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PASSERID AC. 
Genus OREOSTRUTHUS De Vis. 
Oreostruthus De Vis, Ibis, Jan. 1898, p. 175 : new name for Oreospiza 
De Vis, Ibis, July, 1897, p. 388 (not Ridgway, 1896, nor Keitel, 
1857). Type (by monotypy) : Oreostruthus fuliginosa De Vis. 
Oreostruthus fuliginosa (De Vis). 
Oreospiza fuliginosa De Vis, Ibis, July, 1897, p. 389 : Mt. Scratchley, 
New Guinea. (Fig. Nov. Zool. vol. vi. pi. 2. fig. 2.) 
Distr. — New Guinea (Mt. Scratchley). 
Genus ZONAEGINTHUS Cab. 
Zonceginthus Cabanis, Mus. Hein. vol. i. p. 171, (after Oct. 23rd) 
1851. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, 1855, p. 76) : 
Z. nitidus= Loxia bella Lath. 
Zonaeginthus bellus (Lath.). Beautiful Fire-tail. 
Distr. — Queensland to Tasmania, South Australia. 
Zonaeginthus bellus bellus (Lath.). (13-293.) 
Loxia bella Latham, Index Ornith., Suppl. p. xliv, (after May) 1801 : 
Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 78; Math. xii. 
pi. 561.) 
Loxia nilida Latham, Index Ornith., Suppl. p. lxvii: Sydney. 
Zomrginthus bellus samueli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 102, Sept. 18th, 
1912 : Kangaroo Island. 
Zomrginthus bellus rosincr Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 40, Feb. 21st, 
1923 : South Australia. 
Distr. —South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
Zonaeginthus bellus flindersi Math. 
Zomeginthus bellus flindersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 40, 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Flinders Island, Bass Straits. 
Zonceginthus bellus Uismanicus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 40, 
Feb. 21st, 1923: Tasmania. 
Distr. — Flinders Islands and Tasmania. 
Zonaeginthus oculatus (Q. et G.). Red-eared Fire-tail. 
Fringilla oculaia Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. Astrol., Zool. vol. i. p. 211, 
(pref. June 29th) 1830 : King George’s Sound, South Australia. 
(Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 79 (as Estrelda oculea in error); Math. xii. 
pi. 562.) 
Zonaeginthus oculatus gaimardi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 40, 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Perth, West Australia. 
Distr. — South-West Australia. 
