riAT>r,NAi Mjsf ‘J'fl 
Gentts —DONA COLA. 
Donacola Gould, Birds Austr., pt. 7 (Vol. III., 
pi. 94), June 1st, 1842. Type (by mono- 
typ 3 ^) .. .. .. .. .. .. Amadina castaneothorax Gould. 
Also spelt— 
Donacicola Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. (L»ond.), 1879, p, 449. 
Wedtongia Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, 
12th year. No. 13, 1845 (Feb. 23rd), col. 
295 (c/. Menegaux, Reprint Art. Ornith. 
Lesson, p. 232, 1913). Type (by mono- 
typy) .. .. .. .. .. .. Weebongia albiventer Lesson= 
Amadina castaneothorax Gould. 
Also spelt— 
Weehorgia Reichenbach, Die Sing. Vogel, p. 27, 1862. 
Small Finches with heavy bills and graduated tails, central ones pointed 
and longest. 
T^ese Sharpe classed under Munia, an incongruous collection of small 
Finches with heavy bills and graduate tail of varied styles of coloration. 
There camiot be the slightest doubt that colour is of higher value m this 
family than bill or tail structure. 
The bin is stouter and shorter than in any of the preceding forms and 
the bird is of a heavy build; the bill is swollen, the cxilmen arched, the tip i' 
pointed and the upper and under mandibles about equal in depth, the depth 
of the biU at the base being more than the width. The nostrils are consequently 
forced more to the top and are nearly open ; no nasal bristles, but rictals are 
present. 
The wing is long, formed as usual with the secondaries shorter, not 
reaching as long as the (apparent) sixth primary. 
The tail is graduated, the two central longer and pointed; the lower 
tail-coverts nearly as long as the tail, the upper tail-coverts not so long, but 
still more than half the length of the tail. 
The legs are short, the toes and claws long; the middle toe is as long as 
the inner toe and claw, which equals the outer ; while the hind-toe is as 
long as the inner toe but is stouter, and the claw is much longer and stouter. 
Key to the Species. 
Breast buff, with black band dividing it from white 
under-surface .. • • • • • • • • castaneothorax. 
No black band on lower breast, under-surface uniform flaviprymna. 
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