to believe that this species feeds principally upon 
jHsects which it pursues and captures on the wing. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, interior of New South Wales. . 
