PAINTED PINCH, 
Adult male. Top of the head, back and wings deep brown, with a vinous tinge ; rump 
crimson ; upper tail-coverts black on their basal half, teiininal half crimson; tail 
blackisli-brown ; a narrow lino of feathers at the base of the upper mandible, lores 
and feathers surrounding the eye dark crimson ; under-surface of tlie body deep 
glossy-black, all the feathers on the sides of the face, chin and throat brondly tipped 
with dark crimson, which is continued down the middle of the bell^’; feathers of the 
sides of the body with a subterminal spot of pearly-white ; under-surface of quills 
brownisli-grey. Eyes white, bill black with scarlet tip, lower scarlet with blue base, 
feet fleshy. Total length 106 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 58, tail 35, tarsu^ 15. Figured. 
Collected at Roebuck Bay. North-west Australia, on the 12th of December, 1895, 
and is the type of E, p, delandi. 
Adult female. Head, back and wings deep brown, slightly washed with vinous; middle of 
the lower-back and rump dull crimson, upper tail-coverts bright crimson; tail blackish- 
brown, the central feat hers margined with dull crimson; lores and feathers surrounding 
the eye and at the base of the low'er mandible dull crimson; throat black with minute 
spot of w'hite at the tips of the feathers, throat and cliest black with larger spots of 
white; sides of the body brownish-black with a large white spot at the extremity 
of eacli feather, the white spots having a tinge of brown on the upper-part; under 
taU-coverts black ; under-smface of quills browni 8 h-g^e 3 ^ Ej'es white, feet and legs 
flesliy, bill mandible black with scarlet tip, lower scarlet with cobalt base. Total 
length 98 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 59, tail 34, tarsus 15, Figured. Collected at 
the North-west Cape, jMid-west Australia, on the 29th of Juh', 1916. 
Immature male. General colour of the upper-surface of the body including the cheeks 
and sides of the neck browm, strongly washed on the head and mantle with carmine ; 
lower hack and rump crimson ; upper tail-coverts black on their basal half and 
crimson on their terminal portion; tail brownish-black, margined on their outer 
web with dull crimson; throat and fore-neck black with minute spots of wliite ; 
chest and sides of the bodj* black, each feather submarginallj’^ edged with white; 
middle of the belh" and the under tail-coverts black. Eyes dull browm, feet and 
tarsus brown, bill black with a tinge of red on gonj^s. Figured. Collected near 
WjTidliam, North-west Australia, on the 1st of August, 1909, 
Immature female. Head, including the lores, cheeks, back of the neck, mantle and wlng- 
coverts, reddish-brown ; lower back reddish-brown, w^ashed with dull crimson ; rump 
and upper tail-coverts glossy cilmson; fliglit-feathers ash-brown, margined on the 
outer web with brownish-bufi ; cliin and throat blackish-brown, each feather with 
a spot of wlute at.the extremity ; chest and sides of the body similarl}^ coloured, 
but the wliite spots more concentric and fringed with browm ; middle of the breast 
and belly brownish-black ; under tail-coverts black with white margins ; thighs 
reddish-brown; under wIng-coverts browmish-bufE, spotted with w'hite; under¬ 
surface of quills ash-brown, margined on the imier web -with brownish-buff ; tail 
blackish-brown, fringed on the outer web with dull crimson. Ej^es white, feet and 
tarsus pale brown, bill with basal half of upper mandible black, remainder and lower 
mandible red, base of lower leaden-blue. Figm’ed. Collected on Hall's Creek, 
Kimberley Gold Fields, North-west Australia, on the 10th of July, 1909. 
Eggs. Four to five eggs form the clutch. A clutch of four eggs taken at the Coongan 
River, Mid-western Australia, on the 20th of September, 1908, is pure w^hite. 
Rounded ovals in shape. Smlace of shell fine, smooth, and almost devoid of gloss. 
13-15 by 11 mm. 
Nest, A bottle-shaped structure, placed on its side, and composed of dried grasses 
well w’oven in together, and lined with feathers. Dimensions over all : about 
183 
