Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 709. 
Family PLOCEldM. 
EMBLEMA PICTA. 
PAINTED FINCH. 
(Plate 563.) 
Emblema PICTA Gould, Birds Austr., pt. vn., June 1st, 1842: “North-west C!oast 
Australia ”=l)epuch’s Island, off the coast. 
Emblema 'picta Gould, Birds Austr., pt. vn. (Vol. III., pi. 97), June 1st, 1842; ii., Proc. 
Zool. Soc. (Bond.) 1842, p. 17 (Nov.); Stokes, Biscov. Austr., Vol. II., p. 175,1846 
(Depuch’s Island); Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 429, 1865; Ramsay, 
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 187, 1878 ; id., ib., Ser. 2, Vol. I, 1886, p. 1092, 
1887 (N.W.A.); id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 10, 1888; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus., Vol. XIII., p. 295, 1890 ; North, Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Cen. Austr., Vol. 11., 
p. 88, 1896 (Central); HaU, Key Birds Austr., p. 49, 1899; Campbell, Nests and 
Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 481, 1901; Carter, Emu, Vol. I., p. 26, 1901 (M.W.A.); 
id., ib., Vol. II., p. 47, 1902 (M.W.A.); Hall, ib., p. 55 (N.W.A.); Carter, ib., p. 104 
(M.W.A.); id., ib., Vol. III., p. 94, 1903 (M.W.A.); Campbell, ib., Vol. V, p. 82, 
1905 (N.Q.); Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XII., p. 239, 1905 (N.W.); Mathews Handl. 
Birds Austral, p. 101, 1908 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. II., p. 273, 
1909 ; Cleland, Emu, Vol. VTII., p. 156, 1909 (W.A.); Whitlock, ib., p. 187 (W.A.); 
Hill, ib., Vol. XII., p. 244, 1913 (Central Australia); Campbell and Kershaw, 
ib., p. 278 ; Campbell, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 6, 1918 (W.A.). 
Emblema picta picta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 428, Jan. 31st, 1912 ; id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 299, 1913. 
Emblema picta territorii Mathews, Nov, Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 428, Jan. 31st, 1912; 
Alexandra, Northern Territory^; id., List Birds Austr., p. 299, 1913. 
Emblema picta coongani Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 428, Jan. 31st, 1912: 
Coongan River, Alid-West Australia; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 299, 1913. 
Emblema picta clelandi Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 102, Sept. 24th, 
1914 : Roebuck Bay, North-west Australia. 
Emblema picta ethdce Alathews, ib., p. 103 : Hermansbmg, MacDonnell Ranges, Central 
Australia ; S. A. Wliite, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 191, 1915: Central Australia, 
Distribution. Central and North-west Australia, ranging from MacDonnell Ranges 
northward to Alexandra, and westward to the Coongan River and Kimberley 
district. 
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