THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
I then added a little later 
Munia castaneothorax apsleyi 
“ Differs from M. c. assimilis in its lighter colour generally and darker orange- 
red rump. MelviUe Island.” 
Melville Island. 
Li my 1913 “ List ” I used instead of Munia the genus name Lonchwa, 
wliich had priority over Munia but which had been rejected on account of the 
prior Lonchurus. At present there is agreement that names in -us, -a and 
-um, derived from the same bases, as these undoubtedly are, are not both 
acceptable. Munia would be revived, but as these Finches are very difficult 
to classify in large genera, as I show in comiection vith Erythura and 
Poephila, I here make use of Donacola proposed for the Australian species. 
The subspecies would then be named 
Donacola castaneothorax castaneothorax Gould. 
New South Wales and South Queensland. 
As synonyms, Weebongia albiventer Lesson (type locahty. New South 
Wales, not Cairns) and Donacola bivittata Reichenbach (type locality New 
South Wales, not Cairns). 
Donacola ccLstaneothorax northi Mathews. 
“ Differs from D. c. castaneothorax Gould in being paler in general coloration, 
with the rump not so reddish-brown, the band on the breast darker. 
North Queensland. 
Donacola castaneothorax assimilis (Mathews). 
Northern Territory. 
Donacola castaneothorax apsleyi (Mathews). 
Mehdlle Island. 
Donacola castaneothorax gangi (Mathews). 
North-west Australia. 
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