Genus— T^NIOPYGIA. 
T^niopygia Reichenbach, Die Sing. Vogel, 
pp. m., 26, (prob. after July 1st) 1862. 
Type (by subsequent designation) Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., VoL XIII., p. 311, 
1890 .. .. .. .. .. .. Amadina castanotis Gould. 
The present genus is characterized by the small size and distinct coloration 
of its members. 
The bill is small, short and stout. Sharpe calls it “pointed and 
triangular.” The wings are similarly formed to those of the preceding groups. 
The tail is composed of broad feathers, a httle rounded, the upper tadl-coverts 
nearly as long as the tail, and the under tail-coverts very httle shorter. 
When Reichenbach proposed this genus he included two species, Amadina 
castanotis Gould and Fringilla guttata Vieillot. The latter name was given 
in the Nouv. Diet. d^Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XII., p. 233, 1817, to the Bengeli 
mouchete of the Oiseaux Chanteurs, pi. 3, from the lies Moluques. The 
latter was cited as representing Tceniopygia castanotis by Sharpe in the Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XIII., p. 311, 1890, but the name based on it, Fringilla 
guttata as above given, was not included. If the identification were correct 
Vieillot’s name would supersede Gould’s, but upon comparison the figure 
given on plate 3 was seen accurately to depict the second species of 
Tceniopygia named Amadina insularis by Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. [Lend.), 
1863, p. 495, from Timor. It is noteworthy that such an obvious correlation 
has not previously been recorded, and Tceniopygia guttata (Vieillot) must be 
used for the species recorded as Tceniopygia insularis in the Catalogue Birds 
Brit. 3Ius., Vol. XIII., p. 312, 1890. 
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