PASSERIDiE. 
835 
Bathilda ruficauda (Gould). Star Finch. 
Distr. —Northern Australia and east to New South Wales. 
Bathilda ruficauda ruficauda (Gould). (13-374.) 
Amadina ruficauda Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. i. pi. 10, Jan. 1st, 
1837 : Sydney, New South Wales.5 (Fig. Gould, iii. p. 84: Math, 
xii. pi. 571.) 
Distr. —New South Wales. 
Bathilda ruficauda clarescens Hart. 
Balhilda ruficauda clarescens Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. vi. p. 427, 
Dec. 9th, 1899 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Mgintha ruficauda connectens Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 431, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Rockhampton, Queensland. (Fig. Math. xii. pi. 571.) 
/Eginlha ruficauda subclarescens Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 431, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. (Fig. Math. xii. 
pi. 571.) 
Distr. —Queensland, Northern Territory, and North-West 
Australia. 
Bathilda ruficauda thorpei (Math.). 
Mqiniha ruficauda thorpei Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 431, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Coongan River, Mid-West Australia. 
Distr. —Mid-West Australia. 
Genus POEPHILA Gould. 
Poephila Gould, Birds Austr. pt. vi. March 1st, 1842. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Nov. 1842, 
p. 18): Amadina acuticauda Gould. 
Poephila acuticauda (Gould). Long-tailed Finch. 
Distr .—North-West Australia and Northern Territory. 
Poephila acuticauda acuticauda (Gould). (13-375.) 
Amadina acuticauda Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839, p. 143, 
March, 1840: Derby, North-West Australia. (Fig. Gould, iii. 
pi. 90 ; Math. xii. pi. 572.) 
Distr. —North-West Australia. 
Poephila acuticauda hecki Heinr. 
Poephila hecki Heinroth, Ornith. Monatsb. vol. viii. p. 22, Feb. 1900 : 
Port Darwin, Northern Territory. 
Poephila aurantiirostris North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. xxvii. p. 208 
Oct. 17th, 1902 : Port Darwin. 
Poephila acuticauda liea Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iii. p. 132, Jan. 28th, 
1915 : Glencoe, Northern Territory. 
Distr. —Northern Territory (Port Darwin). 
